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The USA from 1776 until Present
The USA from 1776 until Present
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"Common Sense"
January 10, 1776
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Published by Thomas Paine
Battle of Nassau
March 3, 1776 - March 4, 1776
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Amphibious Landing of US Troops in Nassau, Bahamas.
First major action made by the Continental Navy of the USA
Second Continental Congress
July 2, 1776
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Enacted Lee Resolution (Declared Independence)
Approved the written Declaration of Independence
USA
July 4, 1776 - present
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Independence declared from Great Britain and George III.
Battle of Long Island
August 27, 1776
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First Major Battle of the Revolutionary War.
Largest Conflict.
Line Battle Tactic.
AKA Battle of Brooklyn or Brooklyn Heights
Staten Island Peace Conference
September 11, 1776
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An early attempt to bring the Revolution to an end.
British: Admiral Lord Richard Howe,
Second Continental Congress: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Edward Rutledge.
Battle of Trenton
December 26, 1776
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Washington attacked the day after Christmas, the small town of Trenton, New Jersey after having crossed the Delaware River.
Washington successfully attacked the Hessian troops who occupied the town.
Battle of Princeton
January 3, 1777
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Vermont Republic
July 8, 1777 - March 4, 1791
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Delegates in Vermont established the Vermont Republic and adopted the Constitution of Vermont (Vermont Republic), which abolished slavery.
Battle of Saratoga
September 19, 1777
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The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground, 9 miles (14 km) south of Saratoga, New York.
Articles of Confederation
November 15, 1777
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Ratified on March 1, 1781
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.
Valley Forge
December 19, 1777 - June 5, 1778
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George Washington has the Continental Army set up winter quarters at Valley Forge.
Treaty of Alliance
February 6, 1778 - 1798
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Signed between France and the USA.
Set to Expire in 1800.
Annulled by Congress in 1798 due to French Revolution.
Seige of Fort Charlotte
March 2, 1780 - March 14, 1780
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Bombardment of Fort Charlotte: After a two-week siege, Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez captured Fort Charlotte, in Mobile, from the British.
Siege of Yorktown
September 28, 1781 - October 19, 1781
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Siege of Yorktown: The British surrendered at Yorktown.
INDEPENDENCE
September 3, 1783
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USA is officially recognized by the British and many other nations in Europe at he 1781 Treaty of Paris.
Free Republic of Frankland
1784 - 1789
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A small 8 County Republic. Eventually annexed by force to North Carolina in 1789.
Shay's Rebellion
1786
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Northwest Ordinance
1787
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1st US Congress
1789
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Constitution
1789
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Constitution came into Effect
Election of '89
1789
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George Washington Unanimously Elected.
1st President of the United States of America.
End of F.R. of Frankland
1789
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North Carolina reconquered and annexed Frankland.
Judiciary Act of 1789
1789
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Innauguration of Washington
April 30, 1789
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Bill of Rights
1791
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Ratified
First National Bank of the US
1791
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Chartered
Election of '91
November 2, 1791 - December 5, 1791
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Washington Re-elected
Cotton Gin
1793
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin
Fugitive Slave Law
1793
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Chisholm v. Georgia Decided
February 16, 1793
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In 1792 in South Carolina, Alexander Chisholm, the executor of the estate of Robert Farquhar, attempted to sue the state of Georgia in the Supreme Court over payments due him for goods that Farquhar had supplied Georgia during the American Revolutionary War. United States Attorney General Edmund Randolph argued the case for the plaintiff before the Court. The defendant, Georgia, refused to appear, claiming that, as a "sovereign" state, it could not be sued without granting its consent to the suit.
Superseded by 11th Amendment.
Whiskey Rebellion
1794
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Eleventh Amendment
1795
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The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
Jay's Treaty
1795
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Failed Treaty signed with Great Britain.
Pickney's Treaty
1796
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Treaty of Tripoli
1796
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Ended Barbary Attacks on US Ships
Election of '96
November 4, 1796 - December 7, 1796
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John Adams becomes 2nd President of the USA
Adams Inaugurated
1797
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XYZ Affair
1797
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Alien and Sedition Acts
1798
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Fries' Rebellion
1799
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Washington Died
March 4, 1799
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Library of Congress Founded
1800
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Election of 1800
October 31, 1800 - December 3, 1800
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Jefferson Elected 3rd President
Marbury v. Madison
1801
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Nullifies Judiciary Act of 1789
Marshall Becomes Chief Justice
1801
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Adams Appoints John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Louisianna Purchase
1803
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Bought from Napoleonic France
Twelfth Amendment
1804
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Burr-Hamilton Duel
July 11, 1804
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Burr fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton who later dies of his wounds.
Election of '04
November 2, 1804 - December 5, 1804
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Jefferson Re-elected
Embargo of 1807
1807
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Steamboat
1807
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Robert Fulton invents the Steamboat.
Slave Trade Ends
1808
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Election of '08
November 4, 1808 - December 7, 1808
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James Madison elected as 4th President.
Madison Inaugurated
1809
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Non-Intercourse Act
March 1, 1809
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Fletcher v. Peck
1810
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First Bank of the US (dead)
1811
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Charter NOT renewed.
Election of '12
1812
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Madison re-elected.
War of 1812
1812 - 1814
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Mainly between Napoleon and Europe.
US fought Great Britain, Canadians, and their Native Allies.
Burning of Washington DC
August 24, 1814
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Treaty of Ghent
December 14, 1814
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Ended US involvement in the War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
1815
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City falls to the Americans.
Election of '16
1816
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James Monroe Elected 5th President.
Second Bank of the US
1816
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Chartered
Monroe Inaugurated
1817
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Adams-Onis Treaty
1819
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US acquired Florida from Spain.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
1819
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Protected the principle of honoring contracts and charters.
McCulloch v. Maryland
1819
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Prohibited state laws from infringing upon federal Constitutional authority.
Panic of 1819
1819
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Election of '20
1820
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Monroe re-elected
Missouri Compromise
1820
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Monroe Doctrine Proclaimed
1823
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Election of '24
1824
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No clear winner so House of Representatives chose in 1825.
Gibbons v. Ogden
1824
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Affirmed federal over state authority in interstate commerce.
1825 Presidential Decision
1825
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John Quincy Adams named 6th President.
Election of '28
1828
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Jackson elected
Nullification Crisis
1828
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Jackson Inaugurated
1829
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Andrew Jackson Elected 7th President
Indian Removal Act
May 28, 1830
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Mechanical Reaper
1831
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Cyrus McCormick invented this
Nat Turner Revolt
1831
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Bank War
1832
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Jackson vetoed the renewal of the Second National Bank of the US's Charter.
Black Hawk War
1832
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Calhoun Resigns
1832
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Election of '32
1832
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Jackson re-elected
Worcester v. State of Georgia
1832
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation