US/VA History Timeline Rebecca Ligon

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Formed by the VA company of London. 1st permament English settlement and later soon became Virginia.
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    First legislative assmebly.
  • Start of Slavery

    Start of Slavery

    Slavery started in Jamestown.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Document where they agreed to obey laws created for the general good. Pledged loyalty to God and the King.
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    Where the US fought against France.
  • Proclomation of 1763

    Closed frontier of colonial expansion.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Ended american revolutionary war.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Taxing people on documents and goods.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Mod of Anti-british formed and British troops turned into a mob becuase they were fighting over jobs.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dumped tea into the ocean as a rebelion against the tax on goods.
  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress

    Meeting of all 13 colonies
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    British troops attacked colonial stock pile.
  • 2nd continental congress

    2nd continental congress

    Created a continental army
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Rights and freedom.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Weak national gov't.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    Battle against the british.
  • Land Ordinance of 1785

  • Annapolis Convenction

    Annapolis Convenction

    National political convention
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    armed uprising in Massachusettes,
  • Northwest Ordinance 1787

    Northwest Ordinance 1787

    Act of congress of Confederation
  • 3/5ths compromise

    3/5ths compromise

    Where slaves were counted as only 3/5ths of a person.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    Held in Philapelphia and was the federal convention.
  • The Great Compromise

    The Great Compromise

    agreement that large and small states reached.
  • Washinton's presidency

    Washinton's presidency

    He was elected and was a very good president at the time and a strong general.
  • Judiciary Act of 1789

    Judiciary Act of 1789

    first session of the first US congress.
  • Bill of rights

    Bill of rights

    Bill of rights was signed.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    A tool made to help process cotton quicker and better.
  • Adams Presidency

    Adams Presidency

    second president of the U.S
  • Gabe Prosser Revolt

    Gabe Prosser Revolt

    Lead an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond, VA
  • Nat Turner Revolt

    Nat Turner Revolt

    Lead a slave revolt in Southhampton county VA.
  • Knights of Labor

    Knights of Labor

    important labor organization in 1800's no date
  • Jefferson's presidency

    Jefferson's presidency

    3rd president of the U.S.
  • Marbury vs. Madison

    Marbury vs. Madison

    First case that declared an act of congress unconstitutional.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson bought it from the french and doubled the size of the U.S.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    War between the U.S and Great Britian
  • McCulloch vs. Maryland

    A court case say bank couldn't tax bank due to national supremency.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Passed a bill granting Missouri as a slve state.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Divided the Louisiana Purchase
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Obligated respect for the Western Hemesphere.
  • Gibbons vs. Ogden

    Court overturned steamboat monopoly.
  • Jackson's Presidency

    Jackson's Presidency

    More common people could vote and liked Jackson.
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Forced indians to move into indian territory
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo

    Texas Revolution
  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Battle of San Jacinto

    Concluding millitary event on the Texas revolution.
  • U.S. Annexes Texas

    U.S. Annexes Texas

    Texas became a part of the U.S.
  • Mexican War

    Mexican War

    Began with the struggle over Texas.
  • CA Gold Rush

    CA Gold Rush

    Gold was discovered.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention

    First women's right convention.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    package of 5 seperate bills
  • Age of Common Man

    Age of Common Man

    Time when democracy in the US expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process.
  • Fugitave Slave law

    Fugitave Slave law

    made easier to catch runaway slaves.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • Kansas-Nebraska act

    Kansas-Nebraska act

    gave them popular sovereignty
  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case

    Determine whether african americans are free or not
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    Presidential election
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter

    Near Charleston North Carolina
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    Signed by pres. Lincoln Opens government owned land to family and farmers.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    First battle in American Civil war
  • emancipation proclamation

    emancipation proclamation

    Freed slaves
  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg

    Final major miliatry action
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    The Civil's war turning point
  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address

    A speech by Abraham Lincoln.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery in the United states
  • Appomatox Courthouse

    Appomatox Courthouse

    Lee surrenders at appomatox courthouse.
  • Lincoln Assassination

    Lincoln Assassination

    By John Wilkes Booth
  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction

    To reconstruct the south after a devesting loss to the Union.
  • Reconstructoin Act of 1867

    Reconstructoin Act of 1867

    Divided the south and was under control of military during this time.
  • Election of 1867

    Election of 1867

    One year after the civil war this election occured.
  • 14th Amendment

    defining some of the rights of recently freed slaves
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    African American men the right to vote
  • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

    Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

    Not allowing chinese to immigrate
  • Haymarket Square

    Haymarket Square

    Someone threw a bomb into the police
  • American Federation of Labor

    American Federation of Labor

    first federation of labor unions
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    Process of Americanizing Native Americans. Give them land
  • progressive movement

    progressive movement

    a movement to progress from the GIlded age.
  • Sherman anti-trust act

    Sherman anti-trust act

    outlawed monolpoy parties.
  • Jim crow laws

    Jim crow laws

    segregation law
  • Homestead strike

    Homestead strike

    Steel strike and was an industrial lockout
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike

    Nationwide railroad strike
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    court case about racial segregation
  • Reservation System

    act or instance of reserving
  • American Railway Union

    American Railway Union

    first industrial union of the United states no date
  • Assimilation Policy

    Assimilation Policy

    Americanizing Native americans NO DATE
  • 16th amendment

    16th amendment

    federal tax income
  • 17th amendment

    17th amendment

    vote for senators
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    womens right to vote
  • Immigration Restriction Act

    Immigration Restriction Act

    Stopped immigration for several years.
  • Hoover

    Hoover

    31st president of the US
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    Stock market crashed and it started the Great Depression, a time of econmoic hardship.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Stock Market crashed
  • CLO

    CLO

    Collateralized Loan Obligation
  • FDR

    FDR

    32nd president and the greatest president of all time.
  • FDIC

    FDIC

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    series of domestic programs enacte din the US between 1933 and 1938.
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    Dust storms which greatly damaged ecology and agricultural life.
  • Wagner Act

    Wagner Act

    To est. national labor relations board
  • Social Seccurity Act

    Social Seccurity Act

    provide general welfare and old age benefits and for the disablied.
  • Fair Labors Standard Act

    Fair Labors Standard Act

    established min to max hours of work.
  • Non-Aggression Pact

    Non-Aggression Pact

    Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union.
  • War in Eurpoe Begins

    War in Eurpoe Begins

    France and Britian declared war on Germany. Germany invaded poland in 1940
  • Germany invades russia

    Germany invades russia

    Largest Germany military invasion in WWII
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    A date that will live in infamy. Attacked by Japan.
  • U.S declares War

    U.S declares War

    US declares war on japan.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Invasion of Normady, France
  • Korematsu v. U.S.

    Korematsu v. U.S.

    Court cases about the camps for the Japanese-Americans
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Major german offensive campaign.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Victory in Europe
  • Hiroshima A-bomb

    Hiroshima A-bomb

    Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • Nuremburg Trials

    Nuremburg Trials

    Trials for Nazi military leaders and people who inforced the wrong doing of Nazi's.