united states history

By Dejoie
  • Apr 15, 1215

    magna carta

    was an english charter

  • roanoke island

    lost island settlers vanished

  • james town

    first english settlement

  • house of burgesses

    first representative assembly

  • may flower compact

    agrement to form self goverment

  • roger williams

    founder of providence

  • navagation act

    to regulate colonial commerce to suit english needs

  • nathaniel bacon

    rebelion colapsed when bacon died

  • willam penn

    made payment for pennslyvanias land

  • witch vraft delusion at salem

    alleged witches executed by special court

  • great awakening

    revival began

  • poor richards almanack

    last of the 13 colonies

  • jhon peter zengeer

    editor

  • french and idian war

    began when french occupied Ft.daquesne

  • sugar act

    place dutties on lumber

  • stamp act and quartering act

    adopted declaration of rights

  • townshend acts

    levied taxes on glass painters lead paper and tea

  • boston massacre

    british troops fierd into mob

  • boston tea party

    protest the tea tax by sneeking on british ships and dumping the tea in to the ocean harbor

  • intolerable acts

    of parliament curtailed

  • patrick henry

    give me liberty or give me death

  • common sence

    that these colonies are and to be free and independent states

  • sartoga

    articles of confederation

  • jhon paul jones

    defeated serapais in british north sea waters

  • corn wallis surenderd

  • paris peac treaty

    recognized american independence

  • north west ordanice

    constitutional convention

  • geroge washington

    choden president by all elctors voting

  • bill of rights

    submitted to states

  • eli whitney

    ivented the cotton gin

  • farewell addres

    warned permanet alliances with foreing powers

  • lousiana purcgase

    doubled U.S area

  • lewis and clark

    expedition orderd by pres.

  • robert falton

    made first practicle steamboat

  • war of 1812

    war between americans and british

  • the star spangeld banner

  • monroe doctrine

    opossing european intervention in the americas enuceatied by pres.

  • trail of tears

    movement from gerogia to oklahoma starting in october.

  • first message first telagrap line

    samuel F.B morse

  • womens rights convention

    lucretiamott and elizebeth stanton led seneca falls ,NY, women's rights convention

  • harriet beecher stow

    uncle toms cabin published

  • dred scott

    blacks couldnt be citizens

  • pony express

    abraham lincoln

  • confederate states of america

    jefferson davis president cival war begins

  • battle of antietam

    bloodiest day of the cival war

  • emacipation proclamation

    lincoln isuued the emacipation proclamation

  • Robet E Lee

    surrenderd grant at appomattox court house