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Apr 18, 1215
Magna Carta
Gave rights to nobles and freemen -
Roanoke
Roanoke was a mishappen colony that failed -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first sucessful colony in the 13 original colonies -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly for the US -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was written to form a self-government kind of government -
Roger Willams
Roger Willams founded Rhode Island for religious reasons -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were enacted to regulate colonial commerce to suit English Needs -
Bacons Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon led planters against british government -
Pennslvania
William Penn founded pennsylvania -
Witchcraft delusion
People can say that somene is a witch and then they will kill them -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival -
Poor Richards Almanac
Map of 13 origional colonies -
Zenger trial
John Peter Zenger Critisized a british governor -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war began when the french occupied ft Dusquesne -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act placed tax on sugar -
Stamp Act
Stamps that shows that tax had been paid -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act requires people to let british soldiers to stay in peoples homes -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts levied taxes on many imports to the us -
Boston Massacre
British officers fired at the people in boston -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the dumping of 42 barrels of tea in protest to the tax -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts said that tax was paid -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was held in philedelphia -
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty or give me death" -
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere went on the Midnight Ride to inform militia men that the britis are coming -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first battles in the american revolution -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of independence was approved july 4, independence day -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the American Revolution -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was adopted November 15 -
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones defeated the british ship "serapis" -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle in the American Revolution The British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the Revolution -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was opened in Philidelphia -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance set an orderly pattern of growth for the us -
The Constitution
The constitution was made -
George Washington
George Washington waas elected president -
Bill of rights
Bill of rights was made -
Cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton gin to inncrease slavery -
Washington's farewell adress
Washington gave his farewell adress -
Louisiana purchase
Napolean sold the louisiana territory to the us for 11,250,000 -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition started -
Steamboat
Robert Fulton made the first practical steamboat that carried goods on the mississippi river -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 started, it was over the british seizing of 4,000 US ships -
Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key Wrote the Star Spangled Banner at the bombardment of Ft. Henry -
Missouri Compromise
Slavery was outlawed above the 36 30 parallel -
Monroe Doctrine
Opposed European intervention -
Trail of Tears
Cherokee indians were forced to walk from georgia to oklahoma -
Telegraph
The Telegraph was invented by Samuel F.B. Morse -
Womens Rights
Elizibeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott led Seneca Falls for Womens Rights -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe for anti-slavery reasons -
Dred Scott
The Dred Scott case ended in the supreme court because the ruling was that Dred Scott wasn't a citizen -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected president -
Confederate states of America
Jefferson Davis became the president of the confederate states of america -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle of the civil war -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued bt president Lincoln that stated that all slaves be free -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address because confederate states surrendered -
Lincoln got shot
Lincoln got shot by Jonh Wilkes Booth in fords theater -
End of Civil war
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant -
13 th amendment
The 13 th amendment abolished slavery -
14th amendment
14 th amendment was made for citizenship to all who is born in the us -
15th amendment
15th amendment was made for voting rights -
Red Cross
Clara barton founded the Red Cross
