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Roanoke
The colony that was established by sir Walter Raleigh on the North Carolina coast and all the settler5s vanished in 1590 -
Jamestown
Captain John Smtih and 105 cavaliers in 3 ships landed on the Virginia Coast, started the first permanent settlement in the new world at jamestown. -
House of Burgesses
Teh House of Burgesses representative assembly in the new world , elected July 30 at jamestown virginia -
Mayflower compact
1st form of self goverment -
Roger Williams
Founded the providence of Rhode Island. -
navigation acts
Acts regulating colonial commerce -
Bacons rebelions
led planters against the britidh governer Berkley -
Wiliam penn
signed a treaty with the delaware indians and made a payment for the land (pennsylvania) -
pennsylvania
was payed for by wiliam penn -
Witch craft delusion at salem
were the acusations that people were witches and murdered without a trial -
Great awakening
an era of religious revival -
John Peter Zenger
was sent to trial for critisizing the british governers conduct in office -
French and indian war
began when french captured pitisburgh and ended when they signed a peace pact on feb 10 1763 -
Poor richards almanac
was written by Benjamin franklin and was published annually until 1757 -
sugar act
taxes placed on lumber and foods like mollases and rum to pay for the fench and indian war -
stamp act
required that all goods had revenue stamps on them in order to help fund the royal troops -
Townshed acts
Levied taxes on goods -
Boston massacre
British troops fired into a mob and killed a black man named Crispus Attucks -
Boston Tea Party
for protest the tea act they dumped all the carg0 of tea into the ocean -
Intolerable acts
was passed to punish colonies for the bost tea party -
first continental congress
held in philadelphia for civil disobidience on part of the british -
Paul Revere
rode to alert the patriots that the british were coming -
Lexington and concord
a battle of the minute men against the british were they ony lost 8 men while the british lost 273 men. this was the turning point of the war -
Decleration of independence
was written by thomas jefferson and was meant to establish the USA's independence -
patrick henry
was adressed at the virginia convention were he said ''give me liberty or give me death'' -
sartoga
were the british general surredndered 5,000 men -
Articles of confederation
was acepted by the continental congress -
John paul jones
famouse for his quote '' i have not yet begun to fight'' -
Cornwallis
surrendered at yorktown -
Yorktown,Va
were cornwallis surendered -
paris peace treaty
ended the revolution -
the north west ordinance adopted by the continental congress
the ordinance set the orderl patterno growth for the us and accelerated wetward expansion -
George Washington 1st president
he was the first president of the USA -
whiskey rebellion
Rebellion ny farmers over the tax on whisky; which is what they used to pay for stuff besides money -
Bill of rights
is the reson that that all the states were ratified -
cotton gin
was a contraption used to seperate the seeds from the actuall cotton plant invented by Eli Witney -
washingtons farewell adress
a ferwell adress that warned about forien aliances -
marbury vs madison
first time a USA law has been overturned -
The louisiana purchase
Was sold by the french to the US for 11,250,000 in bonds and 3,750,000 indemnities -
lewis and clark
were sent to explore the louisiana territories -
steam boat
robert fulton invented steam boat in NYC -
the war of 1812
caused by british stealing us ships and selling them to france -
star spangled banner
was written by francis scott key -
missouri compramise
slavery was alowed in missouri -
monroe doctrine
stating that further colonization of the US is not allowed -
trail of tears
was the trail that the cherokke were forced to walk on after they were forced of their land -
telegraph
was invented by samuel morse -
Womens rights convention
Conventiom over womens rights Featuring speakers ; Lucricia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton led the seneca falls convention in New York -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote uncle Toms cabin; a novel withh a main idea of abolitionism -
Dred Scott
sued his former grounds keeper because he was demanding him to come back becasuse he is a slave ..... In the end the court ruled that he could not sue since he was a slave -
Abraham Lincoln
was elected in a 4 way race and abolished slavery earning the right of one of the best presidents in US history -
Confederate states of america
creqated by the 7 souhern states in the times of the civl war jefferson Davis was the president -
Fort Sumter
was fired at and taken over by the confederates -
Battle of Antiem
Bloodiest battle in the cicil war -
Emancipation proclomation
proclomation stating that '' all slaves are free in states that are still in rebellion'' -
Gettysburg Adress
the adress that licoln gave to adress slavery -
Lee surendered
Surrender to grant in the appamatox court house -
appamatox
in VA were lee surendered to grant -
Robert e lee
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Licolns assassinations
lincoln was assasinated by john wilkes booth in ford theater -
13th amendment
abolished slavery -
14th amendment
providing citizenship for all people born or naturalized in th US -
15 amendment
making race no bar to voting rights -
clara barton
Founded red cross
