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Jamestown
Was the first permanent colony in Virgina. -
Start of Slavery
North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. -
House of Burgesses
First legislative assembly of elected representatives in N. America. Was established by Virginia Company. -
French and Indiaan War
English (anglo) - French rivalry led to conflict, both countries wanted the land west of the Appalachians and in Canada -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies -
Proclamation of 1763
Acquisition of French territory in North America in the end of the French & Indian War -
Stamp Act
Legislation that requires tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents -
Boston Massacre
Colonists & British soldiers in Boston competed over jobs -
Boston Tea Party
Nonviolent political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston & destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company -
1st Continental Congress
Meeting of represntatives from all 13 colonies except Georgia -
Lexington & Concord
British troops attacked a colonial weapons stockpile -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 colonies then regard themselves at independent states -
Articles of Confederation
Served as the Constitution -
Yorktown
Where General Cornwallis & General George Washington and french fleet during the American Revolution -
Critical Period
Time Period the U.s was under the articles of Confederation -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolution War -
Land Ordinance of 1785
The land west of Appalachian Mtns to be divided -
Shay's Rebellion
The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. -
Annapolis Convention
12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that unanimously called for a constitutional convention -
Constitutional Convention
To address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation -
NW Ordinance of 1787
Creation of the the Northwest territory -
Great Compromise
Created 2-house congress -
3/5ths Compromise
Where every black slave is worth 3/5ths of a vote -
Washingtons Presidency
1st president of the U.S -
Judiciary Act of 1787
Set up the court system -
Bill of Rights Signed
Name of the first ten amendments -
Adams Presidency
6th president of the U.S & was a Federalist -
Assimilation Policy
Plan to force indians to adopt american culture -
Reservation System
Indians were forced off their lands onto smaller and smaller reservations. -
Jefferson's Presidency
Was an Americaan founding Father and wrote the Declaration of Independence -
Marbury vs. Madison
The decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. -
Louisiana Purchase
Brought from the french -
The war of 1812
Conflict between the United States on one side, and on the other Great Britain, its colonies and its Indian allies in North America -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
State of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. -
Missouri Compromise
It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. -
Susan B. Anthony
Strong leader in Suffrage Movement -
Monroe Doctrine
It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe about slaves. -
Dreds Scott case
Case where a slave tried to sue his former owner for freedom but was denied -
Battle of Fort Sumter
where the first shots were fired -
Homestead Act
law that gave the public free land in the west 160 acres and they had to use it for at least 5 years -
Battle of Antietam
Lee went north and caused Lincoln to issue the Emanc. Proclamation. -
Emancipatiom Proclamation
Issued after Battle of Antietam -
Battle of Vicksburg
Union General Sherman, marched up GA up the coast and destroyed everything in his path -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the war -
Gettysburg Address
Sppech Lincoln gave at Gettysburg, PA -
Reconstruction
Devastated and destroyed land in the South -
Lincolns Assasination
By John Wilkes Booth -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
Jim Crow Laws
Established seperate facilities for whites and blacks -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Put south under military occupation -
Knights of labor
A union founded by Uriah Stevens -
Old Immigrants vs New Immigrants
Old Immigrants - northern and western europe
New Immigrants- Southern and eastern europe -
15th Amendment
voting rights for african americans -
Election of 1876
Republican- Rutherford B. Hayes
Democratic- Samuel J. Tilden -
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
Banned entry of almost all chinese -
Haymarket Square
K. of L. protest in Chicago, bomb went near police and 8 strikers convicted -
American Federation of Labor
Founder was Samuel Gompers. -
Dawes Act
Goal is to amercanize indians -
Progressive Movement
Early 20th century reform movement -
Sherman anti trust act
prevented any busuness structure that restrained trade -
Appomattox Court House
Current courthouse in the middle of Va -
Homestead strike
Carneige Steel plant, Henry Frick called the Pinkerton detective agency -
American Railway Un ion
Founder was Eugene Debs -
pullman Strike
Started worldwide RR boycott -
Plessy V. Ferguson
"seperate but equal" did not violate the 14th amendment -
Spanush American war
A conflict between Spain and the United States which results in the American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Open Door Policy
The policy proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis. -
Boxer Rebellion
a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China t -
Panama Canal
A canal that was built to ship goods to other countries quickly. -
Platt Amendement
A treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention. -
Roosevelt Corollary
It says that theU.S will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers. -
16th amendment
allows congressn to levey income taxes -
17th Amendment
Direct elections of senators by popular vote -
17th amenedment
voters elect senators now -
WW1
A global war centered in Europe -
war in europe begins
First world war that was centered in europe -
Federal Trade Comission Act
unfair acts affecting commerce -
C layton Anti trust Act
supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes -
U.S enters ww1
The U.s joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in WWI. -
selective service act
Some six weeks after the United States formally entered the First World War, the U.S Congress passes the Selective Service Act -
14 points
declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. -
Treaty of Versailles
peace treaties at the end of World War I. -
Progressive Movement
Used the gov't to insitute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization -
18th amendment
Prohibiton of alcholic drinks in the U.S -
Dust Bowl
A drought in the great plains -
Harlem Renaisance
A cultural movement in the 1920's -
19th amendment
Women can vote -
Immigration restriction act
put a quota on how many imigrants could come from each country -
Non-Aggression Pact
representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact -
Scopes Trial
An introduction to the trial of State of Tennessee vs John Scopes -
Hoover
U.S president elected in 1928 -
Great Depression
time of severe economic hardship -
Black Tuesday
Stock market crashed -
Wagner Act
Protected workers rights -
New Deal
FDR plan to eliminate causes of war -
FDR
32nd President of the United States. -
FDIC
insures bank deposits -
Social security act
safeguards for workers -
Great Migration
People migrated to the West -
U.S declares war
after japans attck U.S declares war -
pearl harbor
Janpan attacks theU.S at naval base in hawaii -
D Day
invasion of Normandy, France. -
Battle of Bulge
It was the biggest and bloodiest single battle American soldiers ever fought -- one in which nearly 80,000 Americans were killed, maimed, or captured. -
korematsu v U.S
the Supreme Court held that the wartime internment of American citizens of Japanese descent was constitutional. -
cold war
The uneasy peace of WW2, marked by a rivalry b/w U.S and Soviet Union -
Division of Germany
The wall seperated east and west germany -
V E day
Victory in europe day -
Hiroshima a bomb
United States used its massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20000 tons of TNT -
Nuremburg trial
After the war, some of those responsible for crimes committed during the Holocaust were brought to trial. -
Marshall Plan
was the American initiative to aid Europe -
Berlin Airlift
U.S flies over Germany to help aid them -
Nato
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the Atlantic Alliance -
Korean War
North Korea couldnt take over South Korea so they stayed free -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Spies that gave the soviet union secrets ti the atomic bomb -
warsaw pact
A russian alliance -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. -
U2 incident
American spy was shot down after flying over the Soviet Union -
JFK
American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from -
Berlin Wall
To seperate East and West Berlin -
Cuban Mussile Crisis
Soviet Union placed missiles near Cuba -
Mayflower Compact
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2nd Continental Congress
From 13 colonies held in Philadelphia -
Cottin Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. -
14th Amendment
prohibited states from denying equal rights of any american -
Treaty of Paris 1898
A agreement made in 1898 that made the Spanish Empire's surrender their control of Cuba and Puerto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
Fair labor standards act
establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees -
germany invades russia
over 3 million german troops invade russia -
JFK Assasination
Was assainated on November 22, 1963 in Texas -
Election of 1860
Lincoln won, which was a republican
