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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanet english colony in the new world. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislature in the new colonies. It was located in Virginia. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first written government established in the new world aka the United States. -
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
The Fundamental Orders of Conneticut was the first written document in North America. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a seven year war, it was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Britain. -
French and Indian war ends
The seven year war between a bunch of countrys finally ends. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of paris ended the revolutionary war, and it also recognized American independence. -
Proclamation
The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act wouldnt allow new bills to be made, and it was supposed to help the shortage of currency. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed to make the colonies pay a tax, which would help England try an get out of debt after the seven year war. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act put taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. It was soon appiled. -
Boston Massacre
In the Boston Massacre 5 guys were shot, one of them was african American, this is what helpped lead up to the war against England. -
Boston Tea Party
a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
Tea Act
The act's main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, but of course we went all crazy about it. -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance. -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia,Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress.These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Britain's General Gage had a secret plan.
During the wee hours of April 19, 1775, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were Lexington, -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd Continental congress decided to completely break away from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
A few men had to do a drafting of a formal statement of the colonies' intentions, known as The Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War, its how we got France's help against england. -
Valley Forge
George Washington made his men fight bad weather, so they could be more as a team and it would help them win the war. -
Articles of Confederation Written
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was one of the last battles in the Revaloutionary war. -
Articles of Confederation were in force
The Articles of Confederation were in force from March 1, 1781, until March 4, 1789, when the present Constitution went into effect. -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
Constitutional Convention
The convention faced a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as it had been defined by the Article of Confederation. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise resolved issues of representation in Congress. -
3/5 Compromise
stated that a slave would count as 3/5 of a person in terms of both taxation and representation -
Constitution Written
signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states. -
Washington Takes Office
Washington is the first president to take office. -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison . -
Genet Affair
The Genet Affair threatened America's precarious international situation, caused an acute foreign crisis for President Washington -
Whiskey Rebellion
People start to rebel against the taxation on whiskey. -
Pinckney’s Treaty
the treaty between Spain and the United States played a major role in the expansion of the infant nation's boundaries. -
Jay’s Treaty
an agreement that assuaged antagonisms between the United States and Great Britain -
Adams Takes Office
Adams become president of the united states -
XYZ Affair
diplomatic incident between French and United States. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The alien act is four different bills passed to tell you the rights of someone who isnt from America -
Quasi War Begins
An undeclared war between the United States and France, the Quasi-War was the result of disagreements over treaties and America's status as a neutral in the Wars of the French Revolution. -
Jefferson Takes Office
Thomas becomes president -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the united states. -
Marbury v. Madison
The case is about lost documents and how the cournt couldnt do anything about it. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory. -
Embargo Act of 1807
Thomas Jefferson's nonviolent resistance to British and French molestation of U.S. merchant ships carrying. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
State v. National,basically Maryland whats to taxes a bank an the bank refuses because its a National bank, in the end national wins. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
tate license v National licenses, there basically fighting over who can run the river, in the end national wins.