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STAAR REVIEW

STAAR REVIEW. By categories. 1-8. Dat es & Important Events. 1. 1607. 1. Jamestown founded First permanent settlement in America. 1620. 1. Mayflower Compact Helped establish the idea of self-government and the practice of majority rules. 1754-1763. 1. French & Indian War

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STAAR REVIEW

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  1. STAAR REVIEW By categories 1-8

  2. Dates & Important Events 1

  3. 1607 1

  4. Jamestown founded • First permanent settlement in America

  5. 1620 1

  6. Mayflower Compact • Helped establish the idea of self-government and the practice of majority rules

  7. 1754-1763 1

  8. French & Indian War • 7Years War • British defeated the French and gained control of most of the northern and eastern parts of north America

  9. 1775 1

  10. Battles of Lexington & Concord • First battles of the American Revolution

  11. 1776 1

  12. Declaration of Independence signed • Colonists break away from England

  13. 1781 1

  14. Articles of Confederation ratified • Becomes the first American government

  15. 1788 1

  16. Constitution ratified • Becomes blueprint for American government

  17. 1803 1

  18. Louisiana Purchase • More than doubles the size of the country • Thomas Jefferson • From France for 15 million

  19. 1812-1815 1

  20. War of 1812 • Capital burned • America proves it can defend itself

  21. 1846-1848 1

  22. War with Mexico • James Polk • America acquires much of Southwest

  23. 1861 1

  24. Shots fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina • Beginning of Civil War

  25. 1863 1

  26. Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln • Freed the slaves in Confederate states

  27. 1865 1

  28. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House • Ends Civil War

  29. 1877 1

  30. Reconstruction ends • White Southerners regain control of their state governments

  31. Presidents 2

  32. George Washington 2

  33. 1st • Bill of Rights • 1789-1797 • Whiskey Rebellion

  34. John Adams 2

  35. 2nd • Federalist • XYZ Affair • Alien & Sedition Acts

  36. Thomas Jefferson 2

  37. 3rd • Democratic-Republican • Marbury v. Madison • Louisiana Purchase • Embargo Act of 1807

  38. James Madison 2

  39. 4th • Democratic-Republican • War of 1812 • American System

  40. James Monroe 2

  41. 5th • Democratic-Republican • Industrialization • Missouri Compromise • Monroe Doctrine

  42. Andrew Jackson 2

  43. 7th • Democrat • Nullification/bank war • Jacksonian Democracy • Indian Removal Act

  44. James K. Polk 2

  45. 11th • Democrat • Texas annexation • Mexican War • Gold Rush • Seneca Falls Convention

  46. Abraham Lincoln 2

  47. 16th • Republican • Secession • Civil War • Emancipation Proclamation • 1st president assassinated

  48. Andrew Johnson 2

  49. 17th • Democrat • 13th & 14th Amendments • Radical Reconstruction • Impeachment trial • Sharecropping in South

  50. Important Documents 3

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