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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in the New World. Tobacco was their main cash crop. -
Mayflower Compact
Document where the Puritans agreed to obey the laws created for the general good. Created a Covenant Community. -
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House of Burgesses
1st elected assembley in the new world. It sill operates today as the General Assembly. -
Start of slavery
in earlier years plantations had indentured servants, but son transitioned into African slaves. -
French and Indian War
Fought by the French and Indians verses the English colonist over land west of the Appalchains mountains. -
Proclamation of 1763
Parliement bans colonist from moving west of appaliachains.Colonist angered -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
England won over the French and got land west of Appalachains and Canada -
Stamp Act
Parliemnet put taxes on all legal documents. -
Boston Massacre
Colonist and Britsh soldiers competed over jobs . one evening a mob of anti-British demostrators formed.British fire shoots. 5 are dead. -
Boston Tea Party
After England put taxes on tea colonist dresse up as Indains and dump the tea in Boston Harbor. -
1st continental Congress
Meeting of reps from all 13 colonies except Georgia. Held in Philadelphia. Issued a statement of Colonial rights. -
Declaration of independence
Issued by the continental congress. Written by Thomas Jefferson. -
2nd continental congress
Created the Continental Army. George Washington was general. Issued the Olive Branch Petition. -
lexington and Concord
British troops attacked coloial weapons stockpile. Minutemen assembled. -
Articles of confederation
A government with a weak national governement and strong states. Congress had no power over tax or trade. the was no common currency. -
Yorktown
battlefield were America got there independence. -
The Treaty of Paris
England acknowledged American independence. -
land ordinance of 1785
establish a plan for surveying the western lands. -
Annapolis Convention
called to settle disputes among states over commerce. -
shay's rebellion
debt ridden farmers in Massachusetts. rebeled due to high taxes. -
constitutional convention
to address problems in governing the united states. -
northwest ordinance 1787
providied the proces for the creation and admission of new states. -
Judiciary Act of 1787
set up cornt system -
Critical Period
Time period during which the US was under the Articles of confederation. -
3/5ths compromise
slaves were three fifths of a person -
the great compromise
came up with a bicameral legislative -
Bill of rights signed
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Adam's Presidency
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jefferson presidency
Alien and Sedition Acts -
Washington's Presidencey
created executive departments: state, Treasury, War -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson bought this land from France. -
Marbury vs. Madison
establish the power of judicial review -
war of 1812
British interference with American shipping -
McMulloch vs. Mayland
a state the bank due to national supremacy. -
Susan B. Anthony
women suffurage activist -
Gibbons vs Ogden
confirmed the fedral goverenment has power over congress. -
Monroe Doctrine
warned Europe against future colonization in the Americas -
cotton Gin
made by Eli whitney.made cotton growing very proftable -
Missouri Compromise
divided LA purchase at 36,30. North of line :free. South of line: slave -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Portrayed the evils of slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
a slave sued for freedom after being taken to free territory by his owner. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won. Main issue was slavery -
Battle of Antietam
Lincoln issued the Emanccipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
In South Carolina. First battle of the civil war -
Emancipation Proclamation
freed slaves in the rebelling states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
3 day battle. Lee had to retreat. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Union General Sherman marched across GA and up the coast. -
Gettysburg Address
Short speech by Lincoln. -
Lincoln's Assassination
killed by John Wilkes Booth shortly after the war -
Reconstruction
Restoring Southern States to the Union. -
13 Amendments
abolished slavery -
14 Amendment
equal right for African Americans -
15 Amendment
Allowed African American males to vote -
Election of 1867
Hayes v. Tilden -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Put South under Military occupation. -
Jim Crow Laws
separate facilites for white snd black people -
Sherman Anti-Trust act
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Plessey v. Ferguson
separate but equal. -
Progressive Movement
reforms to fix problems caused by industriailzation -
16 Amendment
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17 Amendment
Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state -
Clayton Anti-trust Act
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Federal Trade Commission Act
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19 Amendment
women gain the right to vote -
Hoover
president during the great drepression. -
Great Depression
The time of severe economic hardships in the U.S from 1929-1941 -
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crahsed. -
CLO
New Union -
FDR
President that ran against Hoover and won. -
New Deal
FDR promised this to the people if he was elected. would help pull them out the depression. -
Labor Standards Act
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Wagner Act
Protectsed worker rights to form unions. -
dust bowl
horrible drought in Texas Oklahoma and kansas -
FDIC
Insures bank deposits. -
Social Security Act
provides safe gaurds for workers (disability and unemploymeny compensation) and old-age pension -
Non-Agression pact
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War in Europe begins
Germany invades Poland to kick off WWII -
Non-Agression Pact
stalin and hitler agree not to attack each oher -
war in Europe begins
The war begins because Germany invades Poland. -
Germany Invades Russia
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korematsu v. U.S
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Germany invades Russia
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Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs pearl harbor Dec 7, 1947 getting America in WWII -
U.S delcares war on Japan
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Battle of the bulge
german counter offensive -
Division of germany
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d-day
Allies landed in German -occupied france -
cold war
uneasy peace after WWII between U.S and Soviet Union -
NATO
defensive alliance among U.S and western European countries -
Nuremburg Trials
Post was trials of Nazis for war crimes n the holocaust -
V-E day
Allies over ran Germany -
waesaw pact
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Hiroshima A bomb
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communist takeover of china
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U.s declares war
FDR request to declare war on japan -
Berlin Airlift
America flew food to West germany -
Korean War
North- communist
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sputnik
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U2 incident
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Marshal Plan
U.S gives poor countries money to prevent them from going to communism -
Jfk
United states president -
berlin wall
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Eisenhower
president of the USA -
cuban Missile Crrisis
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Nixon in China
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Vietnam War
War between North and South Vietnam. US join the fight to help the non-communist south. -
End of Vietnam War
North Vietnam invades South Vietnam and becomes communist
