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mise à jour avec succès 28 janv. 2018
Specific dates are NOT accurate; just used the year that it happened NOT the exact date. Really just for my own review.
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Christopher Columbus sails the ocean blueColumbus seized 1200 Taino peopleColumbian ExchangeJuan Ponce de Leon lands in FloridaNorthern Europeans loathed Catholic Spain and depicted them as barbaricFounding of Jamestown + Virginia companyKing James issues a charterJamestown sucks (read description)Good Friday MassacreTobacco revolutionizes economy: John Rolfe smuggled it from Spanish territoryAfrican slaves brought by ship and tradedHeadrights: immigrant colonists who paid for passage were given 50 acres
Indentured servants: individuals who paid for the passage of identured servants were given 50 acres -- voluntarily intiallyAfrican population became self-sustainingStono Rebellion - South CarolinaJames Oglethorpe is offered Georgia as a refuge for imprisoned debters from EnglandOglethorpe moves back to England so his trustees make colony slave-owning planation society. Natives exploited.Poor tobacco pricesKing Phillip's War -- his name was Metacom, not PhillipBacon's Rebellion - VirginiaBacon's Rebellion ends after Bacon dies of dysentryMayflower Compact - founded PlymouthJohn Winthrop, governor of Massachussets Bay colony, lead first large wave of immigrants to the colonies
Wrote "City Upon a Hill"Roger Williams argues that the Native Americans' land needs to be compensated for & bring church together & separation of church and stateRoger Williams expelled to Rhode Island, becomes Baptist, & creates religious freedomAnna Hutchinson challenged the ruling order and let's be honest, the male clergy didn't like herAnna Hutchinson banished to RIMystic Massacre & set precedent for "combating" nativesSalem Witch Trials and no, there were not any witchesPeople could be accused of witchcraft if: spectral evidence, marks of the devil, testimony, artifacts/trinkets
But 0 scientific evidences, forced confessions, a lot of made-up stuff, evidence circumstancial, lack of connect to witchcraftEnglish fleet captured New York colony with little resistance (Dutch were there to make money)William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment" since Quakers were prosecuted in EnglandPenn sets up all these cool things like organized grid, neutrality with natives, and such but then he leftFrench and Indian War: Catholic vs Protestant, struggle for fur trade and fertile land of Ohio River Valley, and struggle for dominanceGeorge Washington is sent out at age 22 to protect an Ohio Company claimBritish defeated at Ft Duquesne - W. PAAmerican colonists refuse to serve under new British commander Lord LoudounFrench take Ft Osewgo - Upstate NYMassacre at Ft Wiliam Henry - Upstate NYLouisbourg and Ft Duequesne captured by British - Quebec & W. PABattle of QuebecBattle of Quiberon Bay -- off FranceIriquois join British-American alliancFrench surrender MontrealBritich capture Havana, Manila from SpainTreaty of Paris... the first one*** Albany Plan of Union - didn't pass*** "Join or Die" is the first American political cartoonTURNING POINT IN WARPontiac's Rebellion - pan-Indian movement to drive out British settlers after a prophet as a visionProclamation 1763 - prohibits settlements west of AppalachiansColonies are becoming more confident and united...
Meanwhile British look down on colonistsFirst Continental Congress meets on how to redress colonial grievancesLexington and Concord... who fired the first shot?Olive Branch Petition - wanted peace yet plan B is WashingtonSecond Continental Congress meetsBattle of Bunker HillBritish hired Hessian soldiers... wootDECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BABYBattle of New York - British take NYC ):Battle of Trenton - they did goodBattle of Princeton - yay boost in moraleBattle of Saratoga NY - BIGGEST VICTORY YET!!!FRENCH FRIENDSMeanwhile, in the west, French helps American to gain controlMeanwhile, in the south, British gain control and Cornwallis has some small defeats for British but nothing majorBattle of Yorktown - American-French troops trap Cornwallis and stop delivery
Last battle of Revolutionary war!!Articles of Confederation adoptedCongress controls all lands west of Appalachians to stop discourse among statesLand Ordinance of 1785 - Congress sells Western lands to settlers to gain revenueNorthwest Land Ordinance of 1787 - gave territories chance at statehood and no slavery allowedNW Ordinance was progressive! but caused tension... north vs south$40 million war debt... woot. Not to mention inflation!!!Shays's Revellion - Irritated with taxes in states (bc debt) with specie (difficult for farmers to pay)Philadelphia Convention/Constitutional Convention - were SUPPOSED to REVISE Articles but lmaoVirginia PlanNew Jersey PlanThe Great Compromise3/5s CompromiseInauguration of George Washington - unanimous vote & set a lot of precedentsHamilton's PlanForeign policy in Washinton's presidency: support French?Jay's Treaty - convinces British to leave forts but not stop seizing shipsPériodes
Four castaways from a Spanish expedition journey from Florida to Gulf of CaliforniaSlaves had similar status to indentured servants (no race-based & servitude was limited)Slavery legal and no longer considered servantsAll children would be considered free or slave based on mother's status
Race-basedGreat Puritan MigrationDominion of England - RIP salutary neglectThe Great Awakening: Puritans died off. Now desire to create a society with liberty and justice for every soul.William Pitt guides British war effort -- much more reasonable than LoudounLe progrès d''un événement
of Native American population wiped out by disease
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