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!