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221
Fall of Han China
Han china fell due to a weak court, trouble collecting taxes, and Raids of nomadic peoples. China separated into different kingdoms that wouldn't unify until another 400 years. -
500
Fall of Rome
Rome collapsed due to Barbarian invasions, and ursurpers within the empire. -
Jan 1, 600
Birth of Islam
The monothiestic religion founded by Muhammad has became one of the biggest world religions today, Allah is the God of this religion and Muhammad is his prophet. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus discovers the islands of the Carribean after sailing west to find riches in the Indies. -
Jan 1, 1503
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo Davinci creates the Mona Lisa, which eventually becomes one of the most famous pieces of artwork of modern times. -
Pilgrims land at Massachusetts
The pilgrims split from the Anglican church in search of religious freedom. They began the first civilizations in New England. -
End of the Enlightenment
The ideas of the enlightenment taught how to reform society by using reason, and challenging faith. Many of the ideas that resulted from the enlightenment changed the world because they gave new ideas to the people which led to many revolutions. -
Agricultural Revolution
The agricultural revolution was a time period when there was tons of advancements in farming technologies. One of the inventions was the seed drill. -
Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution is a time when inventions were being made to help people get certain jobs done faster. Transportations, textiles, and overall living conditions of people were improved. -
Tea Act
The tea act was a tax on tea that was passed by Parliament . This act sparked the revolutionary Boston Tea Party. Many Colonists stopped buying tea. -
Cotton Gin
Created by Eli Whitney, the Cotton Gin was used to seperate the unwanted seeds from the rest of the cotton. This invention was extremley important to the textile industry because it make the process go faster. Seperating cotton took a long time, so once this machine could do it quickly, more clothes could be made in the same amount of time. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. He was shot while watching the play "Our American Cousin" at the Ford Theatre. He died the next morning. -
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. He was on a trip to Sarajevo when assassinated. This caused Austria-Hungary to declare was on Serbia. This eventually resulted into WW1 -
WW1
The major causes of this war was militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Allies won this war against the central powers. This war resulted in the establishment of The League of Nations to help solve world-wide problems. -
Russian Revolution
Czar Nicholas stepped down, leaving Russia without anyone in charge. The problems kept going on and on until Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks won. -
Black Tuesday
This major crash in the stock market is one of the major causes of the Great depression. -
Social Security Act
Act that had many social welfare and social insurance programs that were funded by payroll taxes. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on pearl harbor was intended to keep the U.S. from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Japans intentions failed because the United States ended up declaring war. This event also led to entry of WW2 -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan project begins. This leads to the secret development of the United States first Atomic Bomb -
Hiroshima Bombing
The first Nuclear bomb used as a weapon was dropped over Hiroshima during world war 2. -
Disaster at Chernobyl
Accident at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine is one of the worst disasters in history. Large amounts of radiation spreads over Belarus, Ukraine, and other European countries. -
Berlin Wall falls
The Berlin Wall falls marking the end of the Cold War. It also ends the Superpower's nuclear arm race. -
911
Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could fly into the world trade center, pentagon, and white house. 2 of the planes hit the world trade center causing them to collapse. One hit the pentagon causing damage. The other plane was headed for the white house, but a group of brave civilians aboard the plane found out about the terrorists on the plane, and decided to kill them. They succeeded and brought the plane down in a field in Pennsylvania. -
Boston Bombings
During the Boston Marathon, two brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, used pressure cooker bombs near the finish line injuring 264 people and killing three. -
Ap History Exam 2013
Definitely the most challenging test to be taken in the sophomore year of highschool
