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Granted rights to both Nobles and Freemen.
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Roanoke was the first attempted colony in America. It is known as the "Lost Colony".
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Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in the "New World".
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The House of Burgesses was the 1st Repersentative Assembly in the Colnies.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement to form a self-goverment in the Colonies.
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RI was founded by Roger Williams for religious freedom.
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Were passed by England to regulate colonial commerce to suit English needs.
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Bacon and his followers rebelled against the Massachsetts government when a war against the Native Americand was declined.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania for religious tolerance.
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People were accused of being witches and put on trial them ultimately to their death.
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The Great Awakenign was a religious renewal movement through the colonies. People wanted Americans to go back to the religious roots that brought them to America.
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Benjamin Franklin published the first Poor Richard's Almanac.
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The Zenger trial is the reason that we now have the 1st amendment to our Constitution. He was aquitted from charges that he spoke negatively about the government.
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Benjamin Franklin wrote the Albany Plan of Union in 1754 in order to organize the colinies.
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The French and India War began.
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Forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Britain passed the Sugar Act on the colonies in order to pay debts from the Frend and Idian War.
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The Stamp and Quartering Acts was passed by Britain in the colonies that taxed certain goods and required colonists to house British soldiers.
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These Acts were passes in the colnies in order to raise revelues for England. These were basically the other repealed atcs combined.
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British soldiers fired into a group of colnists, killing four and Crispus Attucks. This was used as Anti-British propaganda.
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Colonists dressed as Native Anericans threw 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act.
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Britain passed the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
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12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss civil disobedience against Britain in response to the Intolerable Acts.
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This was said by Patrick Henry at the Virginia convention.
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Paul Revere, William Dawes, and William Prescott ride to warn the colonists that the Brmitish are coming.
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to promote independence as the right path to take.
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This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, was approved on July 4, 1776.
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Was the turning point of the Revolution. This battle, along with Benjamin Franklin, helped convince the French to help us in the Revolution.
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The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Contintal Congress as the first government.
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"I have not yet begun to fight!"
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Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Making it the last major battle of The Revolution.
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This treaty ended The Revolution.
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This Ordinance set the orderly pattern of growth for the United States and accelerated westward expansion.
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George Washington elected 1st President of the U.S.
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The Bill of Rights was the reason all the states ratified the Constitution.
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This was a rebellion by farnmers over the tax on whiskey. It was deemed a just tax because the U.S. government passed it, not Britain.
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin.
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Washington gave a frewell address after deciding not to run for a 3rd term. This set a precedent for all other presidents to follow and he warned against politial parties and entangling foreign alliances.
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Established judicial Review. The Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution.
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Doubled the size of the U.S. Bought by Thomas Jefferson from France for $15 million.
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Lewis and Clark, along with Sacagewea, explored the LA Territory for Jefferson. The expedition ended September 23, 1806.
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Robert Fulton invented the steamboat.
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The War of 1812 began. Three main casues were British interference with American shipping, allying with the Native Americans, and impressment of U.S. sailors.
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Francis Scott Key worte The Star Spangled Banner.
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Said there was to be no more European colonization of the Americas and the U.S. was a protector of Latin America. This distunguished the U.S. as a world power.
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Jackson's Indian Removal Act forced the Cherokees on to the Trail of Tears.
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Samuel F.B. Morse invented the Telegraph.
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Women's rights convention led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book.
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Decided that slaves did not become free in a free state because they were not citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln elected President.
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Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America.
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Battle that signified the beginning of the Civil War.
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This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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Lincoln issues this speech freeing all slaves in areas still in rebellion.
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Lincolns famous speech after the Battle Of Gettysburg.
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Robert E. Lee surendered at Appomattox Courthouse
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The 13th amendment oficially abolished slavery.
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Provided citizenship for all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
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Making race no bar for voting rights.
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Clara Barton founded the Red Cross.
