ASH Midterm
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Updated: 21 Jan 2020
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Created byWillem Ells
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Puritans come to America,
found Mass BayDeclaration of IndependenceLincoln is electedColumbus reaches Bahama IslandsOnly 500 Arawaks left on the islandsRichard Grenville lands in VA,
kills Native AmericansPuritans wage war with PequotJohn Edwards give "Sinners" speechAnne Bradstreet writes PrologueWashington only has 5000 troops leftBattle of Bunker HillWashington wins at Trenton and PrincetonBattle of Saratoga, America winsBritish sail south, take GeorgiaPart of Cornwallis army beaten in N SCBritish soldiers defeated in W SCCornwall's army retreats to VARoyal Army surrendersStamp Act Enacted - Colonists upsetStamp Act Congress - first signs of unityDeclaratory Act, authority remains,
Stamp act repealedTownshend Act - Taxes on tea, etc.Boston MassacreBoston Tea PartyFirst Continental Congress - militias formedConcord Armory seizedFirst Africans enslaved in AmericaColonial NA ships participate in slave tradeFirst recorded NE slave shipRhode Island enters slave tradeCotton Gin is createdRobert Fulton - first streamboatErie Canal is completedFirst US RailroadMechanical mower/reaper createdJohn Deere steel plow10 hour work day establishedMass declares unions legalMorse makes telegraphDemocratic revolutions in Germany collapseKnow-Nothing party formedFirst transatlantic cableFirst transcontinental telegraphPike's Peak gold rushHomestead ActNV added to UnionNational GrangeBattle of the Little BighornNez Perce WarFed Gov outlaws Sun DanceDawes Severalty ActCensus Bureau says no more frontier line"Battle" of Wounded KneeCoxey's Army and Pullman strikeNative Americans get US citizenshipIndian Reorganization ActInternational slave trade outlawedAmerican Colonization
Movement goes mainstreamMissouri CompromiseLloyd Garrison starts LiberatorTreaty of Guadalupe-HidalgoCalifornia Gold rushCompromise of 1850Kansas-Nebraska ActSack of LawrenceSenate Beat-downDred Scott v. Sandford Supreme
Court caseHarper's Ferry, VASouthern States secedeSecond Continental Congress - Articles of
ConfederationArticles of Confederation go into effectShay's RebellionNew Constitution is ratifiedPeriods
Washington's Army almost CollapsesFrench-Indian WarNavigation Acts - Trade w/ BritainIrish potato famineBleeding Kansas
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