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Founding Of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent settlement. In the colony of Virginia. -
Virgina House of Burgesses
It was the first representative government. -
Mayflower Compact
It was the first wirtten government. -
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
The first written constitution. -
French & Indian War
The French & Native American were fighting the British and the Colonies. For Control of Ohio River and other territories. -
War Ends
Treaty of Paris -1763- France lost land, but put England in dept. Proclaimation-1763-British didn't allow the colonist to move west. -
Currency Act
$Act-Britain took control of the money(currency). -
Stamp Act
Britain taxed anything that had to do with paper. It was boycotted and repealed -
Quartering Act
Made the colonist house the British soldiers. -
Townshend Act
Taxes on tea, glass, paper. -
Boston Massacre
5 colonist got shot un-armed by British soldiers. -
Tea act
Merchants refused to unload the team from the British ships or sell it. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty dumped 342 crates of tea in protest. -
Coercive Act (Intolerable Act)
Quartering Act was one of them. The colonist were force to repay the dumped tea. -
1st Continental Congress
The Founding Fathers met in Philidelphia to write a letter to the King of there grievances(things that upsets us). -
Battles Of Lexington & Concord
"The Shot Heard Around the World", first shot and the start of the Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
George Washington was the president of the Continental congress. That was when he was elected General to the Continental Army.It was also went Thomas Jefferson wrote a draft of the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was author of the Declation of Ind. Thats when the colonies declared Independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
The "Turning Point" and that was when the Frenc h and the Spanish started to help -
Valley Forge
It was when Washington and his men were stuck in the middle of the winter in Valley forge and came out stronger and more together. They fought side to side with no doubt that they would die for the man to the left and right. -
Articles of Confederation
The articles of confederation was a weak central goverment and strong statesssssssssssssssssssssssss. -
Battle of Yorktown
It was the battle that basicly ended the Rev. War. -
Articles of Confederation in forced
The Articles of Confederation were in force by the state goverment to listen to the laws. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty was meant for the British to offically reconize that the colonies were independent. They also had to leave all the fort in North America and also loose there land. -
Constitution Written
James Madison wrote the constitution which is still used today. Thats how awsome it is. But Gouverneur Morris drafted the final copy. -
3/5 Compromise
The slave were counted for taxation, seats in the House of Rep., and south wanted slavey labor. -
Great Compromise
the combination of the Virginia and the New Jerzy plans. This compromise proposed a 2 house legislator: the House of Represetatives(depends on population) and Senate(2 members per state). -
Washington Takes Office
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Bills of Rights
It was like an "insurance card" to protect the people from the goverment taking their rights away. Which consistis of 10 amendments. -
Genet Affair
France sends a diplomat to the US to ask for help in the war with Britain but US declares nutrality. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The goverment was charging the makers of whiskey to pay a tax on there whiskey but the makers were usally poor famers. -
Jay's Treaty
The British had to pay for the damaged seized ships -
Pinckney's Treaty
France allowed the Americans to use the Missisipi River & trade at New Orleans. -
Adams Takes Office
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XYZ Affair
France stopped all trade with the US and Adams sent the agents to convice them to trade with them again. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien Act- made it easier to "deport" immagrants and it really difficult for the immagrants to vote even if they were in the country for a long time.
Sedition act- The Goverment basiclly destroyed the 1st ammendment by making the people pay if they wrote bad about the Gov. and if they didnt pay they'll go to jail. -
Quasi War Begins
It was when the french were attacking american ships. -
Jefferson Takes Office
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Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson basically bought the Louisiana Territory from France and were got them ripped off. -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury was sueing Madison because Madison didn't deliver the papers he was supposed to. Marbury kinda won be Madison wasn't force to return the papers.
(This case was the 1st case one after the suspension of the supreme court)> -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson asked Lewis to explore the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis asked Clark to go with him and he accepted -
Embargo Act
A bann on trade with foreign countries -
McCulloch v.Maryland
Maryland was sueing McCulloch(Naitonal bank) Maryland was saying that the federal bank didn't have the right to tax and take over the state's bank. McCulloch won because they supreme court decided and because the Cheif was a federalist. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Ogden sued Gibbons because he didn't have a "state" license so he couldn't "go on those waters". But he did have a national license so the court ruled him not guilty.{and because Gibbons was a fed.}
