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A joint stock copany or gop of invetors who pool their money together to suportbi projects, funed Jamestown Jamestown ws the first English settlement in the New Wolrd, setting the stage for the rest of the colonies to follow.
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Due to the Triangular Trade, many goods were exchanged between Europe, America, and Africa. The biggest export from Africa to America was slaves. These enslaved Africans first arrived in America in 1619, setting the stage for the mass use of slavery for years in the United States.
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In 1620, a group of Separatists, who became known as pilgrims, sailed to America on their ship the Mayflower, settling in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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While on the Mayflower, the Separatists drafted and signed the Mayflower Compact. This was a plan of self-government that ultimately set the stage for the United States Constitution.
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The colony of Pennsylvania was founded in 1682 bu a Quaker named William Penn. Pennsylvania beame a safe haven for people being prosecuted because of their religion.
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By as early as 1690, there were as many as 13,000 enslaved Africans already on Southern Plantations.
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Benjamin Franklin was born on this day. This is important to the United States due to all of his contributions to our country
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By 1725, there were 75,000 black slaves owned in the American colonies.
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James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1732. He filled the population with debtors with no other support.
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The English Parliament passed this act on the American colonies. The act imposed heavy taxes on things such as molasses, rum and sugar
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The Great Awakening religious movement began in Massachusetts in 1734. This was a key event in US history and lasted about ten years and was present in every colony.
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France and England went to war over control of the Ohio River Valley. This war was only known as the Seven Years War
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With the help of the colonists, England won the French and Indian War. The signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the war and made Great Britain the dominant power in North America.
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The first direct tax placed on the colonists by the English.
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Placed new customs duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. This was used to raise funds for the British
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British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists in Boston. Killing citizens made the British out to be tyrants who kill people for standing up for their rights
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After the passing of the Tea Act, colonists boarded British import ships in the Boston Harbor and dumped all the tea into the harbor
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The first battle of the Revolutionary War. After the British tried to seize the militia's weapon supply, the two groups met and fought.
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Congress appointed George Washington the head of the Continental Army
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By 1775, enslaved Africans accounted for about 20 percent of the colonial populations
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet was publised in 1776. This was the first time someone openly asked the colonies for rebellon against Great Britain
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A commitee of Patriot leaders headed by Thomas Jefferson declared independence from England throught the document, "The Declaration of Independence."
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British General Cornwallis surrenders to the American Army
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The United States Capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
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President Jefferson buys this land that stretches to the Pacific Ocean from the French. This puts the idea of Manifest Destiny into play
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Lewis and Clark set out on their expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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James Madison is elected as president, as tension continued to build with Great Britain
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The War of 1812 was a follow up of the Revolutionary War, between the United States and Great Britain
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During the War of 1812, the British invade Washington, D.C. and burn the Capital Building
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Alabama is admitted as a slave state, bringing the amount of slave and free states to equal
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New York State gives free Blacks the right to vote
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In 1827, slavery becomes against the law in New York
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The Underground Railroad is established, bringing thousands of slaves to their freedom
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Texas declares their independence from Mexico
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This compromise admits California in as a free state
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The book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published. This book shows the horrible things that happen in slavery for the first time publically
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in 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected as president
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Months after Lincoln is elected, South Carolina secedes from the United States
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Washington DC abolishes slavery in 1862
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Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy surrender at Appomadox Court House
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In 1865, President Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play
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After seceding from the Union, southern states are readmitted
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The 15th Amendment is ratified, giving black men the right to vote
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The Jim Crow Laws are put into action for the first time in Tennessee. These laws limit the right of African-Americans, and separate them from whites
