US History Course Review 1600-1865

Jamestown Established 1607 First British colony formed in North America; nearly failed but saved by the natives

Thirteen Colonies Formed Owned by Great Britain; last one (Georgia) created in 1752

French and Indian War 1754-64 French and Indians vs. the British for control of the Ohio River Valley; British won and went into debt

Stamp Act 1765 Tax that led to colonists to rebel against the British government.

Taxes on products that led to rebellion against Britain Townshend Acts 1767 Taxes on products that led to rebellion against Britain

Boston Massacre 1770 Attempt by the colonists to fight back against the British; led to Revolutionary War

Boston Tea Party 1773 Rebellion by colonists due to a tax on tea; led to the Revolutionary War

Declaration of Independence 1776 Colonists declared independence from Britain which led to the Revolutionary War

Treaty of Paris of 1783 End of the Revolutionary War; US = Atlantic to Miss River

Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Determined how new states would be added

Articles of Confederation 1781 First attempt at a central government; failed and replaced by US Constitution

Bill of Rights 1791 Gives US citizens protection from an abusive government

Louisiana Purchase 1803 Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains; doubled the size of the US

War of 1812 First war as the US; attacked by Britain; US won; last time Great Britain would try to reclaim land they once owned

Missouri Compromise 1820 Maintained the balance of free states and slave states (MO slave, ME free)

Monroe Doctrine 1823 US told Europe not to settle in western hemisphere; beginning of US as a world power

Trail of Tears 1838 Cherokee Nation moved from Georgia to Oklahoma;

California Gold Rush 1849 Led to increased population of California

Mexican American War 1846-48 US vs. Mexico; border dispute; US won and took territory

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago 1848 Ended the Mexican War; gave US western states

Underground Railroad 1850 Helped slaves escape to the north

Compromise of 1850 Debate over California becoming a state; allowed as a free state

Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 Allowed states to vote on issue of slavery; caused a lot of violence

Republican Party Formed 1854 Main issue: ending slavery in new states

Election of Lincoln 1860 Caused the southern states to leave the Union

Confederacy 1861 The southern states during the Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Attempt to free the slaves in the south during the Civil War

Appomattox Court House 1865 Place of surrender of the South during the Civil War

Reconstruction 1865-1877 Time period following the Civil War in which the government set the conditions that would allow the Southern states back into the Union

13th Amendment 1865 Granted freedom to the slaves

14th and 15th Amds. 1868 & 1870 14- Due process and equal protection of laws 15- African American men can vote