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Jamestown Founded
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses of Virginia was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 14, 1639. It has the features of a written constitution, and is considered by some as the first written Constitution -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years' War. The war was fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, who declared war on each other in 1756. In the same year, the war escalated from a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. -
Treaty of Paris 1763/Proclamation 1763
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War, otherwise known as the French and Indian War in the North American theatre, which marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act is the name of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The policy created tension between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act 1765 imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the 18th century. Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. -
Boston Massecre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal overt objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. A related objective was to undercut the price of tea smuggled into Britain's North American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. Disguised as American Indians, the demonstrators hurt no one but destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the American boycott of tea carrying a tax the Americans had not authorized. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts was the Patriot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Massachusetts after the Boston Tea party. The acts stripped Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Revolution Started/Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington and Concord. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 25, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. -
Articles of the Confederation Written
The Articles of Confederation, Its drafting by the Continental Congress began in mid-1776 -
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Winter at Valley Forge
After the horrendous winter, the Continental Army found out that France was going to aid their cause by sending military and monetary donations to the army. France had signed an alliance pact, on February 6, 1778 with the 13 colonies, after General Horatio Gates had led his army and won the decisive Battles of Saratoga. A celebration of French alliance was organized on May 6, 1778, at Valley Forge. -
Articles of the Confederation Esrablished
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution, which was later approved in late 1777. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, German Battle or Surrender at Yorktown, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, resulted in the surrender of Cornwallis and Victory to the colonists. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place on May 27, 1787, and ended on September 17, 1787, which is when a group of delegates of the 13 colonies(Rhode Island wasn't there) addressed the problems of the Articles of the Confederation and replaced it with the Constitution. -
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was an agreement between the 13 colonies from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan which created the Legislative Branch. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise is when the slaves are reperesented as 3/5 a person, so that the slave owners had to pay taxes, but slaves couldn't vote. -
Constitution Written
The creation of the Constitution was held at the Continental Convention where the Constitution gave the government more power to deal with problems. -
Washington Takes Office
Washington Takes office in 1789, but not by his will. Washington rejected this offer twice before he went into office, and was very humble. He even added"...so help me god." to the oath and only wanted to be called Mr. President. He also stated that there should be only 2 terms in office, to stay out of foreign affairs , and wanted no political parties, as it would destroy the country. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion is when after the Revolution of the U.S. and there is war debt and taxes are forced onto thode who create whiskey, not who buy it.It eventually leads up to a rebellion that is stopped very quickly thanks to the new Constitution. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights were the first 10 amendments and gave people unalienable rights so that the Constitution could be ratified. -
Genet Affair
The Genet Affair is when Edmond-Charles Genêt, the French Ambassadorned d, comes to Washington's aid for France during the French Revolution, but only to get turned down. -
Pinckney’s Treaty
The Pinckney’s Treaty was a treaty to establish a friendship with Spain and to allow the U.S. to travel through the Mississippi River and allow trade. -
Jay’s Treaty
Jay's Treaty was to forn an agreement with the U.S. and Great Britain to avert war and allow friendly trade with Spain, France and Britain. -
Adams Takes Office
When Wasington steps dow from office, first vice president, John Adams, takes place as 2nd President of the U.S. and is a lifelong opponent of slavery, having to never buy a slave. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair is when President Adams sends 3 agents, XYZ, to France to figure out why France has stopped trade with the U.S. that could probably lead to war. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were to prevent immigrants to enter the U.S. after the French Revolution. -
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Quasi War
The Quasi War is an undeclared war with mostly naval battles between the French Republic and the U.S. to try and start trade again, which takes up around 2 years until the French finally trades again. -
Jefferson Takes Office
When Adams steps down from office, Jefferson takes place as president. While he is in office, he buys the Louisiana Purchase, created the Embargo Act of 1807, and was an enemy of Adams. -
Marbury v. Madison
The Marbury v. Madison case is when Jefferson gets rid of Marbury's national papers to join the Congress, so Marbury sues Jefferson's seceretary, Madison. Now, Marbury won the case, but the president is the only person who can allow it, so he doesn't get in office. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is whrn Jefferson buys the Louisiana Purchase for around 15 million dollars for 828,000 square miles of land, which basically doubled the size of the U.S. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
The Lewis & Clark Expedition is when a group of men travel the U.S. to map the land. This expidition was commisioned by Jefferson and took place shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. -
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act was an act that stated to Britain and France that the U.S. was neutral and would not interfere in foreign affairs. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Thw McCulloch v. Maryland case was when a man goes to Maryland to set up a bank, but Maryland believes that people from outside Maryland has to pay taxes, and he believes that a nation should be one, not seperate. So at the end of the case, McCulloch wins the case and opens a bank without taxes. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The Gibbons v. Ogden case is when 2 steamboat companies argue about who can trade between New York and New Jersey. One of the managers, Ogden, has a state license while the other, Gibbens, has an interstate license. It eventually comes up that Gibbens wins Because he has more power to trade.
