U.S. History

Presidents

100

XYZ Affair/ Alien and Sedition Acts

John Adams

200

Louisiana Purchase/ Embargo Act

Thomas Jefferson

300

War of 1812/ Father of the Constitution

James Madison

400

Indian Removal Act/ Nullification Crisis

Andrew Jackson

500

Mexican American War/ Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo

James Polk

Colonies

100

First permanent English settlement

First permanent English settlement - 1607

200

Signed by many pilgrims, helped establish the idea of self -government.

Mayflower Compact

300

People: Mostly Puritans from England /Economy: Shipbuilding, timber, fishing, whaling, merchant trade

New England Colonies

400

People: Diverse population from different European countries, Quakers/ Economy: Cash crops of wheat, other grains, fruits, vegetables, artisans.

Middle Colonies

500

People: English Anglicans, Catholics, enslaved Africans/ Economy: dominated by plantations, cash crops of tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton

Southern Colonies

American Revolution

100

A series of severe laws (cancelled town meetings, closed Boston Harbor) passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

Intolerable Acts

200

First battles of the Revolution

Lexington and Concord 1775

300

Document written by Thomas Jefferson, claiming independence from Great Britain based on the philosophies of Locke, Montesquieu, and Blackstone

Declaration of Independence 1776

400

Turning point of the war - Important victory because it influenced foreign nations to support America in its war against England. France used its Navy in the Americans effort for victory.

Saratoga 1777

500

Last major battle of the war French ships prevented British supplies to reach Yorktown British surrender because of lack of supplies

Yorktown 1781

Reformers

100

Abolitionist/ Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

200

Improved care for the mentally ill, hospitals, and prisons.

Dorothea Dix

300

Head of the state School Board of New York- pushed for free tax supported schools

Horace Mann

400

Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, it was patterned after the Declaration of Independence - Fought for women’s suffrage.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

500

Newspaper, The Liberator, the New England Anti-Slavery Society

William Lloyd Garrison

Civil War Battles

100

First shots of the Civil war

Fort Sumter

200

Bloodiest battle of the Civil War

Battle of Antietam

300

The only time the Confederate Army tried to win a battle in Northern Territory - Union Victory

Battle of Gettysburg

400

The primary commander of the Confederate States Army

Robert E. Lee

500

The primary Union commander

Ulysses S. Grant