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US History Review

By kxv4737
  • Magna Carta
    Jun 19, 1215

    Magna Carta

    First document to limit power of ruler
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    First permanent English settlement
  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    First representative assembly in the new world
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Agreement signed by pilgrims
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Forbid settlers to settle west of the Appalachian mountains
  • Committees of Correspondence

    Created by the Sons of Liberty resisting the new British laws
  • Lexington and Concord

    First battle of the American revolution
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    Document in order to get US freedom
  • Battle of Saratoge

    Turning point of the American Revolution
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance

    Principles and Procedures of and orderly expansion of teh United States
  • Constitution Convention

    Constitution Convention

    Constitution was written
  • Bill of Rights

    First ten amendments of the constitution
  • Cotton gin

    Cotton gin

    Invention by Eli Whitney that sped up the cleaning of cotton fibers and increased the need for slaves
  • Alien and Sedition Act

    4 bills that were passed by the Federalists
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Court decision that gave Supreme court the power to say if the law violates the constitution or not
  • Interchangeable Parts

    Interchangeable Parts

    Process by Eli Whitney that called for making each impotant part of a part exactly the same.
  • Louisiana Territory

    Louisiana Territory

    Land was acquired from France for $15 million.
  • Steam boat

    Steam boat

    Invention by Robert Fulton revolutionizing transportation and trade in the US
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

  • Florida purchase treaty

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Foreign policy statement
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

  • Texas Annexation

  • Declaration of Sentiments

    Complaints they had about the social injustice of women
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act

  • Gadsden Purchase

    Last of the Westward expansion
  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Supreme Court decision that said that slaves were property and not citizens
  • Battle of Antietem

    Battle of Antietem

    Bloodiest single day during the Civil War
  • Emanciption Proclamation

    Sets all salves in the Confederate states free