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Jamestown (1607)

First permanent English settlement in North America; Virginia; funded by Virginia Company; John Smith

Mayflower Compact (1620)

First governing document of Plymouth Colony; established self-governance; signed by Pilgrims

Great Awakening (1730s-1740s)

Religious revival movement; Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield; challenged established churches; promoted individualism

French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Britain vs France for North American territory; British won; led to taxes on colonies; Treaty of Paris 1763

Stamp Act (1765)

British tax on paper goods in colonies; 'No taxation without representation'; repealed 1766 after protests

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Written by Thomas Jefferson; declared independence from Britain; based on natural rights philosophy; July 4

Articles of Confederation

First US constitution (1781-1789); weak central government; no power to tax; replaced by Constitution

Constitutional Convention (1787)

Philadelphia; created US Constitution; Great Compromise (bicameral legislature); Three-Fifths Compromise

Bill of Rights (1791)

First 10 amendments to Constitution; protects individual liberties; James Madison primary author

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

US bought territory from France for $15 million; doubled US size; Lewis and Clark expedition followed

War of 1812

US vs Britain; impressment of sailors; Battle of New Orleans; Treaty of Ghent; boosted American nationalism

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

US policy opposing European colonization in the Americas; 'America for Americans'; shaped foreign policy

Manifest Destiny

Belief that US expansion across North America was justified and inevitable; drove westward expansion

Missouri Compromise (1820)

Admitted Missouri as slave state, Maine as free state; prohibited slavery above 36°30' line

Civil War (1861-1865)

North (Union) vs South (Confederacy); slavery, states' rights; Union won; 620,000+ died

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate states; shifted war goal to include ending slavery

Reconstruction (1865-1877)

Rebuilding the South after Civil War; 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments; ended with Compromise of 1877

13th Amendment (1865)

Abolished slavery in the United States

14th Amendment (1868)

Granted citizenship to all persons born in US; equal protection under the law; due process

15th Amendment (1870)

Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Gilded Age (1870s-1900)

Rapid industrialization; wealth inequality; Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt; labor unions formed

Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)

Social reform movement; trust-busting; women's suffrage; food/drug regulation; muckrakers

Spanish-American War (1898)

US vs Spain; 'Remember the Maine'; US gained Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico; became world power

World War I (1914-1918)

US entered 1917; Treaty of Versailles; League of Nations; Wilson's 14 Points; isolationism after

Great Depression (1929-1939)

Stock market crash; 25% unemployment; Dust Bowl; bank failures; global economic crisis

New Deal

FDR's programs to combat Great Depression; Social Security, FDIC, WPA; expanded federal government role

World War II (1939-1945)

US entered after Pearl Harbor (1941); D-Day 1944; atomic bombs on Japan 1945; Allied victory

Cold War (1947-1991)

US vs Soviet Union ideological conflict; nuclear arms race; proxy wars; containment policy; ended with USSR collapse

Brown v Board of Education (1954)

Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional; overturned Plessy v Ferguson; civil rights milestone

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; LBJ signed

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