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Jamestown founded
the first permanent colony / english serttlement
jamestown is in the middle of a native american land -
Virginia house of burgesses
the first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia -
Mayflower compact
the first governing document of Plymouth Colony -
Fundamental orders of conn.
basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662 -
French and Indian war
war against indian and the french and was the final colonial war -
war ends- Treaty of Paris of 1763
was signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain -
war ends-proclamation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War -
Currency act
one of the causes of the American Revolution -
Stamp act
The tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
Quartering act
brithish army came into pepoles houses and satyed there -
Townshend Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre
five people died
african americn Crispus Attucks was killed first -
Tea act
tax put on tea -
Boston tea party
a group of Massachusetts Patriots seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
1st Continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of 56 delegates from 12 colonies -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable acts)
the laws that the British Parliament passed in 1774. These laws had something to do with the British colonies in North America. -
battles of lexinngton and concord
the Battles of Lexington and Concord were the opening actions of the American Revolution. The first shots were fired at Lexington -
2nd Continental congress
the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia. -
Declaration of Indipendence
a document that explains the reasons of self-government against British rules -
Battle of saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation written
The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States -
Valley Forge
George Washington’s forces became an army. No battle was fought at Valley Forge -
Articles of Confederation were in force
The first constitution in our nation's history was the U.S. Articles of Confederation -
Battle of Yorktown
The Americans and French were in that battle against the brithish and the brithish surrendered once the americans and french surrounded them -
Treaty of paris of 1783
established peace between Great Britain and the allied nations of France, Spain, and the Netherlands. -
3/5 Compromise
an agreement between the Southern and Northern states that slaves were considered three-fifths -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place at the State House in , Pennsylvania -
Great compromise
The objective of the Great Compromise was to balance the influence of large states and small states (measured by population) in the federal government. The main idea was to create a bicameral. -
Constitution written
The Constitution was written to create a government that was ruled by and for the people -
Washington takes office
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Bill of rights
The US Bill of Rights exists due to the decision of the framers of the constitution in 1783 -
Genet affair
Citizen Genet was sent by France to be its new ambassador to the United States -
Whiskey Rebellion
the main idea of the whiskey rebellion from the framers point of view was not to pay the tax on whiskey -
Princkney's Treaty
One of the most important diplomatic aims of the Washington administration was to secure recognition of American borders from the great powers. -
Jay's treaty
signed between the United States and Great Britain. Tensions between the two countries had increased since the end of the Revolutionary War. -
Adams takes office
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XYZ Affair
President Adams sent three envoys to France to negotiate a new agreement -
Quasi war Begins
The French Navy began seizing American trading ships -
Alien and Sedition acts
a series of 4 acts passed by the Federalist controlled Congress. immigration -
Jefferson takes office
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Marbury v. Madison
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review -
Louisiana purchase
U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
4,000-mile long journey through unknown territory -
Embargo act of 1807
halted trade with both nations until the impressments ended. -
Mcculloch v. maryland
Chief Justice John Marshall wrote the opinion for this landmark case defining the powers of a state over the federal government. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
One of the most important decision of the early Supreme Court. Led by Chief Justice John Marshall, the Court said that the federal commerce clause, in effect, outranked a state law that had granted a monopoly to one group of people.
