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Apr 15, 1215
Magna Carta
English charter -
Roanoke
Set off of the North Carolina coast. -
Jamestown
First permiant settlement. -
House of Burgesses
First representitive assembely, -
Mayflower Compact
First written form of self-government. -
Roger Williams
Founded Providence, Rhode Island. -
Navigation Act
Regulated colonial commerce to suit English needs. -
William Penn
Founded Pennsylvania -
Witchcraft Movement
Witch's were exterminated by special court. -
Great Awakening
Religious revial began. -
Benjamin Frankiln
Wrote Poor Richard's almanac. -
John Peter Zenger
Trial that gave Americans freedom of press. -
French and Indian War
French lost Canada. -
Stamp Act
Put a tax on stamps. Angered colonist. -
Quatering Act
Required colonist to quater British troops. -
Townshend Act
Levied taxes on glass, painter's led, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fired into Boston mob killing 5 people. -
Boston Tea Party
Angered colonist dumped tea in the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Parliment charged colonist until all of the money lost on the tea dumped in the harbor was resetored. -
First Contential Congress
Held in Philidelphia, called for Civil disobediance against British. -
Patrick Henry
Adressed Virginia Convention, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" -
Paul Revere
Rode to alert that the British were comming. -
Common Sense
Famous independent phampet written by Thomas Paine, sold 100,000 copies. -
Deceleration of Independence
Declared American independence from Birtian. -
Saratoga
Marked the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation
Adopted by Contential Congress first government. -
John Paul Jones
Defeated British in waters. -
Yorktown
Marked the end of the Revloution. -
Cornwallis Surrendered
Ended the Revolution -
Paris Peace Treaty
Recognizing American Independence. -
Northwest Ordinance
Set laws for the new territory -
Constutional Convention
Meeting held in Philidelphia. -
Gorge Washington
Was elected President. -
Bill of Rights
Writen laws were estaablished to indicate states powers. -
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin. Expanded slavery. -
Washington's Fairwell Adress
Stated he wanted no more forigen affairs. -
Lousianna Purchase
Doubled the size of America. 15 million dollars. Bought for Nepolean. -
Lewis and Clark
Expedition to discover the new found territory. -
Robert Fulton
Made the first political steamboat. -
War of 1812
Strated becasue of trading with France, harbored sailors, and Indians. British took Detroit. -
"The Star-Spangled Banner
Nation anthem writen by Fransis Soctt Key. -
Missouri Compromise
Bill passed that stated slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not West of the Mississippi Riveer. -
Monroe Doctorine
Opposed European intervention in the Americas. -
"Trail of Tears"
Cheeroke Indians were forced on a rough journey West when the Indian Removal Act was passed. -
Samuel B. Morse
First telegraph -
Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Led Seneca Falls -
Compromise of 1850
Decided which states were slave states and which other states were free states. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin -
Fort Sumter
Begining of the Civil War -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War -
Gettysburg Adress
Linclon's speech to adress that violence wasn't solving anything.. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves in all states. -
Robert E. Lee
Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the Appomattox Courthouse. -
Linclon's Assination
Linclon was assinated by John Wilks Booth. -
13th Ammendment
Abolished slavery -
14th Ammendment
Provided citizenship to alll people born in the U.s -
15th Ammendment
Made no race bar to voting rights -
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red-Cross
