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Jamestown Founded
First permanet English Settlement in what is now the United States. -
Virgina House of Burgesses
First form of Representation in colonies -
Mayflower Compact
-First written framework of government in what is now the United States.
-Written by Puritan and Pilgrams to establish order in the colony of Plymouth. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Was founded by Thomas Hooker
Americans fist written consution -
French and Indian War
fought for control -
War Ends
Treaty of paris -
Treaty Of Paris
where the war for independce ended -
Proclamation
The proclamation also established or defined four new colonies. -
Currency Act
The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend Act
imposed duties on the importation of such articles as lead, glass, paint, tea, and paper into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A riot in boston,were britsh soldiers killed 5 people. -
Tea Act
a group of men dressed as Mohawk Indians dump 342 chests of East India Tea into Boston Harbor. -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
first battle of Revolutionary War -
Articles of Confederation Written
written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain -
Battle of Saratoga
proved to be a crucial vistory for the Patriots and is considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
signed a document stateing that they were free and they could do what ever they wanted as a free country and they decided that there was 13 offical colonies and the color were red, white, and blue. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris of 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
This is the story of the framing of the federal Constitution -
Constitution Written
Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. -
Washington Takes Office
George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States. -
Bill of Rights
a statement of the rights of a class of people, in particula -
Genet Affair
Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution. -
Whiskey Rebellion
. Farmers who used their leftover grain and corn in the form of whiskey as a medium of exchange were forced to pay a new tax. -
Pinckney’s Treaty
established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. -
Jay’s Treaty
was a treaty between the United States of America -
-Alien and Sedition Acts
the Federalist-controlled Congress passed four acts to empower the president of the United States to expel dangerous -
Jefferson Takes Office
thoma jefferson becomes president -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson expands the United States -
Marbury v. Madison
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion -
Embargo Act of 1807
was a general embargo enacted by the United States Congress against the United Kingdom and France during the Napoleonic Wars. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
the state of Maryland passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
fanned the flames of controversy over States' rights and national supremacy. -
Adams Takes Office
Adam becomes president
