US HISTORY!!!!!

Magna Carta

Apr 14, 1215

First form of government.

Roanoke

Apr 14, 1585

first colony, but it disappeared

Jamestown

Apr 14, 1607

First successful and permanent english settlement.

House of Burgessess

Jul 30, 1619

First representative assembly.

Mayflower Compact

Nov 11, 1620

Established self government and majority rule.

Roger Williams

Apr 14, 1636

Roger Williams founded Providence, RI for religous purposes.

Navigation Act

Dec 1, 1660

Series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England

Bacon Rebellion

Sep 19, 1676

Nathaniel Bacon led planters in a rebellion.

William Penn

Apr 23, 1683

William Penn founded Pennsylvania.

Salem Witch Trial

Apr 14, 1692

20 alleged witches were executed

Great Awakening

Apr 14, 1726

religous revival

John Peter Zenger

Aug 5, 1735

Gave us freedom of press!

French and Indian War

Apr 14, 1754

The French and Indian War began

Benjamin Franklin

Apr 14, 1757

Benjamin Franklin published the first Poor Richard's Almanack

Sugar Act

Apr 14, 1764

There was a tax to repay debt.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

When they had payed the tax then they would have astamp to show it.

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

Required colonists to house British soldiers

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British troops fired into a Boston mob and killed Crispus Attucks.

Townshend Acts

Apr 15, 1770

There was a tax on glass. painter's lead, paper and tea.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

The cargo was thrown overboard to protest the tax on tea.

Intolerable Acts

Apr 15, 1774

Also known as the Coercive acts, it was the result of the Boston Massacre.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

A convention held in Philidelphia, it was called for civil disobedience.

Patrick Henry

Mar 23, 1775

said Give me liberty or give me death.

Paul Revere

Apr 18, 1775

Went on the Midnight RIde to warn the colonists that the British are coming.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

The first battles of the American Revolution.

Common Sense

Apr 15, 1776

Written by Thomas Paine.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The colonis declared themselves free from Britain.

Battle of Saratoga

Oct 17, 1777

The turning point of the revolution.

Articles of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

The first constitution of the United States.

John paul Jones

Sep 23, 1779

He defeated the Serapis in the British North Sea Waters.

Yorktown

May 26, 1781

The last major battle of the Revolution.

Cornwallis Surendered

Oct 19, 1781

Cornwallis surrendered.

Paris Peace Treaty

Sep 23, 1783

The treaty of paris 1783 ended the revolution.

Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787

They talked about drafting and ratyfing the constitution.

Northwest Ordinance

Jul 13, 1787

Set orderly pattern of growth.

George Washington

Apr 18, 1789

First President of the United States.

Bill of Rights

Apr 18, 1791

The first 10 amendments to the constitution.

Eli Whitney

Apr 18, 1793

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Washington's Farewell Address

Apr 18, 1796

George Washington warned people about political parties, but no one listened.

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 18, 1803

From Napolean for 15 cents an acre it doubled the size of the United States.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Apr 18, 1804

Ordered by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Northwest area of the US.

Robert Fulton

Apr 18, 1807

Robert Fulton made the first steamboat.

War of 1812

Apr 18, 1812

This war started becaus eof the trading and expansion issues.

The Star Spangled Banner

Apr 18, 1814

Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.

Missouri Compromise

Apr 18, 1820

Slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of its border.

Monroe Doctorine

Apr 18, 1823

Opposing European intervention in the Americas

Trail of Tears

Apr 18, 1838

The Cherokees were forced off their land and onto Indian Territory.

Samuel F.B. Morse

Apr 18, 1844

Made the first telegraph.

Seneca Falls Convention

Jul 18, 1848

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for womens rights.

Compromise of 1850

Sep 9, 1850

California admitted as a free state.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Apr 18, 1852

She wrote Unle's Tom Cabin explaining the hardships of slaves.

Dred Scott vs Supreme Court

Apr 18, 1857

Ruled that slaves were not citizens and they could not sue.

Abraham Lincoln

Nov 6, 1860

Elected 16th President during the CIvil War.

Civil War

Apr 12, 1861

The first battle of the civil war at Fort Sumter.

Confederate States Of America

Apr 18, 1861

The southern states secceded and Jefferson Davis was the President.

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

The bloodiest battle in the civil war.

Emancipation Proclomation

Jan 1, 1863

Abolished slavery in the south.

Gettysburg Address

Apr 18, 1863

Speech by Abraham Licncoln

Robert E. Lee

Apr 9, 1865

He surrendered at Appomatox Courthouse.

President Lincoln was shot

Apr 14, 1865

President Lincoln was shot.

13th Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

Abolished slavery

14th Amendment

Apr 18, 1868

Equal rights

15th amendment

Apr 18, 1870

voting rights

Clara Barton

May 21, 1881

Founded the Red Cross.