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American Revolution
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Treaty of Paris is signed
The treaty that ended the French and Indian war. -
Proclamation Line of 1763 is passed.
Made to protect the American settlers from being attack by Native Americans. -
Townshend Acts passed
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence is Signed
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Articles of Confederation created
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Articles of Confederation ratified
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Constitution was approved.
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Washington is elected president
Washington did not belong to any party, however, he did agree with certain actions the federalists took. -
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First Bank is established of the U.S.
Was chartered for 20 years by Congress, it came after the bank of North America. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
Began when Congress placed a tax of seven cents on every gallon of whiskey. Many people disliked this law, and a rebellion quickly began. -
Bill of Rights is adopted into the Constitution
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John Adams becomes president
Adams belonged to the Federalist party but thought of himself as an independent politician -
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Was passed by John Adams, and was later taken down when Thomas Jefferson was elected president. The law allows the president to put any aliens in jail who are endangering the U.S. -
Thomas Jefferson gets elected president.
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Louisiana Purchase
Was when the U.S. bought 828,000 square miles of French Territory and added it to their land. -
James Madison becomes president
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James Monroe becomes president
James Monroe was a federalist-republican. -
Florida Cession
A treaty between Spain and the U.S. which gave the U.S. Florida and also set the boundary between the U.S.and New Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
This is a compromise that allowed the number of slave and free states in the U.S. to stay the same. This was done because slave states were worried too many free states would not give them much of a say, and that if there were too many free states, it might be possible for the U.S. to outlaw slavery. -
John Quincy Adams becomes president
John Q. Adams was a federalist-republican. -
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Andrew Jackson's Presidency
Was the 7th President of the U.S. who became famous after winning the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. -
Indian Removal Act
Was a law passed that resulted in the Indians being pushed west of the Missisipi River. -
Anti-Slavery Society Founded
This society was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan to end slavery. They usually handed out pamplets, had meetings, and gave speeches to make their points. -
Burning of Abolitionist Literature
In 1835, a proslavery mob burned abolitionist literature in South Carolina. Most of the literature was distributed by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. -
Gag Rule
After recieving a lot of letters from abolitionists demanding that the government put an end to slavery, the government tabled all anti-slavery petitions, meaning they would not read or act on the petitions. -
Pennsylvanian Hall Burns
In 1838, a mob supporting slavery burned down Pennsylvanian Hall, which was often used for abolitionist meetings. -
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James K. Polk's Presidency
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the U.S., as well as the 13th speaker in the House of Representatives, and the 9th govenor of Tenesee. -
Texas Annexation
Had Texas join the U.S. as the 28th state. -
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Mexican-American War
Was fought after the Mexico did not allow the U.S. to annex California and New Mexico. -
Oregon Treaty
Was a treaty that established the U.S.-Canada Boundary. -
Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession was when the Mexicans gave up what is now California, Utah, Nevada, part of Wyoming, part of Arizona, part of New Mexico, and part of Colorado to the U.S. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise was formed because the U.S. couldn't decide whether to make some new land gained from Mexico a slave or free state. So the final compromise was that California would become a free state, the slave trade in Washington D.C. would end, and New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah could vote on whether they wanted to permit slavery when they applied for statehood -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850, which forces U.S. marshals and deputies to help slave owners capture slaves and deny them the right for freedom. This was made because Southeners were not happy that Northeners were helping so many slaves escape. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Gets Published
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe after the Fugitive Slave Law was passed in order to show people how bad slavery was. The book made many more people become abolitionists and made Southeners very angry. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase was a purchase of lands south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande, which allowed Americans to build a Southern Transcontinental Railroad. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act repealed the line made by the Missouri Compromise, which said that states north of that line free and states south of that line slave states, with the exception of Missouri. The Kansas-Nebraska Act also allowed Kansas and Nebraska to have slavery through popular sovereignty. -
Bleeding Kansas Begins
A lot of people moved to Kansas when they heard about the Kansas-Nebraska Act to change the popular sovereignty vote. This caused violence between the settlers and the people of Kansas. -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave named Dred Scott tried suing for freedom because his master had taken him to live in free territories. However, the court ruled against him and said that no slave or descendant of a slave could be a United States citizen and that Congress could not outlaw slavery, and that any state can choose to be a slave state. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown and 23 other men tried raiding Vriginia to give weapons to slaves and free them, they also captured and held hostage many important citizen in the town they were raiding, however, they got caught within 24 hours. -
Abraham Lincoln Gets Elected
Abraham Lincoln becomes president, which upsetted the South because they believed he would end slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln Gets Elected
Southeners were upset when Lincoln got elected because they thought he might get rid of slavery. -
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Secession
Because southeners thought Lincoln would end slavery, they began seceding from the U.S. and formed their own country.