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Important dates
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1607 Jamestown
This was our first settlement in the united states of America in Virginia. -
First Cash Crop in the Colonies
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Slavery begins in America
Virginia begins to have slaves -
James town Massacre
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Pequot War
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Bacons Rebellion
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French and Indians
took control of the lands that had been claimed by France ending in 1763 -
Currency Act passed
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Sugar Act
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Quartering Act
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Boston Tea Party
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America Revolution
The American revolution starts to rebel from the english -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of independance of the 13 colonies
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General Cornwallis surrenders to Yorktown
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George Washington presidency
ended in 1797 -
Bill of Rights
list specific prohibitions on governmental power, in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties. -
John Adams presidency
ends in 1801 -
Thomas Jefferson Presidency
ends in 1809 -
Louisiana purchase
America bought Louisiana from France -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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12th Amendment to the US Constitution
provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. -
James Madison Presidency
Ends 1817 -
Fletcher V. Supreme court decision
the Supreme Court ruled that a grant to a private land company was a contract within the meaning of the Contract Clause of the Constitution -
War of 1812
The United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain -
The Battle of New Orleans
American troops, led by future President Andrew Jackson, defeated the much larger British force, which bolstered U.S. hopes for a speedy end to the war. -
James Monroe Presidency
Ends1825 -
Monroe Doctrine
the United States would not intervene in European affairs, but likewise it would not tolerate further European colonization in the Americas or European interference in the governments of the American hemisphere -
John Quincy Adams Presidency
Ends in 1829 -
Era of the Common Man
Jackson's humble background and Tennessee roots made his rise to the presidency a powerful metaphor for the self-reliance of the “common man.” Americans of this era were beginning to create their own identity, leaving the trappings and traditions of Europe behind. -
Andrew Jackson Presidency
Ends in 1837 -
Trail of Tears
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Martrin Van Buren Presidency
Ends in 1841 -
William Henry Harrison Presidency
Ended the same year he was elected -
John Tyler presidency
Ended in 1845 -
James K. Pulk Presidency
Ended in 1849 -
Mexican War
Ended in 1848 -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
brought to a close the Mexican-American War and seemingly fulfilled the Manifest Destiny of the United States championed by Pres. James K. Polk by adding 525,000 square miles of formerly Mexican land to the U.S. territory. -
Zachary Taylor
Ended in 1850 -
Millard Filmore Presidency
Ended in 1853 -
Franklin Pierce Presidency
Ended in 1857 -
James Buchanan Presidency
Ended in 1861 -
Abraham Lincoln Presidency
Ended in 1865 -
Civil War
Ended in 1865 -
Emancipation proclamation
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Andrew Johnson Presidency
Ended in 1869 -
Abraham Lincoln assasinated
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ended in 1877 -
Samuel Morse invents the Telegraph
