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Columbus got lost but this was a 'blessing' in disguise to some people because he found America. Also the beginng of the Columbian Exchange
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Kicked off the change in religion in Europe. Because of this, many people left England to end religious persecution and came to America
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England's small navy defeats the Spanish's excellent navy making England a superpower
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The first charter is given to Jamestown & Plymouth for the first real colonies in America after the failure of Roanoke
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England passes the Navigation Acts that makes the colonies dependent on them. Mercantalism
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Bacon's Rebellion ended the lives of many Natives but also hardened the lines of slavery to make it racial slavery like we knew it.
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This time period really influenced the colonists in America to declare independence and form their own governments
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War between England and her colonies vs. Spain. America really helped Britian and aided in their success. Stregthened the relationship between England and the colonies but also began the Revolution
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A plan devised by England to stop the colonists from trading with the French. Colonists didn't like it because they felt like their rights were being violated
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Parliament passed the Sugar Act, a tax on the importation of foreign sugar. The colonists also hated this and fueled the fire for Revolution
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Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a tax on all official documents which really hurt the colonist's pockets. This was the final straw for the colonists
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Repealed the Stamp Act but told the colonists that they weren't exempt from any taxes the Parliament set
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, is published and basically capapults the move for seperation from England
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America declares independence from Britian
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The Constitution is approved and ratified the next year
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Jefferson is elected and a peaceful tranisition of power from the Federalists to the Democratic Republicans happens. Ushers in the era of Jefferson
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Established that the Supreme Court's job is to make sure everything going on is constitutional. Made the judicial branch powerful
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America purchased Louisana and its territories from Napelon that doubled the size of America.
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The slave uprising and eventual revolution in Haiti was so powerful. It obviously secured the enslaved Haitians the liberty they so longed for and it tightened the chains of slavery in the US.
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Congress bans importing slaves from Africa, driving up the price of slaves
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Basically nothing really happened except that British prescence offically left America
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Made a line that defined sectional slavery. Caused so many problems
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Nat Tuner's uprising was very bloody but very powerful because it led to stricter restrictions of the enslaved Africans
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Andrew Jackson started the specie circular which made banks start collecting species in order for people to puchase land. This kicked off the Panic because the banks didn't have enough specie to give everyone who asked for some
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Andrew Jackson's foricble removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia even though the Supreme Court said that the government couldn't force them to move
