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Granted rights to both Nobles and Freemen.
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Also knownas the "Lost Colony"
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First permanent English settlement in the colonies.
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First representative assembly in the New World.
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It was an agreement to form a self-government.
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Roger Williams founded R.I. for religious reasons.
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Regulating colonial commerce to suit English needs, that was passed by British Parliament.
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Nathaniel Bacon led planters aainst British government.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania.
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Alleged witches were executed by special court.
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Was a religious revival.
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He published the first Poor Richard's Almanack.
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John Peter Zenger was aquitted of libel in New York after criticizing the Bbritish gov
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French occupied Pittsburgh, British moved French from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, and the British captured Quebec.
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Placed duties on goods such as lumber, food, rum, and molasses (sugar).
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Stamp Act- Was a required revenue to help fund royal troops.
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It required colonists to house British troops.
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Levied taxes on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea.
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British troops fired into Boston mob, Killing 5, including Crispus Attucks.
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Colonists dumped a ship full of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea.
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Parliament curtiled Massechusetts self-rule; barred use of Boston Harbor till tea was paid for.
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Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to alert Patriots that the British were on their way to Concord
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Declaration of Independence- The United States declared independence from England and was written by Thomas Jefferson.
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It was a famous pamphlet, wrotten by Thomas Paine.
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Saratoga- Was the turning piont for the American Revolution.
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It was adopted by Continental Congress.
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He was on the Bonhomme Richard defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters.
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The French and Indian War was over.
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Britain, U.S. signed Paris peace treaty, which recognized American independence.
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Adopted by Continental Congress for the Northwest Territory.
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Opened in Philedelphia, Constitution accepted by delegates with Washington presiding.
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George Washington was chosen as 1st president of the U.S.
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Bill of Rights
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin- 1793
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Pennsylvania farmers protested the tax on whiskey.
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He warned against permanent alliances with foreign powers.
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The Louisiana Purchase doubled the United States territory.
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Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the new territory.
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Robert Fulton invented the first practical steamboat.
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Britain siezed U.S. Ships tradig with France, Britain armed Indians, and U.S. stopped trade with Europe.
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Francis Scott Key wrote it when he was inspired when British fleet failed.
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It opposed European intervention in the Americas, which was written by Pres. James Monroe.
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Cherokee Indians were forced to walk from Georgia to Oklahoma.
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Samuel F.B. Morse invented the first telegraph line.
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led Seneca Falls- Women's Rights Convention.
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California is a free state and made Fugitive Slave Law more harsh.
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It's about slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Supreme Court held that slaves did not become free in a free state. Court ruled against Scott.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
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Confederate States of America forms, and Battle of Ft. Sumter begins the Civil War.
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It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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President Lincoln issued it to free slaves. The Gettysburg Address was shared at Gettysburg after Union forces won a major victory.
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Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court House. Lincoln was shot and the 13th amendment abolished slavery.
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Providing citizenship of all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
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Making race no bar to voting rights.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
