US History thru 1877

By dhk5708
  • Christopher Columbus
    Apr 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    1st permanent English settlement
  • Virginia House of Burgessess

    Virginia House of Burgessess

    1st form of a representative government
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    An agreement signed by the Pilgrims promising to consult each other about laws for the colony.
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    !st written constitution
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    "The shot heard around the world."
  • Declaration of Indepence

    Declaration of Indepence

  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The constitution for America during the American Revolution.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The turning point in the American Revolution.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The battle showed the end of the revolution.
  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    Treaty of Paris 1783

    It ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the Unite States as an independent nation.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    Showed the weakness of the Acticles of Confederation
  • 3/5 Compromise

    3/5 Compromise

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

  • Geroge Washington elected 1st President

    Geroge Washington elected 1st President

    1st President of the United States of America
  • John Adams elected 2nd President

    John Adams elected 2nd President

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd President

    Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd President

    He was one of the Founding Fathers and the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Lousiana Purchase

    Lousiana Purchase

  • James Monroe elected 5th President

    James Monroe elected 5th President

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    1) The United States will not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/or interference by European nations
  • Andrew Jackson elected 7th President

    Andrew Jackson elected 7th President

  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

  • South Carolina secedes from the Union

    South Carolina secedes from the Union

    South Carolina because the first states to secede and other southern states followed.
  • Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President

    Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President

  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

  • Batlle of Fort Sumter

    Batlle of Fort Sumter

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    Bloodiest single day of the Civil War
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Set all slaves in the Confederate States free
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    The turning point in the Civil War for the North because Confederate troops were forced to retreat and nerver invaded the North again.
  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg

    Split the Confederacy in half
  • Appomattox Court House

    Appomattox Court House

    Robert E. Lee surrendere to Ulysse S. Grant ending the Cilvil War