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Jamestown Established
The colonists chose the Iocation of Jamestown to establish a settlement due to its ablility to be defended from attack. -
First Africans Brought to North America
First Slaves Brought to America VideoAfter the crash of a Dutch slave ship off the coast of North America, a crew and 20 kidnapped Africans arrived and the colonists bartered food and goods for the slaves. -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
The Mayflower lands at what is now Cape Cod -
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Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials VideoTrials and punishments of people, especially women, beleived to have participated in witchcraft in 1600's Massachusetts -
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French and Indian War
War between the North American colonies of France and Brittain, both sides supported by their mother countries. -
Boston Masacre
Conflict that arose in the streets of Boston between colonists and soldiers, resulting in several colonists daed. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in which the men dressed as natives and boarded trade ships and threw chests of tea in to the harbor. -
Declaration of Independance
Congress approves the final text of the Declaration of Independance -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty ending the American Revolutionary War -
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Shays Rebelion
A series of protests lead by farmers on the state and supporters of the state over the taxation of soldiers while at war -
Ratification of the Constitution
COnstitution Video Constitution of the United States of America is finally ratified after months of meetings of the Constitutional Convention. -
Whiskey Rebelion
President Washington instituted a tax on spirits, causing an uprising in the western frontiers. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Mariwether Lewis and William Clark are commissioned by President Jefferson to find a water route that crosses the country to the west coast. -
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War of 1812
War between the US and the leading naval power of the time, Great Brittan over restriction of trade, and expanse of territory. -
Missouri Comprimise
Congresses effort to apease both the north and south, keeping the amount of slave and free states equal by entering missouri into the union as a slave state, but restricting further slave states to beneath the 36th paralel. -
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Trail of Tears
With Andrew Jacksons Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee nation was forced to relocate, along with 4 other native American nations. This Journey is called the trail of tears due to the tragedies and hardships that occured during it. -
Texas independance
Texas declares independance -
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Mexican American War
The first American war fought on foreign soil. The Mexican American war was one of manifest destiny, endign with the Treaty of Guadalupa Hildelgo and resulting in the gain of the land that is now the American South West -
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California Gold Rush
The discovery of Gold in the western frontier drives proffit hunters west, after nearly a decade the landscape is wounded and robbed of its riches and the population dwindles. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress proposes a series of laws to deal with the settlement of free and slave states. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
A settlement over the admission of non slave states into the union, above the 36th parallel. Resulting in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the enactment of popular soverignty. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln, a republican, is elected President of the United States. -
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The American Civil War
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Transcontinental Railraod completed
A gold spike is driven in Utah to signify the completion of the transcontinental railroad. -
Reconstruction ends
Order Given on May 1st 1877 to end the reconstruction of the Union
