Significant Events US History

  • Period: to

    Beginnings to 1877

  • First slaves taken

    First slaves taken
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    They agreed that majority ruled
  • Pilgrims

    James town
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    Americans and British won
  • British Stamp Act

    British Stamp Act
    Tea Act
  • First battles of American Revolution

    First battles of American Revolution
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    First government
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Rights and Freedom
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    Turning point. French helped out
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    Last battle of American Revolution
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    End revolutionary war
  • Federalist papers

    Federalist papers
  • Louisisana Purchase

    Louisisana Purchase
    Achieve manifest destiny
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Brought Missouri as a free state
  • nullification crisis

  • compromise of 1850

    compromise of 1850
    Slave Act
  • Kansas and Nebraska act

    Kansas and Nebraska act
  • civil war

    civil war
    Split the North and South up
  • Amancapation Proclamation

    Amancapation Proclamation
    Changes the goals of the war
  • 13 Amendment

    13 Amendment
    Abolished slavery