American History To 1900

In Twenty Slides by T. Keith Barbo

American History to 1900

May 14, 1607 – Jamestown!

British colonists found Jamestown, Virginia – the first permanent English settlement in the

New WorldNamed for English

king, James I

Settled by the Virginia CompanyFor proprietary reasons…

Ka-ching!

African slaves were sold From the west African coast

For goods from Europe

Slaves were carried to the colonies with Sugar+Molas

sesfor RUM!

1619 1808Triangular Trade Route

1620 – A new English settlementIn the New World

Pilgrims establish thePlymouth Colony

Plymouth is settled

For religious freedom

- Not money

Pilgrim colonists

Make a treaty with Patuxet tribe, who show them

how to fish and

fertilize crops

1700-1770Economic Growth for Colonial America

Created much wealth in the

colonies. And, as the colonists

prospered…

A land rich in resources such as fertile farm lands

and timber…

… so did England

The Stamp Act of 1765The Townshend Acts 1767

The Declatory Act 1766

Britain’s greed for more Wealth was angering

The Colonists

THE BOSTON MASSACRE

MARCH 5, 1770

Boston Tea PartyDecember 16,

1773

And the Colonists rebelled!

Britain Tried to regain control

of the Colonists with more force

The Coercive or Intolerable Acts

1774

But the Colonists could no longer tolerate the injustice!

1st Continental Congress 1774

REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGINS

1775

1776 Declaration of

Independence Signed

George Washington becomes the first president

of the newly formed United States of America

1789

1797 - Trouble in Paradise

The Franco American War Violation of the Bill of Rights in

The Alien & Sedition Acts

1800 - Thomas Jefferson presidentEnd of Alien and Sedition Acts

The US doubles in size With the

Louisiana Purchase in 1803

1808 - 1815

The Slave Trade Ends in 1808

ANDREW JACKSON

BECOMES A HERO

IN THE BATTLE OF

NEW ORLEANS

The Missouri Compromise Divides the Free US from the

Slave US in 1808Andrew Jackson

Elected president 1828 and Was the hero of the poor man

While an enemy to the red man

1831-1848

AUGUST 1831

SLAVE REBELLIO

N

Texas becomes

a republic in 1835

Mexican American

War1846-48 US gains

more territory

Gold Rush 1849

Civil war

averted1850 Republ ican

Party formed

1854Southerner

Brooks attacks

Northerner Sumner

1856

1860-1863

Lincoln Elected 16th President of US and

Lower South Secedes in response

1860

CONFEDERATE STATES

OF AMERICA FORMED

1862

Civil War begins atFort Sumter April 12, 1861

EmancipationProclamation

January 1st

1863

GEN. LEE SURRENDERSTO GEN. GRANTAPRIL 9, 1865

186513th AmendmentAbolishes Slavery

Lincoln Shot at Ford TheaterApril 14, 1865

Ku Klux Klan founded by Confederate War Veterans

1868-1900

15th Amendment No Denial of voting Rights due to race

1890First Influx of

Mass Immigrants To US

Roosevelt becomes hero inSpanish American War

US wins and gains Philippines, Samoa, Guam, & Puerto Rico