Important American History Dates
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill (1st major battle of the A.R) |
| 1787 | The U.S. Constitution is created. |
| 1776 | Battle of Saratoga (American victory; French become ally) |
| 1607 | Jamestown, Virginia (First permanent English settlement) |
| 1781 | Battle of Yorktown (Last Battle of the A.R) |
| 1639 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (Expanded the idea of a representative gov.) |
| 1215 | Magna Carta (British Document; stated citizens have basic rights and monarchy must obey the law) |
| 1619 | House of Burgesses (the beginning of representative gov. in the English colonies) |
| 1763 | Proclamation of 1763 (Law forbidding the coloinization west of the Appalachian Mts.) |
| 1620 | Mayflower Compact (Agreement for Plymouth; ensured the general good of the colony) |
| 1775 | Lexington and Concord (1st battles of the A.R) |
| 1754 | Beginning of the French and Indian War |
| 1781 | Articles of Confederation |
| 1861 | Confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter (Beginning of the Civil War) |
| 1820 | Missouri Compromise (Maintained the balance of free and slave states) |
| 1850 | Compromise of 1850 (Law that required that required Americans to recapture fugitive slaves) |
| 1854 | Kansas- Nebraska act is proposed by Stephen Douglas (Allowed states to decide to have slavery or not) |
| 1857 | Dred Scott vs. Sandford case (Determined that slavery cannot be banned in any territory) |
| 1861 | The Confederate States of America is formed. |
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