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By year 1290 feudalism has ended and now you see the form of a nation state.
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These people didn't accept thechristian religion so under their kings they went to fight the Moslems in the Holy Land.
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They united their kingdoms and conquered the smaller kingdoms around them.
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After the French and English wars with kings, they found themselves united under the leadership of one king and one government.
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Spain, Portugal, France, and England have become great nations and were ready to expand their trade and power.
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His voyage was possible because of the Europeans way of acquiring money and the knowledge to make such a trip.
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This island is now Watlings island.
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Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese captain, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India and returned to Portugal with cargo of valuable goods. Portugal was the first to open direct trade with the East.
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The land was claimed for the English.
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He led the first expadition to Florida. He was one associated with the Fountain of Youth (which is told to be in Florida).
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Less than a year later Ferdinand Magellen completed the first voyage around the world.
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They extended from the tip of South America northward to California and from California eastward towards Florida.
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Claims that North America began with the entrance of Verrazano into the New York harbor.
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England claimed most of North America. Spain and France also claimed large portions of the same territory.
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The colonists established the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown.
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Over a thousand settlers left England on there way to Massachusetts.
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The Dutch originally settled in New York but took control of Delaware from Sweden. The English captured these territories in 1664 and established their own colonies in New York and Delaware.
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Went with small army to tell French to leave and ended up being forced to surrender. The whole western frontier broke out in war.
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In the fall of 1763 the Proclmation of 1763 was signed and put into play.
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The French lost all their empire in America.
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Some colonial mobster were fired up by some English soldiers. 5 colonist were killed that day, which formed the Boston Massacre.
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A committee headed by Thomas Jefferson was appointed to write the declaration of Independance.
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Provided for the survey and sale of the land in the Northwest territory.
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A convention of representatives was called to meet in Philidelphia in 1787 to consider ways to amend or revise the Articles of Confederation. During these secret meeting, there was a new Constitution was written by delegates.
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George Washington, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton were among the new nations leaders.
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George Washington takes the oath to office, and at the same time John Adams became vice-president.
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French otherthrew their king due to some events in Europe that affected some leaders.
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France sold all of Louisiana to Livingston for 15 million.
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America declares war on Britian due to trade interferance and the impressment of the U.S. citizens.
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Henry Clay divided free states and slave states to an even fraction on the 36 degrees, 30 feet.
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Not allowing European colonies to settle anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.
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On the date of February 9, 1825 John Quincy Adams was elected president. He had 84 electorial votes and 115,696 popular votes.
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 ordered the removal of all Native-Americans out of the country and into Indian territory.
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Mexican troops launched an assult on the Alamo Mission in San Antonio de Baxar.
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A book about the good and bad of slaves. Was originally published in 1842.
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Texas won independance from Mexico, and then Taxas ambassador proposed an annexation proposal, which was denied by the U.S. This flamed war, and Texas was later given to the states and the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million for taking almost half of their country.
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She wrote this story to respond to the 1850 passage of the Second Slave Act. She was living in the area of Brunswick, Maine.
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This was a case dealing with if people of African decent can or could ever become U.S. citizens.
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A series of seven debates in 1859 to decide weather Lincoln or Douglas get the seat in the U.S. senate.
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South Carolina secessed out of the Union and soon after, six more states did the same. This soon began a huge battle at Ft. Sumter
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The freeing of all slaves in the Confederate states. This all began about a year earlier, but Lincoln signed it and put it to business on January 1, 1863.
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President Lincolns most famous speech. It was to the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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The final engagment in Virginia. John Broun Gordon’s corps and Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry formed line of battle at Appomattox Court House. Robert E. Lee was determined to make one last attempt at escaping the closing Union by getting to his supplies in Lynchburg.
