US History Timeline 1607-1877 Review by Jadelyn Gonzalez [STUDENT] https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0 en-us 2022-08-10 19:34:05 UTC 2025-10-29 16:29:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Jan 1803, Louisiana Purchase jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258454132 The Louisiana Purchase 1803 was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.]]> 2022-08-10 19:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258454132 May 13, 1607, John Smith founded Jamestown jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258457232  A group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River.]]> 2022-08-10 19:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258457232 Nov 11, 1620, Pilgrims settle Plymouth under Mayflower Compact jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258461691 When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in 1620, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia.]]> 2022-08-10 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258461691 March 1, 1692, Salem witchcraft trials jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258465193 A group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.]]> 2022-08-10 19:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258465193 May 28, 1754, French and Indian War jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258632994 The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empir

]]> 2022-08-11 01:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258632994 March 22, 1765, Stamp Act jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258634741 The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. ]]> 2022-08-11 01:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258634741 March 5, 1770, Boston Massacre jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258637786 The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks at a squad of British soldiers.]]> 2022-08-11 01:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258637786 December 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258641392 American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.]]> 2022-08-11 01:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258641392 Apr 19, 1775, American Revolutionary War jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258644490 The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War.]]> 2022-08-11 01:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258644490 July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258646079 The purpose of the Declaration was to declare our independence and to explain to the world our reasons for declaring independence. ]]> 2022-08-11 01:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258646079 June 21, 1788, US Constitution was placed in effect jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258647391 The Constitution would take effect once it had been ratified by nine of the thirteen State legislatures; unanimity was not required.]]> 2022-08-11 01:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258647391 December 15, 1791, Bill of Rights adopted jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258648703
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. 
]]> 2022-08-11 01:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258648703 February 22, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to US jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258651111  A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.]]> 2022-08-11 01:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258651111 December 2, 1823, Monroe Doctrine established jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258652241 The Monroe Doctrine was articulated in President James Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress.]]> 2022-08-11 02:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258652241 March 1836, Cherokee Trail of Tears March jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258657715 As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.]]> 2022-08-11 02:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258657715 Apr 25, 1846, Mexican-American War jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258662239  A battle for land where Mexico was fighting to keep what they thought was their property and the U.S. desired to retain the disputed land of Texas and obtain more of Mexico's northern lands.]]> 2022-08-11 02:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258662239 Apr 12, 1861, Civil War jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258663524 The Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery.]]> 2022-08-11 02:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258663524 January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258664886 A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln.]]> 2022-08-11 02:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258664886 March 30, 1867, Alaska bought from Russia jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258666225  the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. ]]> 2022-08-11 02:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258666225 May 29, 1869, Transcontinental Railroad completed jadelyn1753830 https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258669937
The transcontinental railroad was built to open up the interior and allow settlement in these areas, to make rural and unexplored areas accessible, and to ease the transportation of both goods and passengers from one area to another.
]]> 2022-08-11 02:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jadelyn1753830/48b1p757gbchk2p0/wish/2258669937