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Lost Colony
"Lost Colony" sponsored by: Walter Ralegh was fpunded on Roanoke Island, off North Carolina coast; settelers found to have vanished, 1590. -
Jamestown
Captain John Smith and 105 cavaliers in 3 ships landed on Virgina coast, started first permanent English settlement in New World at Jamestown. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Buergesses was the first representative assembely in New World, elected july 30 at Jamestow, VA -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was signed November 12, it was an agreement to form a self-goverment. -
Roger Williams
Roger Williams founded providence, RI, in June. as a democratically ruled colony with separation of church and state charter. (Religious reasons) -
Navigation Acts
The first Navigation Act, passed by the English Parliment, regulating colonial commerce to suit English needs. -
William Penn
The first German colonist in America settled near Philadelphia. William Penn signed treaty with Delaware Indians April 23 and made payment for Pennsylvania lands. -
Witchcraft
Witchcraft delusion at Saem, MA. 20 alleged witches were executed by order of Special Court. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening is when poor people in Philadelphia rioted. And religios revival began. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin published the first poor Richard's Almannack. -
John Peter Zenger
August 5, editor John Peter Zenger was acquitted of a libel in New York after criticizing the British's governor's conduct in office. -
French and Indian War
Conflict in North America from 1754-1763, that was part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britian; Britian defeated France and gained French Canada. -
Sugar Act
April 5, The sugar act was made. It placed dutties of lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and run in colonies, to pay French and Indian war debts. -
Quatering Act
The British further angered American colonists with the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. -
Stamp Act
First direct British tax on American colonists. Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal on it. -
Townshed Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacare
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea coming into the colonies -
Intolerable acts
Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts." -
Rhode Island
Rhode Island abolished slavery. -
Patrick Henry
Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765 and is well remembered for his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech.Along with Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he is remembered as one of the most influential exponents of Republicanism, promoters of the American Revolution and Independence, -
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere and William Dawes, Went on a midnight Ride were they went to go alert Patriot that British were on their way to concord to destroy arms. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense
Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution -
Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Sratoga
Battle of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American Revolutionary War (known outside the US as the American War of Independence) and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate. -
John Paul Jones
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones, commander of the Continental Navy’s Bon Homme Richard, defeated the royal warship Serapis. The Richard was badly crippled in the initial close-range exchange of cannon fire, but when the British commander asked if Jones was ready to surrender, Jones cried: “I have not yet begun to fight!” -
Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. -
Paris peace Treaty
February of 1783 George III issued his Proclamation of Cessation of Hostilities, culminating in the Peace Treaty of 1783. Signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, the agreement — also known as the Paris Peace Treaty — formally ended the United States War for Independence. -
Constitutional Convention
The United States Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,The Federal Convention or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles of Confederation, -
Northwest Ordinance
Considered to be one of the most significant achievements of the Congress of the Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 put the world on notice not only that the land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi would be settled but that it would eventually become part of the United States. -
George Washington
George Washington was voted president by all the electors voting. (73 elegible, 69 voting, 4 absent). -
Bill Of Rights
Although 12 amendments were originally proposed, the 10 that were ratified became the Bill of Rights in 1791. They defined citizens' rights in relation to the newly established government under the Constitution. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, causeing the revival of southern slavery. -
Washington Farewell Adress
In his farewell Presidential address, George Washington advised American citizens to view themselves as a cohesive unit and avoid political parties and issued a special warning to be wary of attachments and entanglements with other nations. -
Lousiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the largest land acquisition in U.S. history. For $15 million, the U.S. got 828000 square miles of territory. (Doubled the size of the U.S) -
Lewis and Clark
They were sent to explore The Lousiana purchase territories. They both became really good friends. -
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton made the first practical steam boat trip. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815, although the peace treaty ending the war was signed in Europe in December 1814. -
The Star Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry" a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. Prior to the agreement, the House of Representatives had refused to accept this compromise and a conference committee was appointed. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine, opposing European interverntion in the Americas, enunciated by press. James Monroe. -
Trail of Tears
Cherokee Indians forced to walk the "trail of tears" from Georgia to Oklahoma starting in October. -
First Telegraph
First message over first telegraph line sent May 24 by inventor Samuel F.B. Morse. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Pacific Ocean. -
Womens Right Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Matt led the Womens Right Convention in Senaca Falls, NY, July 19-20. -
Comprimise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance. -
Harriet Beecher Stower
Harriet Baecher Stowe published Uncle's Tom's Cabin. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott (1795-1858) was a slave who sued for his freedom in court, since he had been taken to a "free" state (Wisconsin). He lost his case in St. Louis, Missouri, but won it on appeal. His case was again appealed and Scott lost. The results of his court case led to major political upheavals in the USA and, eventually, the Civil War. -
Abraham Lincon
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history--the CIVIL WAR. He is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American president. -
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America was made up by 7 southerner states when Jefferson Davis was president. -
Civil War and Ft. Sumter
Fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC, the civil War began. -
Battle of Antientam
The Batttle of Antientam wa sthe bloodiest 1-day battle in the War. (each side lost over 2000 men). -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincon issued The "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing all states still in Rebellion. -
Gettysburg Adress
Lincon gave his Gettysburg Adress November 19. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee surrendered 27,800 Confederate Troops to General Grant. -
John Wilkes Both
John Wilkes Both shot President Lincon in Ford's Theatre April 14. -
13 Amendment
The 13 Amendment abolished slavery. -
14 Amendment
The 14 Amendment provived for critizenship of all persons born or naturalized in U.S -
15 Amendment
The 15 Amendment made race no bar to voting rights. -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
