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Sir Walter Raleigh founded Roanoke Island off North Carolina Coast. It was the first colony founded in America.
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The settlers in Roanoke seemed to had vanished completely
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John Smith arrived at the New World along with 3 ships. He landed among the Virginia coast and started the first permanent English settlement called Jamestown.
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This is the first representative assembly in the colonies.
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The men on the Mayflower signed an agreement to self-goverment and majority rule.
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Pilgrim passengers on the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth in the New World.
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Providence, Rhode Island was created by Roger Williams. It was a democratically ruled colony with separation of state and church.
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Charter for Rhode Island granted.
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First Navigation Act passed by British Parliament.
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Planters led by Nathanial Bacon burned Jamestown. Bacon along with 23 followers were exectued.
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Payment for Pennsylvania lands payed and treaty signed by William Penn.
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20 alleged "witches" were executed at Salem, MA.
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Benjamin Franklin's first Almanack was published, and Georgia, which came to be the last of the 13 colonies, chartered.
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Joh Peter Zenger was taken to trial because he criticized the British governer in the newspaper.
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Jonathen Edwards gave his famous sermon, "Sinners In THe Hands Of An Angry God." He was a major figure in the Great Awakening.
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French And Indian War begins! Peace pact signed February 10, 1763.
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Britain placed tarriffs on foodstuffs and more in colonies.
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This act required colonists to pay for a special stamp to put on all documents.
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This act required colonist to house British troops
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These acts levied taxes on products including glass, paper, and tea.
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British troops murdered 5 including Crispus Attucks in Boston.
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Colonists had overthrown crates of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
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These acts stopped use of Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for. First Continental Congress held on September 5th.
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Paul Revere rode his horse to alert colonists the British were headed to Concord to destroy arms.
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After a long Revolution against Britain, the United States finally declared it's independence.
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The first form of written government adopted by the Continental Congress.
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The British ship "Serapis" was defeated by John Paul Jones on the "Bonhome Richard."
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This treaty recognized American Indpendence.
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Farmers who were debt-ridden rebelled in Massachusetts. On July 13th the Northwest Ordinance, which set the orderly pattern of growth for the Northwest Territory, was adopted. The first Constitional Convention was opened in Philadelphia on May 25th.
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George Washington was elected the first president of the USA with John Adams as vice president.
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The Bill Of Rights, first 10 amendments of the Constitution, went into effect.
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George Washington was inaugurated into his second term as president.
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Farmers rebelled and protested against the liquor tax.
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The adress George Washington delivered in which he warned against political parties.
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These acts intended to silence people who opposed politics.
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The new Supreme Court Justice, John Marshall, was inaugurated. January 20th. Thomas Jefferson was elected the 3rd president of the United States over Aaron Burr. February 17th.
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The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from Napolean for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the country.
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The Lewis and Clark expedition took place where they explored the Louisiana Territory. They were ordered by Thomas Jefferson.
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Robert Fulton created the first steamboat. Traveled 150 in 32 hours. The Embargo Act was put into place, which banned all ship trade with foreign countries.
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The main causes of the War of 1812 were that Britain shad seized 4000 USA sailors, that they had seized USA ships, and that they had armed Indians that raided the USA.
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Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British at Lake Erie.
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The British landed in Maryland and bombarded Fort McHenry for 25 hours. This inspired Francis Scott Key to write the "Star Spangled Banner."
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The United States recieved Florida from Spain.
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This Doctrine oppposed and intervention from foreign powers in the United States.
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Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne debated on states rights and nullification laws.
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A Virginia slave, Nat Turner, led a slave rebellion and killed many white slaveowners.
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Cherokee Indians were forced to walk a trail from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahomah. Many died or were injured. This was eventually called the "Trail of Tears"
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Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore.
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Zachary Taylor seized Texas land settled by Mexicans. US declared war on May 13. The was ended on February 2nd, 1848. The United States recieved Texas, California, and many other territories in the Mexican Cession at the end of the war.
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Gold was discovered in California, so around 80000 prospectors immigrated.
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The Compromis of 1850, proposed by Henry Clay, made Californie a free state, admitted Utah and New Mexico as territories, and made the Fugitive Slave Law harsher.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe published this book that talked about the harsh side of slavery.
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This party opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This party formed in Ripon, WI.
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Dred Scott held that slaves became free in a free state, but the court ruled otherwise. They said blacks could not be citizens.
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John Brown and 21 others seized the Armory at Harpers Ferry. Brown was hanged for Treason on December 2nd.
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In a four way race to presidency, Abraham Lincoln came out victorious as 16th president.
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Several Southern States seceded and called themselves the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as president. Firing at Ft. Sumter im Charleston on April 12 marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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The Union captured New Orleans on May 1st. The Battle of Antietam happened later in September, it was one of the bloodiest battles in the war. Over 4000 were killed overall.
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Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves in the South. The Union captured the Mississippi River by July 4, Lincoln then gave his Gettysburg Address after being victorious at the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate forces surrendered Vicksburg, MI to the Union on July 4th.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox Court House, VA. On April 14th President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, so Andrew Jackson was sworn into office. 13th amendment was passed, abolishing slavery.
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The !4th Amendment was ratified , giving citizenship to all people born in the USA.
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This amendment allowed people of all races to vote.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. President Garfield assassinated on July 2nd.
