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Jamestown Founded
Jamestown, VA first successful colony in America -
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American History
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Mayflower Compact
First act of Self-Government in the colonies -
French and Indian War started
Britian declares war on France for sideing with the Native Anericans and started attacking British settlements -
Declaration of Independance/Start of the American Revolution
The colonist grew angry with how the British were treating them, so they got together and declared their independance, and telling King George why they are breaking away from Britian -
American gains its Independance
The Colonial Army defeated the British at Yorktown, NY -
Constitution signed
The United States decided the Articles of Confederation were not working, so they got together and wrote the Constitution they are known as the Constitutional convention -
Louisianna Purchase was made
Thomas Jefferson buys Louisianna from France for 15 million dollars -
Missouri Compromise
In 1820 the missouri compromise was made to divide the slave and free states in America -
Compromise of 1850
Entered present day New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Orgeon, Minnesota, and Washington -
Civil War breaks out
The Confederacy attacks Fort Sumter, South Carolina -
Reconstruction Ends
Hayes removes the remaining troops in the south to end reconstruction
