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First form of governement
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First official colony but it disapeared.
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First perminent succesful colony
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First representative assembly
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A agreement to form a self-government
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Roger Williams founded RI for religious perposes.
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British Parliament passed a series of law passed that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England
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led planters against autocratic British Gov.
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Founded Pennsylvania
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at Salem,MA; alleged witches executed by special court
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movement where religious rival begins
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Benjamin Franklin Published the first Poor Richards Almanack
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began when French occupied Ft. Duquesne
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Placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, etc. to pay of war debts
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Required revenue stamps to fund royal troops
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Required colonists to house British soldiers
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levied taxes on glasses, painters led, paper, and tea.
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British fired into Boston mob.
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Cargo Thrown overboard
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said they couldnt use the Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for.
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Held in Pensylvania, called for civil disobedience against Brititsh
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Patrick Henry adressed Virginia convention
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Rode to alert the Patriots the British were coming
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First battles of the Civil war
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Famous pro-independence Phamplet by. Thomas Paine
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was approved on July 4
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American Flag was authorized
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Cut off Brtitish Escape Route
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adopted by the Continental Convention
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Richard defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters
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Cornwallis retired to Yorktown, VA
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U.s Signed recognizing American independence
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Opened in Philadelphia with Wahington presiding
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Adopted by Continental Congress for Northwest Territory , north of Ohio, west of NY
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George Washington chosen president by all electors voting
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Submitted to states
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Eli Whitney invented; reviving Southern Slavery
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Warned Against permanent alliances with foreign powers
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Napoleon sold all of Louisiana, streching to Canadian border, to U.S; doubled the size of the U.S
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expedition ordered by pres. Thomas Jefferson to explore what is now the northwest U,S
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made first practical steamboat trip
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had 3 main causes
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was written by Francis Scott Key
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slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of the Mississippi river
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opposing European interventions in the Americas
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Cherokee Indiands forced to walk from Georgia to OK
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First message over first telegraph line
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the seneca falls, in New York, also known as the Women Rights convention
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It admitted California as 31st state, with slavery forbidden; made Fugitive slave laws more harsh.
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written by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852
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supreme court ruled that slaves wher not citizens and could not sue
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president
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seven states secceded to create the Confederate states of America and elected Jefferson Davis as the president.
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The Civil war began when the confederate fired on fort sumter.
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Freed all slaves in the teritories that rebelled
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Abraham lincoln gave
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Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at the Appomatox court house
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Fords theatre in Washington, DC. Lincoln died the following morning
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Abolished slavery
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Cvil Rights
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Right to vote
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Founded the American Red Cross
