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1770-1820
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Boston Massacre
Clash between British soldiers and a Boston mob in which five colonists were killed! -
Battle of Alamance
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Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, dumped hundreds of chests of tea into Boston harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first shots fired in the Revolutionary War near Boston, MA; approx. 100 minutemen and 250 British soldiers were killed. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
First major battle of the Revolutionary War; it actually took place at nearby Breed's Hill, MA. -
Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Saratoga
Major defeat of British general John Burgoyne and more than 5,000 British troops at Saratoga, NY. -
Battle of King's Mountain
Upcountry South Carolina irregulars defeated British troops under Patrick Ferguson in what proved to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War in the South. -
Battle of Yorktown
Last battle of the Revolutionary War; General Lord Charles Cornwallis along with over 7,000 troops surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty ending the Revolutionary War and recognizing American independence from Britain and established the border between Canada and the United States. It also ceded Florida to Spain. -
Constitutional Convention
Meeting in Philadelphia, PA of representatives from twelve colonies to revise the existing Articles of Confederation. -
Constitutional Convention (ends)
The Constitution Convention ends with the signing of the new U.S Constiitution! -
George Washington
1st President of the U.S -
Vermont
14th state admitted to the Union! Province of New York and New Hampshire Grants -
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution were ratified. -
Kentucky
15th state of the United States. Split off from Virginia with consent of that state. The former huge, westmost Kentucky County. -
George Washington (re-elected)
1st President Re-elected! -
Tennessee
16th state of the United States! Formed from western land donated to the Federal Government by North Carolina -
John Adams
2nd President of the U.S! -
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the U.S -
Ohio
17th state of the United States! The Northwest Territory, land donated to the Federal Government by the East Coast states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, and New York -
Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson's purchase from France's Napoleon Bonaparte was the important port of New Orleans and 828,000 square miles west of the Mississippi River. It doubled the U.S territory and it only costed $15 million dollars. -
Thomas Jefferson (Re-elected)
Re-elected as president. -
James Madison
4th President of the U.S -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Indiana governor William Henry Harrisondefeated the Shawnee Indians at the Tippecanoe River in Northern Indiana. -
Louisiana
18th state of the United States! Territory of Orleans! -
War of 1812
Fought with Britain over lingering conflicts that included impressment of American sailors, interference with shipping and collision with Northwest Territory Indians. -
James Madison (re-elected)
Re-elected -
Hartford Convention
Meeting of New England Federalists to protest the War of 1812; proposed seven constitutional amendments, but the war ended before Congress could respond. -
Treaty of Ghent
A Treaty signed by the British and the Americans in Ghent, Belgium. It supposedly ended the fighting and restores previous boundaries. -
Battle of New Orleans
Last battle of the War of 1812, weeks after the peace treaty was signed but prior to its ratification. Andrew Jackson led the victorious American troops -
Indiana
19th state of the U.S! Indiana Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory -
James Monroe
5th President of the U.S! -
Mississippi
20th state of the United States! Mississippi Territory, formed from land donated to the Federal Government by Georgia -
Illinois
21st state of the U.S! Illinois Territory, formed from the Northwest Territory. -
Alabama
22nd state of the U.S! Alabama Territory, formed from the Mississippi Territory, formerly part of the State of Georgia. -
Maine
23rd state of the U.S! -
Missouri Compromise
Deal proposed by Kentucky senator Henry Clay to resolve the slave/free imbalance in Congress that would result from Missouri's admission as a slave state. With Maine's admission as a free state it prohibited slavery north of the southern border of Missouri.
