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Sep 6, 1492
Discovery of America
Throughou t1492-1506 Christopher Colombus set sail from Spain with three ships the Nina,Pinta,and Santa Maria. He is the first to travel around the worl because many people thought the earth was flat instead of a sphere,. He then discovers the ''New World'' http://ilearnsoicanlead.net/tie542/wq/pix/columbus1.jpg -
Settlement in Jamestown
sourceThe English made their permanent settlement in Jamestown,Virginia The first permanent English settlement in North America, but the native people were the first to arrive in this land that is now known as Jamestown. -
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U.S. History Timeline
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Mayflower compact
First governing document written by Pilgrims. They agreed they would follow all the laws that they wrote.
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Boston Tea Party
When the Sons of Liberty sneaked on to British ships and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor as a protest to Tea Act. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm -
United States Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence -
Whiskey Rebellion
When President George Washington sends soldiers when farmers refused to pa their taxes. This was also the first test of the new government.
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Lousiana Purchase
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/lewisclark2/images/LouisianaPurchaseMap_Small.jpg In 1803 the United States doubled in size when the government bought a region between the mississippi and the Rocky Mountains from France. -
Luis and Clark Expedition
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSseFDAFBRS4NbS3ku0B-_04HsY7j5Tjtr0NvfYZia7aDBuQQY&t=1&usg=__iLM50oqySCIOxJsHjgUNZ3p2uJ0= Luis and Clark set out to explore the new land that the United States had bought from France known as the Loisiana Purchaes. They named this expedidtion The Luis and Clark Expedition. -
Embargo Act
A law passed that prohibited all exports from the United States. It stoped American ships to make trade with other countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo_Act_of_1807 -
Adams-Onis Treaty
An agreement with spain that gave Florida to the U.S
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Monroe Doctrine
A policy that the U.S would guard the western hemisphere. This means that European colonizations could not happen in the westernhemisphere. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp -
Indian Removal Act
Policy forcing Indians to pay for land or move west.It was also known as Trail of Tears. This was during Andrew Jacksons presidency. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Agreement that officially ended U.S. and Mexican War.
Signed February 2.1848. mexici cesseded 55 percent of its land to U.S. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=26 -
Mexican Cession
Land given up by Mexico.
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First battle of fort sumpter
Confederate sides opened fire for 34hours on the fort. -
emancipation proclamation
It's a document signed by Lincoln that free'd the slaves. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2008/11/emancipation_01.jpg -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg began july 1861. General Robert Lee decided to invade the North. http://ro3011.k12.sd.us/event/pics/battle%20pics/gettysburg.jpg -
Appomattox Court House
The Civil war ended here. Lee surrendered to Grant. http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va097.htm -
Abraham Lincoln's assasination
President Abraham Lincoln was assasintaed at Ford's Theater in Washington DC. He was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth. It was six days after the Civil War ended. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:NUjebkRxM9adgM:http://66.147.242.98/~iowahous/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lincolnassassination.jpg&t=1 -
Martin Luther King assasinated
Martin luther kig was assasinated on April 1968. He was shot standing on his balcony between his neck and jaw. http://justinsomnia.org/images/memphis_civil_rights_museum.jpg
