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Jamestown
First permanent English Colony in what is now the United States -
Virginia House Burgesses
First legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Mayflower Compact
First governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First written Constitution in the Western tradition -
French and Indian War
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America -
Proclamation of 1763
Stating that the indians owned the land -
War Ends
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Treaty of Paris
Ended French and Indian war. -
Currency Act
Currency could only be obtained through trade as regulated by Great Britain. -
Quartering Act
Soldier had to live with you and yiou would have to provide the basic needs for him. -
Stamp Act
Every paper that was printed must have a special stamp for it to be important. -
Townshend Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied. -
Boston Massacre
Five people were killed and to make it sound better. -
Tea Act
Tax on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Americans dumped a million gallons of tea in the water. -
Intolerable acts (Coercive Acts)
Patriot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. -
1st Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from twelve colonies . -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer. -
Declaration of Independence
statement adopted by the Continental Congress which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Battle of Saratoga
Major battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Articles of confederation Written
Agreement made by the original 13 states establishing a confederacy to be known as the United States. -
Valley Forge
Valley in eastern Pennsylvania that served as quarters for the American army in one winter of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
Last battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Articles of confederation were in force
Articles of confederation were in use. -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America -
Constitutional convention
Assembly that drafted the Constitution of the United States. -
3/5 comprimise
A compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention. -
Great comprimise
Was struck in the creation of legislative bodies. -
Constitution written
The Constitution originally consisted of seven Articles. -
Washington Takes office
he said "so help me god" after his anogeration. -
Bill of rights
Formal summary of those rights and liberties considered essential to a people. -
Genet Affair
Incident precipitated by the military adventurism -
Whisky rebellion
angry farmers in western Pennsylvinia launched a series of attacks on federal excise agents in response to tax on whiskey -
Pinckneys Treaty
agreement between Spain and the United States, fixing the southern boundary of the United States -
Jays Treaty
representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which sought to settle outstanding issues between the two countries -
Adams takes office
the second President of the United States -
XYZ Affair
diplomatic incident that almost led to war between the United States and France -
Alien and sedition acts
four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams -
Quasi War begins
Shortly after the Jay Treaty took effect, the French began seizing American ships. -
Jefferson takes office
President Jefferson hoped to make far-reaching changes -
Marbury vs. Madison
began when an obscure Federalist, William Marbury, was designated as a justice of the peace in the District of Columbia. -
Louisiana Purchase
The territory acquired from France the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. -
Embargo act of 1807
by the U.S. Congress in answer to the British orders in council restricting neutral shipping and to Napoleon's restrictive Continental System -
McCulloch vs Maryland
the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the constitution. -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
The McCulloch v. Maryland decision in 1819 fanned the flames of controversy over States' rights and national supremacy.
