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1492
Colombus lands in the new world
columbus tried to sail to india but landed in the americas. There was more land for europe to explore but and this was good because now we have america. -
Jamestown founded
Jamestown was going to be a the first permanent established settlement. Everyone was very hopeful because there were lots of fresh water and lots of trees. Then they ran out of supplies and sent captain john smith to go get resources and that saved then from the total collapse. Then a bad winter came and 80% of colonists died. -
Pilgrums landed in plymouth
when the pilgrims landed on plymouth they started building there settlement to live on. -
French and indian war
during the french and indian war they fought over land in america called the ohio river valley and the mississippi river to help with trade. now we have the mississippi river because of them. -
Albany plain of union
The albany plan of union was when the british wanted a batter government so benjamin franklin made a plain that said all of the colonies go under 1 government so everyone could fight together to win the war. -
Treaty of paris 1763
The 1763 treaty of paris was when the the british got the mississippi river and the french influence ended and when the salutary neglect ended and british started to enforce laws. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was when the british said you cant settle west of the appalachian mountains -
Stamp act
it was when british was in dept and they had to tax colonist on stamps and other goods -
Quartering act
when the british was watching colonists so they would pay there taxes they needed houses so the volonists had to pay a tax the homed the british -
Townshead act
taxes on imported british goods that the colonists had to pay this was important because this was the last act. -
Boston massacre
the boston massacre was when the colonists didn't want to pay there taxes and they colonists got violent so they sent british troops to come and calm the colonists this was bad becsuse then the colonests didn't get a say in fair taxes. -
The tea Act of 1773
The tea act was when tea was parliament allowed east india to sell tea for a cheaper price but then they stopped smuggling dutch tea because english was cheaper.The tea act made it easer for the colonists to buy tea. -
Boston tea party
the boston tea party was when angry colonests dressed a natives and they broke all of the tea in the ships and dumped it over board because they didn't support the british -
Intolerable act
the intolerable(coercive) acts was a series of acts to try to control or enforce laws on the colonists and this made the colonists mad. -
First continental congress
the first continental congress was when the representatives wanted to avoid war and wanted have a policy of economic force. they wanted to place sanctions on britain on non imported of british goods -
Battle of lexington
the battle of lexington was because the colonist were tired of the british ruling them around and this started the american revolution -
The battle of concord
the battle of concord started the american revolution -
Comman sence by tomas paine
the commas scene was when tomas paine wrote a letter saying that everyone should have indapencince -
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Revolutanary war
bunker hill was a major fight leading up to the revolutionary war. battle of trenton they fought for money. battle of seratoga was the turning point of the american revolution. battlre of brandywine british wanted to take americas seat in goverment. vally forge was an place where a group of solders where trained for york town. yorktown was when franch and america had a war -
Olive branch petition
the olive branch patition was when the colonest gave a letter to the king asking for help and peace but the king said no. -
Decloration of indapendince
The declaration of independence was a document that stated all of the right that the colonies had. this helped the america get more freedom. -
Shays rebellion
it was a dept cises at the end of the revolutionary war. -
congress ratifies the U S Constitution
the congress ratifies the us contitution and that ment that everyone has rules but also made the us more fair -
whiskey rebellion
the whisky rebelion was when the farmerrs grew crops likr corn and if they coudent sell it they would ferment it and turn it into wiskey and then people would sell that but then there was a tax put on it and it made the colonist mad so there was -
xyz affair
when the french helped the us and became allies and then the us didn't help the french so they got mad so there was a was the quesi war. -
war of 1812
the war of 1812 was a disagreement over trade fought with the british and the us and no one won the war and they stoped fighting