| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1607 | JamesTown 1st permanent settlement |
| John Smith | Leader of Jamestown who diciplined the people |
| John Rolf | Send tobbaco to Europe |
| Tobbacco was a... | Succsess |
| 1st Woman to arrive | 1619 |
| Gov't of Jamestown | House Of Burgesses |
| Etc of Jamestown | 1st African American and 1st democratic area |
| Reason For Jamestown? | Gold and economic activities |
| 1620 | Pilgrams arrived at massachusetts bay |
| Reason for arrival in 1620 | Religous belifes |
| Religous Conflict of pilgrams led to... | The Salem Witch Trials |
| How did they arrive and what agreement did the pilgrams use for laws | The Mayflower and the Mayflower Compact |
| 1754-1763 | French/Indian War (7 year war) |
| Who was against who? (1754-1763) | French and indians Vs. British and indians |
| Who won and what effect impacted the French? | British won making the french lose all its land in NA |
| This War led to What? (1754-1763) #1 | American Revolution |
| This War led to what? (1754-1763) #2 | Debt over Bristish leading into taxes |
| This War led to What? (1754-1763) #3 | Proclamation of 1763 |
| 1775-1783 | American Revolution |
| Who was Vs. Who (leader and a king) | George Washington Vs. King George 3 |
| What Battle affected this war? (1775-1783) #1 | Battle of Lexington and Concord where people called it "Shots heard all over the world" |
| What Battle affected this war? (1775-1783) #2 | Battle of Saratoga where Franklin convinced the French to join |
| What Battle affected this war? (1775-1783) #3 | Battle of Yorktown where the british colonies and the french trapped the british by the treaty of Paris |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence |
| Writer of DOI | Thomas Jefferson |
| What 3 terms does DOI say? | Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
| Inalienable Rights | Rights that cannot be taken away |
| British Colonies finally turned into the... | United States Of America |
| 1787 | U.S Constitution, not ratified until the bill of rights was added |
| What did the Bill Of Rights do? (1784) | Rights for individuals |
| What did the U.S Constituation replace? | Articles Of Confederacy |
| Why was AOC replaced? | The states had to much power and the gov't was weak |
| 1803 | Louisianna Purchase |
| The Louisianna Purchase did what? | Double the size of the U.S |
| During 1803 people called Thomas Jefferson's desicion what? | unconstitutional |
| 1861-1865 | Civil War (Confederacy Vs. Union because of slavery) |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War |
| Who was against who (1898) Over What? | U.S Vs. Spain over Cuban independence |
| Who won? (1898) | U.S Won and Cuba got its independence |
| What countries did the U.S control at the time? | Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines |
| Guantanamo is where.... | U.S Naval Base Is |
| 1959 | Cuba won dominance with castro |
| 1914-1918 | WW1 |
| What Caused WW1? | Alliances tangled, and the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Wife |
| U.S Joined WW1 When? | 1917 |
| 1917 also led to what? | Russia leaving the war by the Russian Revolution |
| 1929-1945 | The Great Depression |
| Late Oct.1929 | Stock Market Crashed |
| Percentage of unemployed people (1929) | 25% |
| WW2 | 1939-1945 |
| What caused/started WW2? | Hitler invading Poland 1939 |
| What resulted in the war? | Two super powers (Russia and the U.S) |
| Most European Countries had to do what (1939-1945) | Could not afford there land over seas (decolonization including India, SE Asia, and Africa) |
| What led U.S to join WW2 | When Japan bombed the U.S at Pearl Harbor in hawaii |
| When did U.S Join? (WW2) | Dec. 7, 1941 |
| Who won (U.S Vs. Japan) and how? | U.S won by dropping atomic bombs on hiroshina and nagasaki |
| 1990-1991 | Persian Gulf War/ Dessert Storm |
| 1959(65)-1972 | Vietnam War (Years are important to U.S war time) |
| 2001-2003 | Afganastan War (2001) Iraq War (2003) |
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