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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.
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