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U.S History before the end of the Civil War

By Romeopurcell
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas

    Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas
    1. Christopher Columbus did not mean to discover the americas.
    2. He was trying to find a quicker route to india.
    3. Italian explorer but sailed for spain.
  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    Beginning of Americas to the Civil War

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    1.The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia
    2. First settlement in the new world.
    3. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown during the summer.

  • Pilgrims in America

    Pilgrims in America
    1.The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England (Dec. 11 o.s.).
    2. 41 male passengers sign theMayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government
    3. Colonial population is estimated at 50,400.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    1. The cause of the Boston tea party was taxation without representation in the british government.
    2. The Americans dressed up as indians and thre tea from british ships into the boston harbor.
    3. This helped us show the british that we did not like the way they were treating us.

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
    1. The intolerable acts
    2. The surrender of Yorktown
    3. The signing of the treaty of paris.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    1. Declaration that gave the colonies freedom from the British.
    2. Written by Thomas Jefferson.
    3. Adopted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776.

  • Creating our Government

    Creating our Government
    1. George Washington was elected the first president of the states.
    2. Checks and balances were set up to provide balance throughout the government’s power.
    3. Federalism was created in the Americas government.

  • Southern states start to secede

    Southern states start to secede
    1. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede from the north, along with South Carolina and Texas
    2. Confederate States of America is established.
    3. Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th president.
    4. Abraham Lincoln declared the emancipation proclomation in 1863

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    1. Conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states.
    2. Emancipation Proclamation is issued, freeing slaves in the Confederate states
    3. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant captures Richmond, Va., the capital of the Confederacy, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va.,
    4. Multiple diseases came from the civil war such as relapsing fever and Typhoid fever.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
    1. The amendment was pushed by abolitionists to help end slaverery in the united states.
    2. The thirteenth amendment declared that Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude will exist in the United States except for punishment for a crime.
    3. Passed by congress on Janurary 31, 1865