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Apr 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
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Jamestown
1st permanent English settlement -
Virginia House of Burgessess
1st form of a representative government -
Mayflower Compact
An agreement signed by the Pilgrims promising to consult each other about laws for the colony. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
!st written constitution -
Stamp Act
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Tea Act
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Quartering Act
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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American Revolution
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
"The shot heard around the world." -
Declaration of Indepence
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Articles of Confederation
The constitution for America during the American Revolution. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point in the American Revolution. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle showed the end of the revolution. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
It ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the Unite States as an independent nation. -
Shay's Rebellion
Showed the weakness of the Acticles of Confederation -
3/5 Compromise
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Constitutional Convention
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Geroge Washington elected 1st President
1st President of the United States of America -
John Adams elected 2nd President
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd President
He was one of the Founding Fathers and the main author of the Declaration of Independence. -
Lousiana Purchase
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James Monroe elected 5th President
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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
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Trail of Tears
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
South Carolina because the first states to secede and other southern states followed. -
Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President
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Civil War Begins
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Batlle of Fort Sumter
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Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest single day of the Civil War -
Emancipation Proclamation
Set all slaves in the Confederate States free -
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
Split the Confederacy in half -
Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee surrendere to Ulysse S. Grant ending the Cilvil War
