1. US History Course Review 1600-1865

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Determined how new states would be added

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

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

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

15. 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

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

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

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

19. California Gold Rush 1849
Led to increased population of California

20. Mexican American War
US vs. Mexico; border dispute; US won and took territory

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

22. Underground Railroad 1850
Helped slaves escape to the north

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

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

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

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

27. Confederacy 1861
The southern states during the Civil War

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

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

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

31. 13th Amendment 1865
Granted freedom to the slaves

32. 14th and 15th Amds & 1870
14- Due process and equal protection of laws 15- African American men can vote