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Jan 1, 1215
magna carta
granted rights to nobles and freemen -
roanoke
sponsered by sir Walter Raleigh was founded on roanoke island, off shore of North Carolina; settlers found to have vanished , 1590 -
jamestown
first perminant English settlement -
house of burgesses
first representitive assembly -
mayflower compact
first attempt at self government -
rohde island
Rodger Williams founded RI -
Navigation Act
British Parilment passed the navigation act -
bacons rebelion
jamestown is burned down -
Pennsylvannia
founded by william penn -
Witchcraft delution
alleged witches are executed -
Great Awakening
religious revival begins -
poor richards almanack
puplished until 1757 -
french and indian war
began when french occupied fort duquesne -
sugar act
placed taxes to pay for war -
stamp act
required stamps to fund royal troops -
townshend acts
placed taxes on glass lead and paper -
bosten massacre
british troops kill 5 people on streets of bosten -
bosten tea party
colonists dumped british tea into water -
intolerable acts
bosten tea must be paid for -
first continental congress
held in phillidelphia -
lexington and concord
first battles of revolution -
decloeation of independance
approved on july 4, Charlestown SC -
saratoga
turnning point of the war -
john pual jones
defended seripis against the british -
yorktown VA.
cornwallis retreated -
paris paece treaty
britain and us signed, ended war made us independant -
constitutional convention
took place in philadelphia -
george washington
chosen as first us president -
bill of rights
submited and went into efect -
washington
inaugerated for second term -
washingtons farewell adress
warned against forein powers -
louisianna purchase
doubled size of us -
lewis and clark expedition
explored the new territory gained by luisianna purchase -
first practicla steam boat
reached albany 150 mi. away in 32 hrs. -
war of 1812
had 3 main causes -
national anthem
francis scott key wrote the star spangled banner -
missouri compermise
allowed slavery in missouri but not west of mississippi river -
monroe doctrine
opposed european help in the americas -
trail of tears
native ameriacans forced to walk from georgia to oklahoma -
first telegraph
invented by F.B. morse -
califoria gold rush
80000 prospecters came to california -
uncle tom's cabin
published by harriet beacher stowe -
dred scott
stated that blscks could not br citizens -
1860 election
abraham lincoln elected president -
confederate states
southern states leave and create the confederate states of america -
battle of antietam
bloodiest battle of the civil war -
emancipation proclemation
freed all slaves -
lincoln assasination
shot by john wilks booth -
appomatix court house
te troops surrender -
14 amedment
granted citezen ship for all natural americans -
15 amendment
made race no bar to voting rights -
american red cross
founded by clara barton
