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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
rights granted to Nobles and Freeman -
Roanoke
first attempted colony -
Jamestown
first colony in the U.S. -
House of Burgesses
first representitive assembly -
Mayflower Compact
first form of self government -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded Rhode Island -
Navigation Acts
passed by England to regulate colonial commerce to suit English needs -
Bacon's Rebellion
rebellion against Massachsetts government when they declined a war against the Native Americans -
Pennsylvania
William Penn founded Pennsylvania for religous tolerance -
Salem Witch Trials
people accused of being witches and were automatically killed -
Great Awakening
religous revival began -
Zenger Trial
New York publisher sued for criticizing British governor's conduct of office -
French and Indian war
French and Indian war began -
Albony Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin wrote it in order to organize the colonies -
Poor Richard's Almanack
Benjamin Franklin published first almanack -
Sugar Act
tariff on sugar -
Stamp and Quartering Act
taxed certain goods and required people in the colonies to house British soldiers -
Townshend Acts
made to raise revelues for England, basically all other repealed acts combined -
Boston Massacre
British troops started shooting a Boston mob and striked innocent civilians -
Boston Tea Party
went on British ship and tossed all tea into the ocean -
Intolerable Acts
barred time of Boston Harbor till tea was paid for -
First Continental Congress
held in Philadelphia, talked about civil disobedience against British -
Paul Revere
Midnight Ride -
Lexington and Concord
first battle of revolutionary war -
Patrick Henry
"Give me liberty or give me death!" -
Common Sense
published by Thomas Paine, influenced people to support America in the war -
Decloration of Independence
declared independence from Britian -
Articles of Confederation
Set an organization of how the new United States should be governed -
Saratoga
changed direction of the war -
John Paul Jones
"I have not yet begun to fight." -
Yorktown
last big battle in the war -
Treaty of Paris
ended revolutionary war -
Geaorge Washington
Geaorge Washington first president of U.S. -
Constitutional Convention
about Articles of Confederation -
Northwest Ordinance
set an orderly growth in the U.S, -
Bill of Rights
first ten amendments to constitution -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin -
Washingtons Farewell Address
warned against foreign allies -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana territory purchased from France -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark explore the new U.S. territory -
Steam Boat
Robert Fulton made the first steam boat -
War of 1812
War of 1812 fighting the British -
Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key wrote are national anthem -
Missouri Comprimise
slavery allowed in Missouri -
Monroe Doctrine
western hemisphere was not to be further colonized -
Trail of Tears
Indians forced into indian territory -
First Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse made the first telegraph -
Womans Rights Convention
convention lead by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
Comprimise of 1850
California entered as a free state -
Uncle Toms Cabin
portrayed life of a slave -
Dred Scott
slaves were not U.S. citizens -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln elected president -
Confederate States of America
Jeferson Davis elected president -
Civil War
was began with the battle of Fort Sumter -
Battle of Antietam
extremely bloody battle -
Emancipation Proclomation
freed all slaves -
Gettysburg address
Lincoln famous speech "four score and seven years ago" -
Civil War ends
Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox court house -
Lincoln assasinasion
Lincoln was assasinated in ford theater -
13th amendment
abolished slavery -
14th amendment
gave citizenship to everybody born in the U.S. -
15th amendment
the rights to vote -
Red Cross
Clara Barton founded the Red Cross
