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Significant Events in U.S History

  • Founding of Jamestown

    Founding of Jamestown

    This was the first English settlement on the mainlands of the Americas.
  • Plymouth colony

    Plymouth colony

  • The Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of the Plymoth colony. It was written by the colonists who crossed the Atlantic ocean on the Mayflower.
  • Frenach and Indian War

    Frenach and Indian War

  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence

    Signing of the Declaration of Independence

    The signing of this document heled claim the 13 original colonies as their own independent states.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    This helped specify how the government was supposed to operate.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The major war that was the turning point of th Revoloutinary War.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This was the treaty that formally ended the Revoloutinary War.
  • Constitution

    Constitution

    This document help organize the U.S governments relationship between them and the citizens.
  • Federalist Papers

    Federalist Papers

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    This major purchase helped nearly double the U.S in such a short amount of time.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    This drew the line between the slave and non-slave states in the U.S
  • Nilification Crisis

    Nilification Crisis

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    This war settled the dispute between the North and the South about slavery.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    A proclamation issued by Abe Lincoln freeing many slaves and more released as the army advanced.