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Jamestown Foundation
First permanent English Settlement in what is now the United States. -
Virginia 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 Puritian and Piligrims to establish order in the colony of Plymouth. -
Fundamental Orders of Conn.
The first writen constitution. -
French and Indian War
Was the war that put Britian in debt and started all the cause of the American Revolution -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
france lost land -
War Ends
signed by Great Britian, France, and Spain -
Proclamation of 1763
closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. -
Currency Act
the name of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency . -
Stamp Act
the put taxes on stamps and you had to put stamps on every piece of paper. -
Quartering Act
when the soliders had to live in peoples houses with them . -
Townshend Act
was created by Charles Townshed passed by the Englush Parliment after the Stamp Act . -
Boston Massacre
a bunch of people went up to one red coat , the red coat got scared and called for back up . and so they started shooting the African Americans , 5 people were killed 6 hurt -
Tea Act
they put taxes on our tea -
Boston Tea Party
put taxes on our tea. so we poured the tea in the boston harbor -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
the respones to the bost tea party they stopped trade through the boston harbor -
1st Continental Congress
a group of 56 delegates from 12 colonies -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the opening actions of the American Revolution , first shots were fired at Lexington. -
2nd Continental Congress
met all together at the State House in Philadelphia -
Declaration of Independence
document that explains the reasons of self-government against British rules. -
Battle of Saratoga
know as a turning out of the american revolution for the winnning of americans . france became an alley from this point on in the battle. -
Valley Forge
george washington's forces became an official army, and no battle was fought at valley forge -
Articles of Confederation Written
the first constitution of the U.S. -
Battle of Yorktown
americans and french were in this battle , they surrounded the british which caused them to surrender. -
Articles of Confederation were in force
first constitution in the nation -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
settled peace between Great Britian and allied nations of France, Spain and the Netherlands -
Constitutional Convention
took place at the State House in Pennsylvania -
Great Compromise
to balance the large states and smaller states in the federal government. to create a bicameral. -
3/5 Compromise
Southern and Northern states made an agreement that slaves were considered three-fifths -
Constitution Written
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Washington Takes Office
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Bill of Rights
the first 10 amendments of the constitution , to protect the citizen . -
Genet Affair
sent by France to be its new ambassador to the U.S. -
Whiskey Rebellion
the farmers rebeled against the whiskey taxes -
Pinckney’s Treaty
important diplomatic aims to Washington administration was to secure recognition of American borders from the great powers. -
Jay’s Treaty
signed by the U.S. and Great Britian. -
Adams Takes Office
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Alien and Sedition Acts
series of four acts passed by the federalist controlled congress immigration -
Jefferson Takes Office
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Louisiana Purchase
U.S. had about 827,000 sq miles of land -
Marbury v. Madison
a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
4,000 mile long journey through unknow territory -
Embargo Act
stopped trade between both nations until impressments ended -
McCulloch v. Maryland
john marshall wrote the opinion for a landmark case defining the powers of a state over the federal government. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
important decision. court said that the federal commerce clause, in effect, outranked a state law that had granted a monopoly to one group of people
