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In Virginia, Jamestown was established as the first permanent English settlement. -
The people in Jamestown faced an especially hard winter leading to cannibilism among colonists. -
The House of Burgesses--the first elected assembly in the colonies--was formed and implemented a bicameral government. -
A Dutch slave ship sold twenty slaves to Jamestown colonists, which began the slave trade in the colonies. -
The Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts leading to the establishment of the Plymouth Colony and the Mayflower Compact. -
Barbados was the first of many English colonies to pass the comprehensive slave codes, which state that slavery is legal, children of slaves are always slaves, marriage is not recognized between slaves, and all slaves must be tithed on. -
The English took control of the Dutch city/colony, originally called New Amsterdam, and named it New York. -
The Wamponoag tribe lead by King Phillip, who was orginially known as Metacon, and the pilgrims become involved in a dispute with each other. This eventually leads to the beheading of King Phillip, which is significant as this dispute was the first time the colonists had taken care of themselves rather than turning to Great Britain. -
A small Jamestown farmer wants to take land from nearby Native Americans to make his farm larger. The government in Jamestown dislikes this, leading to conflict between the two groups and eventually the burning of Jamestown by the small farmer. This is significant because the rash decisions of the one small farmer reflected poorly on all small farmers creating a rise in large plantations and thus a higher number of slaves in the colonies. -
Two young girls falsely accused many people of taking part in witchcraft leading to cruel and extreme punishment for the accused, while the accusers did not face any consequences. -
A religious revival within the American colonies where large groups of people would gather to listen to sermons. -
Britain and France fought over the ownership of certain territories in North America; however, this war was settled with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
The Boston Massacre was a street fight in Boston, Massachusetts between American patriots and British soldiers resulting in the death of five men. -
In Boston, Massachusettes, colonists dressed up as Native Americans, boarded a British tea ship, and poured the tea into Boston harbor in order to hurt Great Britain economically. -
American colonists fought against the British crown in order to gain independence. -
The American colonies formally separated themselves from Great Britain through this document. -
The Articles of Confederation acted as the United States' first constitution from 1781, when the states ratified the document, to 1789. This document created a weak central government and stronger state governments. -
The Consitution is the supreme law of the United States. The Bill of Rights is made up of the first ten amendments to the Constitution and outlines citizens' rights in relation to the American government. -
George Washington was the first president of the United States, which allowed him the opportunity to set precedence concerning certain matters for future presidents to follow. -
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which helped speed up the production of cotton in the United States; however, the increase in production led to a higher demand for slaves as a larger volume of cotton was needed to meet the growing demand. -
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, and his main goal during his time as president was to cut the national debt and budget. In 1803, Jefferson also brokered the Louisianna Purchase. -
The United States bought 828,000 square miles of land west of Mississippi for fifteen million dollars from France. -
Lewis, Clark, and a Native American girl named Sacagawea embarked on a federally funded exploration of northwest American land. -
A war that was fought between Great Britain and the United States mainly over Great Britain blocking the United States trading and Great Britain's impressment of American soldiers. Eventually, the war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, which took effect in 1815. -
During the War of 1812, British troops set the White House ablaze in retaliation to being defeated at the Battle of Bladensburg. -
The opening of the Erie Canal--the longest artificial waterway in North America--helped develop the United States commercially and furthered westward expansion within the country. -
A law passed by President James Monroe that attempted to limit the conflict between the North and South on the issue of slavery. -
After gold was found at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, a large number of people migrated to the area in hopes of finding large fortune, which helped develop the state--California--and the country as a whole. -
A war that was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America concerning the issue of slavery. Eventually, the war ended with the Confederate States of America surrendering. Also, this war goes down in history as the most costly and deadly war fought on American soil. -
President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater.