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Jun 15, 1215
The signing of the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, which gave barons both rights and privileges, is signed by King John.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/magna-carta-sealed -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
US History: VHS Summer Jordan
U.S. history timeline for Jordan Arnold. This will describe events learned throughout the course and important dates. -
Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America that was founded by the Virginia Company.
http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown -
The Settlement of Germans and Scots-Irish
Germans had migrated to the east coast of America and had even brought new religions to America such as Lutheranism, along with other aspects of their culture. The Scots-Irish had migrated to America, after leaving Ireland and the Scottish Lowlands, looking for land but they fought with Indians often when they had moved to Appalachia.
http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/13/migration-to-america-in-the-1700s/ http://www.ushistory.org/us/7f.asp -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is an event in which five men were killed by British soldiers. A sentry became crowded by a mob of people after he hit a boy in the head, the crowd threw snowballs and ice at him which caused him to get back up. The soldiers had then fired at the mob and killed 3 immediately but wounded 2 who ended up dying.
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/plot/detailed1.htm -
The First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence
In Philadelphia at the Independence Square was where the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was held. Colonel John Nixon was the one who read the Declaration in front of a crowd of people for the first time.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/first-public-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence.htm -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga is two battles that include John Burgoyne. Burgoyne first fought American forces and won but he was at a disadvantage. He tried attacking the Americans again on October 7th but he was defeated and had to retreat.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-saratoga -
Shays' Rebellion
Daniel Shays led a rebellion, which included farmers, to prevent the government from taking away their land and their goods.
http://www.government-and-constitution.org/history-us-political-parties/shays-rebellion.htm -
Federalism
Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between national government and state government.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/american-politics/federalism/ -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase is the purchase of 828,000 square miles of territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. The United States bought this territory from France for 15 million dollars.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/louisiana-purchase -
Denmark Vesey's Revolt
Vesey, along with other slaves, were planning on overthrowing slaveholders. In Charleston, they were going to kill white citizens and set the city on fire so they could escape.
http://www.shacklesofyesterday.org/denmark-vesey.html -
Nativism
Nativism was a movement against immigrants that favored those from a certain region or area. In this case, people that were from the thirteen colonies were favored.
https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860-14/immigration-118/nativism-626-8562/ -
Nat Turner's Revolt
Nat Turner gathered fellow slaves and planned an insurrection. An insurrection is an uprising against authority;however, it is mainly violent. In Turner's rebellion, 51 white citizens were killed.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner -
Battle of the Alamo
Texans and Mexicans fought a battle of Independence in the Battle of the Alamo. Texans defended the Alamo so that the Mexicans wouldn't be able to take it back. However, the battle ended with the Mexican's victory.
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-alamo -
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is the idea that thoughts and spiritual things are more realistic than one's actually experience. It first began with New England Congregationalists.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transcendentalism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transcendentalism/ -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 had provided a solution to different problems. It solved the divisions over slavery in territories, it made California a free state, and ended the slave trade in Washington D.C.
http://www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850 -
Republicanism
Republicanism is the ideology that is against monarchy and tyranny. It promotes being free of corruption and not categorizing people based on their social status.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Republicanism
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3236 -
The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
An abolitionist, named John Brown, and others close to him killed five pro-slavery men along the Pottawatomie Creek. This event would spark what is known as the "Bleeding Kansas" period.
http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/content/pottawatomie-massacre-0 -
The Election of 1864
The election between Abraham Lincoln and Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. Only 25 states had participated in this election, which would determine the fate of the Union. Abraham Lincoln had won this election while McClellan had only won over three states.
http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-ground-magazine/fall-2014/the-election-of-1864.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ -
Impeachment
Impeachment removes a political official from office and can prevent them from holding office in the future. Andrew Johnson was the first U.S. president to be impeached by the House.
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The Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment granted African-American men the right to vote and states, "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The day after this amendment was ratified, Thomas Mundy Peterson became the first black person to vote.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment
