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1607 Jamestown, Virginia
1st Permanent English
Settlement in
N. America
1776
Declaration of
Independence
Written by
Thomas Jefferson
Signed in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
July 4, 1776
1787 Writing of the
United States
Constitution
“Father of the
Constitution”
James Madison
1803 Louisiana Purchase
Purchased from
France
by
President
Thomas Jefferson
Double the land area of
the
United States of America
1861-1865 U.S. Civil War
United States of America
vs.
Confederate States of America
Began: April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter, SC
Ended: April 9, 1865
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
Articles of Confederation
1777 Adopted by
First Continental
Congress
1st organization of
U.S. government
Weakness:
Gave states too much
power
Declaration of Independence
1776
Two Elements:
1.Statement of Freedom
2.Statement of Grievances
French and Indian
1754 War
Great Britain vs. France
Native Americans
Support
Both sides
Fundamental
Orders
of
Connecticut
1639
Set of Laws
To
Establish a
Representative
Government
Industrial Revolution 1800’s
Moved from
Hand Tools To Machines
and
from
Farming jobs to Manufacturing jobs
Magna Carta
1215
“The Great Charter”
Approved by
King John of England
Guaranteed
the
basic political rights
of
English citizens
Mayflower Compact
1620 Agreement Signed
by
Pilgrims
calling for
Laws and Self-Government
for the good of the
Plymouth colony
McCulloch
v.
Maryland Issue:
Balance of power
between the
national and state
government
Decision:
States
have no power
over
national banks
1819
1803 Marbury v. Madison
Issue:
Judicial Review
Or
Constitutionality
Decision:
U.S. Supreme Court
can declare
Laws
Unconstitutional
Monroe Doctrine
1823 President Monroe’s
foreign policy
opposing
European
interference and
colonization
in the
West Hemisphere
(The Americas)
Northwest Ordinance
1787 Established guides
for
gaining statehood
and plans
for
new state
governments
Constitutional
Convention
1787 Purpose:
Delegates met
to change the
Articles of
Confederation
Result:
Writing
new
U.S.
Constitution
15th Amendment
1870 “The right …to
vote
shall not denied…
on account of
race, color, or previous
condition of
servitude.”
13th Amendment
1865
Abolition
Of
Slavery
14th Amendment
1868 Citizenship
granted to
All Citizens
of the
United States
Bessemer Steel Process
1856 Modern
steel making
process
Invented by
Henry
Bessemer
Gettysburg Address
1863
“…government of the people,
by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from this
earth.” Abraham Lincoln
Gibbons v. Ogden
1824
Argument:
States power
to
grant
monopolies
Decision:
U.S. Supreme
Court
ruled
Unconstitutional
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
Presidential
Order
Freeing Slaves
in States fighting
Against
The U.S.A
Nullification Crisis
1832-1833
Southern States
declared
Federal tariffs
Unconstitutional
Dred Scott v. Sandford
1856 Decision:
Slave
Not Free
even in
Free
Territory
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Roger Taney Dred Scott
Proclamation
of 1763 • Colonists could not settle west of the
Appalachians mountains.
Boston Tea Party
1773
• Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped
300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to
protest the Tea Act.
Battles of
Lexington and
Concord
1775 • 1st battles of the
American
Revolution
Boston Massacre
1770 • British soldiers attacked unarmed colonists which
was used for propaganda by the patriots
Battle of Saratoga
1777 • Turning point
of the American Revolution because it encouraged France to join the patriots.
Treaty of Paris
1783 • Officially ends the
American
Revolutionary
War. US gains all
lands East of the
Miss. River
1789
• George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States
Battle of Yorktown
1781 • Last major
battle of the American Revolution where Cornwallis surrendered!
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