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The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Slavery in America started in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves into Jamestown, Virginia. -
Mayflower arrives in America. Mayflower arrives in America. 102 Pilgrims and 30 crew members from England arrive in Plymouth, Massachusetts -
Massachusetts Bay Colony is one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, founded in 1628 and settled in 1630 -
The Navigation Act is passed by the British Parliament to control the amount of commerce coming into the American Colonies. The act was put in place to expand the British Mercantilist agenda and expand the wealth that can be extracted from the colonies. -
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
The Glorious Revolution (“The Bloodless Revolution") involved the overthrow of King James II, who was replaced by his daughter Mary -
The frame of the government of Pennsylvania is established and the colony is officially apart of the English colonies. Sep 23, 1690 -
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick is the first newspaper to be published and printed in the colonies, and though not widely accepted at the time, it paved the way from newspapers in the colonies. The importance of spreading information is starting to be realized by the colonists and they are finding ways to distribute information about the world and their home. -
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. -
Carolina's English settlers were attacked, by the Yamasee Indians, with a vengeance, leading the settlers to believe that is was there intention to wipe them -
In 1754, the French and Indian War began. This war was fought between British colonies in North America and the French colonies as well as their allies. -
This angered them and they started protesting against the parliament. Stamp sellers and distributors on North America were threatened by the colonists. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. -
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773 by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States -
Administration of Justice Act - Protected Royal officials in Mass. * New Quartering Act - All colonies have to provide for the troops. 1774. Quebec Act. -
The Declaration of Independence, headed The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, is the founding document of the United States. It was adopted on July 4, 1776, -
Stono Rebellion. A Catholic governor in Florida promised freedom to a fugitive ... Parliament gets tired of fighting with colonies and decides to make peace. 1786 ... -
Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris. Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris. Advertisements. 1787. The Constitution of the United States signed -
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president. Jefferson ran against John Adams in 1796 and came in second place, making him vice president by law. Then he ran again in 1800, with the election ending in a tie between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The vote then went to the House of Representatives where Jefferson was declared the victor and, furthermore, the third president of the U.S -
The beginning of the War of 1812 was caused due to the British Royal Navy restricting trade routes to the U.S., impressing U.S. sailors, and the U.S.'s desire to expand its borders. -
British forces storm into the Chesapeake Bay and burn multiple government buildings including the Capitol building, the White House. The British forces pulled their forces only because they had achieved their war goals and were moving down to New Orleans to capture it as well. -
Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams came together to sign the document that would transfer control of Florida to the U.S. The Florida Peace Treaty was created to hand over the last Spanish-American colony to the U.S. because of numerous boundary disputes. The U.S. gave Spain $5 million to cede Florida into the newly formed nation. -
President James Monroe gave his annual presidential speech warning European powers not to interfere in the western hemisphere or else the U.S. would step in and stop them. This speech stood against what George Washington wanted for the country. He wanted the country to stay out of foreign affairs and keep to themselves, however, the Monroe doctrine declared the U.S. as the policing force of the western hemisphere. -
The U.S.-Mexican War lasted from 1846-1848 and was the first U.S. conflict fought on foreign soil. It was a war that was disputing the independence of Texas and the border of the Rio Grande. At the end of the war, Mexico lost about a third of its territory to the expansion-minded U.S., who claimed nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th president of the U.S. When entering office Abraham Lincoln was tasked with dealing with an incredibly divided nation dealing with the issue of states' rights about slavery. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote, however, he still handily defeated the three other candidates. Lincoln was formally a Whig representative to Congress and gained popularity after his series of public speeches that addressed many political issues of the time. -
The tension between the Northern and Southern states over states' rights and slavery finally got to the point where war broke out. The election of Abraham Lincoln caused 7 southern states to leave the Union and create the Confederate States of America. 4 more states soon joined these rebel states. -
Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg was done in order to address the war that was occurring. He wanted to dedicate the field to the fallen soldiers on both sides, and he wanted the soldiers to know what they were fighting for. He claimed that they were fighting to see if the new nation, and nations that had declared their freedoms from the European countries, could in fact survive without the aid of their previous owners. -
On the day of completion, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah. The last spike of the railroad was ceremoniously placed to connect the two railroad lines together. This railroad made it possible to travel from the eastern side of the continent to the western side by utilizing nearly 2000 miles of railroad track. The work began in 1866 after many plans had been made and the Pacific Railroad Act(1862) was passed.