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Colinization of Jamestown
A group called the Virginia Company founded the first English settlement in North America on the James River. -
Pilgrims landing at Plymouth
The Pilgrims first landed near the site of modern Provincetown. -
Pequot War
Armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the English colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies. -
Bacon's Rebellion
was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers -
King Philip’s War
An armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England. -
Salem Witch trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas. -
Pontiac’s War/Rebellion
Native Americans were disapointed with the British so they went to war, -
French and Indian War
The war fought between the French and the Indians. -
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party -
Addition of Northwest Territory
More territory gained by America. -
Sahy's Rebellion
Protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio to America. -
constitutional convention
The convention of the constitution. -
George Washington
He was the first president of the United States of America. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States -
Whiskey Rebellion
The first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. -
Bill of Rights
collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
John Adams
He was Vice President of George Washington -
George Washington
1st President of the United States. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
four bills passed by the Federalist dominated 5th United States Congress, and signed into law by Federalist President John Adams. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence. -
John Adams
2nd President of the United States. -
Marbury v. Madison
Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution -
Louisiana Purchase
The Americans thought that Napoleon might withdraw the offer preventing the United States from acquiring New Orleans, so they agreed and signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty -
James Madison
James Madison was a political theorist and was the fourth president of the United States -
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States. -
James Madison
4th President of the United States. -
James Monroe
5th President of the United States. -
Tariff of 1828
designed to protect industry in the northern United States -
John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States. -
Nat Turner’s rebellion
a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia -
Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States. -
Trail of Tears
When the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
Mormon Migration
Mormons' quest for religious freedom and growth -
Gold Rush
A time that everyone was obsessed with Gold and getting rich. -
Mexican Cession
Modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. -
seneca falls convention
The first women's rights convention. -
Missouri Compromise
United States federal statute devised by Henry Clay -
Compromise of 1850
A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. -
Gadsden Purchase
29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska -
Dred Scott decision
The decision of whether or not Dredd Scott was free or if he was a slave. -
Homestead Act
Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free. -
Proclamation of 1763
all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains was forbidden. -
Purchase of Alaska
Agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a $7.2 million. -
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. -
Compromise of 1877
A purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. -
Articles of Confederation
United States' first constitution.
