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Jamestown
It was the first permanent english settlement where nobody died. -
Mayflower
The Pilgrams came over on a ship called THe Mayflower and they wrote the Mayflower Compact. -
French and Indian War
A war in North America that was part of a worlwide struggle between France and Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
A document stating that we want to be free from Britian that was sent to King George 3 -
American Revolution ended
We went to war for out independece and soon we won and got it. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty between the U.S. and Britian that ended the American Revolution -
Constitution
A document that was called the supreme court law of our country. -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to tthe Constitution -
Marbury v.s. Madison
A supreme court case which the court ruled that it had the power tp abolish laws -
Lousiana Puchase
America doubled in size -
War of 1812
War between the United States and Btritian ended with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. -
Missouri Copmpromise
A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance -
Gibbons vs Oodgen
A supreme court case in which the court ruled that where states and federal laws on interstate commerce conflict -
California Gold Rush
A bunch of people coming to California to look for gold but didn't find any. -
Compromise of 1850
A series of Congressional laws inteneded to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
A 1854 law that established the territories of Kanasas and Nebraska and gave thier residents the right to decide wheather they would allow slavery or not. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
A supreme court case in which the court ruled that no African American could be a citizen and that Dred Scott was still a slave -
Civil War
This was the war where the most people died and was in different places
