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1492
Columbus lands in the New World
Columbus tried to sail to India but landed in the Americas. There was more land for Europe to explore and inhabit. -
Jamestown founded
Jamestown was founded because England wanted to have the first English settlement in the New World. Many of the settlers died because they were unprepared for the challenges. -
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
There was no government when the pilgrims landed in America so the Strangers and Pilgrims wrote an agreement to come together. This was called the Mayflower Compact. It helped the idea of starting their own laws and government expand. -
French and Indian War
The Native Americans and the French fought against the British and Colonists over land in America. The British won the war and they got the American land all the way to the Mississippi River. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin tried to get the colonists to join under one government to get a defense against the french but the colonist said no to his offer. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that ended the French and Indian that was between Great Britain and France. It said that the French would give up mass amounts of land to the British. -
Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation that prohibited Americans to settle in the land they got during the French and Indian War. This made the Americans unhappy with the King and British government. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act was made to give places for the British soldiers to live. They made colonist house soldiers but the colonist refused because it costed a lot -
Stamp Act
The British made the colonist start paying tax in the form of a stamp. The colonist refused to pay for stamps so the act was withdrawn. -
Townshend Act
England taxed certain imports. It forced the colonist to trade within the colonies instead of with Britain. This would lead to the American Revolution. -
Boston Massacre
The colonist protested and taunted the British soldiers. Some of the soldiers shot their guns into a crowd of people and it ended up killing 5 colonists. This became onE of the events that started the American Revolution. -
Tea Act of 1773
The tea act was when the British allowed only the East India Company to tax and sell tea. This made it so that the colonist couldn't buy tea from anywhere else. It led to the Boston Tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when a group of colonist in the New World disguised as Native American, split up into 3 groups and boarded 3 boats. When they got on the Boat they started destroying chests of tea and dumping the remains in to the Boston Harbor. This was done to show the British they could survive without them. -
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
The Intolerable Acts were four acts that were made to control the colonist. The colonists didn't like the acts and rebelled by find ways to avoid them. This led to the start of the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The continental congress was when the 13 colonies met to plan how they were going to face challenges. In the first one they talked about how they wanted to avoid war but they wanted economic coercion. They placed sanctions on Britain's non importation goods. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch petition was an attempt by the colonist to avoid war. The colonist offered a olive branch that symbolizes peaces and a sword that symbolized war. The King ignored the olive branch and said that the colonists were traitors and they needed to be held accountable for their actions. This declined offer made the colonists and British fight a full scale war. -
Battle of Lexington
The battle of Lexington was where around 200 patriots gather together to fight on a Common. Shots were fired and it marked the start of the American Revolution. -
Battle of Concord
When the British were marching to confiscate colonist weapons, but patriots knew they were coming so they banded together to stop them so it turned into a battle. This eventually led to the American Revolution. -
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American Revolution
The colonists were being unfairly taxed so they began to rebel. This led to the start of the American Revolution in 1775. The war was between Britain and America. America wanted to gain its independence from Britain. America won by signing the Treaty of Paris in 1783. -
Second Continental Congress
The second continental congress meeting the colonies talked about creating a defense called the Continental Army with George Washington as the Commander. This help create an army so that colonies could fight against the British. They realized that they needed to were going to have to fight. -
Common Sense
Common sense was an article that Thomas Paine wrote. Thomas Paine said argued that independence was common sense and that it was imperative that they take the step to being independent next. Thousands of copies were printed by the printing press and it became famous all throughout the 13 colonies. This made the colonists and patriots more eager to fight for their independence against the British. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was when the 13 states declared its independence from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution, America gained its independence from Britain and more than doubled the land they already had. The 13 states were free and could govern themselves. -
Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was after the American Revolution had ended. It was a violent uprising in response to having lots of debt and an increase in inflation. The rebellion showed that the US couldn't protect themselves from foreign countries and Native Americans. It also showed that the government was not able to fix the economic problems so that led to the rebellion. -
Congress ratifies the U.S. Constitution
The states signed the constitution making the structure of the government and the people. It was important because it ended a long debate and we still use it today. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was when there was a tax on the whiskey farmers were selling. They didn't like that so they rebelled. They set a house on fire. This was important because George Washington showed the nation that he was strong president and they couldn't just rebel when they didn't like something. -
XYZ affairs
The French disrespected the U.S. and the minister of France sent people called X, Y, and Z. They demanded 250,000 dollars. The Americans became mad and it made them want war. It resulted in the Quasi-War. -
War of 1812
It was a war between Britain and the U.S. It was fought because of a disagreement in trade. No one won the war and the U.S. gained respect and pride.