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US History timeline.
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Roanoke Island was sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement.
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House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly.
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Mayflower Compact was signed to agree on an idea of self-government.
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Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island.
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Navigation Acts were passed for regulating colonial commerce to suit English needs.
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Nathaniel Bacon burned Jamestown.
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William Penn signed treaty with Delaware Indians and made payment for Pennsylvania lands.
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Witchcraft delusion: Alleged witches executed by special court.
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The Great Awakening was the beginning of the religious revival.
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Benjamin Franklin published the first Poor Richard's Almanack.
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John Peter Zenger was put on trial for criticizing the British governer's conduct in office.
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French and Indian War began when French occupied Ft. Dequensne.
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Placed tax on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in colonies to pay for French and Indian War debts.
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Required all legal documents to have a stamp on it. Was made of silver and was very expensive.
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Required colonists to house British troops.
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Put a tax on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea.
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British troops fired on colonists, killing 5,
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Cargo was thrown overboard to protest the tea tax.
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Barred use of Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for.
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Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to warn Patriots that the British were coming.
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Published by Thomas Paine and persuaded the colonies for independence.
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Colonies declared independence of the British.
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5,000 British soldiers surrendered.
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The first government.
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Famous for defeating the British on the North Sea waters.
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Cornwallis surrendered.
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Ended the Revolutionary War.
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Meeting for a new Constitution.
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Set an orderly pattern of growth for the US.
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George Washington was the first to be elected for presidency.
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First 10 amendments.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
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Washington warned against involvement with foreign powers, debt, and political parties.
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Doubled the size of the US.
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Lewis and Clark explored the northwest and the Lousiana Purchase.
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Robert Fulton made the first steamboat trip.
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1) Britian seized US ships that traded with France. 2) Britian seized 4,000 sailors. 3) Britian sided with the Indians.
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Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Opposed European intervention in the US.
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Cherokee Indians walked from Georgia to Oklahoma.
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Telegraph made by Samuel F.B. Morse.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott led Seneca Falls and the Women's Rights Convention.
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Made the Fugitive Slave Act more harsh and ended the slave trade.
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published. It was against slavery.
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Dred Scott could not sue because he was not a citizen of the US.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
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Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederare States of America.
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Civil War began at Ft. Sumter.
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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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Freed all slaves.
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Lincoln gave a speech for the national cemetery.
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant.
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Abolished slavery.
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Provided citizenship rights.
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Voting rights expanded to other races.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
