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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first English settlement in North America. -
House of Burgesses
The VA colonys first legistlative Assembly. -
Mayflower Compact
It was the first framework of government written and enacted in the territory that is now the United States of America. -
French and Indian War
Thhe French and Indian War was fought between the French and the English -
Proclamation of 1763
Lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off-limits to the colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put taxes on many different taxes on the colonists by Britian -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. . -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty. -
1st Contiental Congress
The first Meeting of all the colonys. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
Meeting with all the Colonys about making a peace treaty with Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
New constitution to the Articles of confederation. -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution wrote for the United States of America. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the war between The Americans and the British -
Land ordinance of 1785
Law passed that did not allow sales in the Northwest. -
Shays Rebellion
Armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts. -
Annapolis Convention
Interstate covention called by Virginia to discuss a uniformed regulation of commerce. -
Constitutional convention
Convention of debating over a new constitution -
Constitutional convention
In this meeting the colonists discussed a new constitution. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
Slaves count as 3/5ths of a person to congress -
Northwest ordinance of 1787
Created the Northweat territory. -
Judiciary Act of 1787
Established the United States judicial branch. -
Washingtons Presidency
The period of time that George Washington wasnt president. -
Bill of Rights Signed
The Signing of the Bill of Rights. -
Cotton Gin
Peice of equipment that revolutionized cotton picking. -
Adams Presidencys
The time period of John Adams president term. -
Louisiana Purchase
Huge amount of Land the Unites States bought from France -
Mabury vs Madison
The first big court case for the Supreme Court -
Jeffersons Presidency
The time period of Thomas Jeffersons Presidency -
War of 1812
War fought between United States and Great Britian. -
McCulloch vs Maryland
The state of Maryland had a desire to limit the powers of the federal government. A tax was placed on all notes the originated with banks chartered outside of the state. The Second Bank of the United States, a federal entity was the target of this attack. When James McCulloch refused to pay the tax and the court eventually went before the Supreme Court. -
Missouri Compromise
1820–21, measures passed by the U.S. Congress to end the first of a series of crises concerning the extension of slavery. -
Monoroe Doctrine
US foreign policy's regarding Latin America. -
Gibbsons v Ogden
landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution -
Dred Scott Case
Important court case during the civil rights movment -
Uncle Toms Cabin
is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Election of 1860
won by Abraham Lincoln with 180 electoral votes. -
Battle of fort Sumter
The First Civil War Battle 1861 In Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. -
Homestead Act
several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost. -
Battle of Antietam
BAttle fought durning the cicil war -
Emancipation Proclamation
Speech given by Lincoln freeing slaves -
Reservation System
The reservations were devised to encourage the Indians to live within clearly defined zones, and the U.S. promised to provide food, goods and money and to protect them from attack by other tribes and white settlers. -
Knights of Labor
American labor organizations of the 1880s -
Chinese Exculsion Act
prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Haymarket Square
A roit had broke out here -
American Federation of Labor
first federation of labor unions in the United States -
Dawes Act
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians -
Critical Period
Period of time after the revolutionary war. -
Sherman Anti Trust Act
It prohbites Monpolys. -
American Railway Union
largest labor union of its time, and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. -
Pullman Strike
was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. -
Progressive Movement
An effort to cure many of the ills of American society. -
Immigration Restriction Act
Immigration Restriction Act 1901 in Australia -
Susan B Anothony
Fought for womens rights. -
17th Amendment
Allows a vote for Senator. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
The commision was authorized to issue orders to large corporations. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Improved bussiness Practices. -
16th Amendment
Allows congress to levy an income tax. -
19th Amendment
Gave Women the right to vote -
Great Depression
The time period of economic drought in the U.S. -
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crahsed. -
Dust Bowl
The drought throughout americia. -
New Deal
FDR's plan to get out of the depression. -
CLO
special purpose vehicle that issues debt and equity for its capital, and purchases bank loans as assets using that capital to provide a steady stream of income and possible capital appreciation. CLOs are a subset of structured product vehicles. -
FDIC
The FDIC gave people insurance on there money, -
Hoover
First president during the Great Depression. -
FDR
Second president during the Great Depression, brought america out pf the derpession. -
Social Security Act
An act to provide for the general welfare. -
Wagner Act
It established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II. -
War in Europe Begins
Germany invades Poland. -
Assimilation Policy
The policy of assimilation was an attempt to destroy traditional Indian cultural identities -
Selective Service Act WWII
Congress narrowly passed the Selective Training and Service Act, instituting the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. -
Germany Invades Russia
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
U.S. Declares War
The United States declares war on Japan. -
Korematsu v U.S.
Sent japanese immagrents into camps. -
Miracle of Midway
Turning point in the war for the allied forces. -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy. -
Battle of the Buldge
A suprise Attack on the Allied forces. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day. -
Hiroshima and Nagaskai A-bomb
the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Nurembrg trials
Putting all the Nazi officers on trail.
