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Nov 30, 1492
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MAKES VOYAGE TO NEW WORLD
Cloumbus discovers New World -
Jan 30, 1519
Aztecs are Conquered
The Aztecs are eventually conquered Herman Cortes and his men in 1521. -
The Colonization of Jamestown
On May 14, 1607 one hundred and four English settlers established the Jamestown Colony. -
Tobacco introduced into the colonies
John Rolfe introduces tobacco into the colonies, and it becomes the main crop grown. -
Slavery is introduced into the colonies
The first African Slaves were brought over to the Chesapeake colonies to work on the tobacco plantations. -
The Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Rock
In Decmber 1620 the Mayflower finally reaches the New World after 2 months of sailing -
Parliamentary Act
Declared the Long Parliament to be dissolved. -
Albemarle County uprising
Rebelled due to the taxes on tobacco exports -
Penn's government
Constitutuion written by William Penn for Pennsylvania -
German Immigrants
400,000 Germans came to the colonies for land and prosperity. Population increased more and more, with more immigrants coming to the colonies. -
Jamaica and Sugar
English invested in Jamaica, had 700 large plantations by 1750 -
French Indian War
War among Great Britian and France in North America disputing over land -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was one of the acts passed by George Grenville. This act stated that all printed items were required a stamp. It caused a lot of commotion amongst the colonist and felt that the Stamp Act when against their rights. It leads to the formation of the Sons of Liberty but most importantly for the first time all the colonist united together for the same purpose. -
Tea Act
This act provided economic relief to the East India Company and canceled the import duty on its tea. It angered Americans because colonist felt that they were being bribed to buy British tea since it was now cheapter then the Dutches. -
"Common Sense"
It was written by Thomas Paine. The pamphlet attacked George III and the monarchy. It called for independence and a republican goverment. This pamphlet spread quickly throughout the colonies and the Patriot conventions to urge a break from Britian. -
Battle at Saratoga
General Burgoyne got stuck near Saratoga and while the soldiers waited for help thousands of militiamen surrounded them forcing them to surrender. The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war their victory ensured the success of American diplomats who were seeking an alliance with France. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txeNC-zG34w -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris formally ended the Revolutionary War. It
gave the United States independence and access to the trans-Appalachian west giving the United States room for expansion. -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan was written by James Madison and would come to be the US constitution. It stated that the national goverment would be formed by the people. It gave the national goverment the power to veto state laws and prohibit the states from issuing paper. A major flaw was the fact that populous states the most power since representation in the lower house depended on the population. -
French Revolution
French monarchy transformed into Democratic Republic -
1790, The Second Great Awakening
By the 1790s Baptists and Methodists assumed a prominent role in the revivalist movement. -
1790, The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening: this evangelical activism involved an important doctrinal shift away from the predominately Calvinist orientation that had characterized much of eighteenth-century American Christianity. -
January 1795, HamiltonFinancial's Program
Hamilton was this nation’s first Treasury Secretary, and a defender of the central bank, high taxes, protectionist tariffs, and public debt. -
August 2, 1795, THE GREENVILLE TREATY
The Treaty of Greenville was signed at Fort Greenville (now Greenville, Ohio), on August 2, 1795, between a coalition of Native Americans & Frontiers men. -
1800, THE JEFFERSONIAN REVOLUTION
THE REVOLUTION OF 1800," as Jefferson described his party's successful election. -
1802, The Separation between Church and State
The concept of separation of church and state refers to the distance between religion and the state. -
1819, The Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was the first major financial crisis in the United States, which occurred during the end of the Era of Good Feelings. -
Expanding Voting Rights
Through 1820 to 1830, most states were beginning to expand their franchise. Amongst these states, they were revising their constitutions and expanding the right to vote to all white men, whether or not they owned property. -
Cost per acre decrease
Acre cost was reduced to $1.25/acre due to expansion in midwest -
Gang Labor System
Gang Labor System came into play when the demand for cotton boomed. Masters used to supervise the fields, now with such a high demand, the masters had to organize gangs (slaves) and have each be supervised by black drivers and have white overseers. -
Gibbons vs Ogden
voided NY law that would have created monopoly for steamboat travel. -
Completion of the Erie Canal
Canal created to for better transportation and economic growth -
Election of 1828
With the election of 1828 and most states allowing all white men to vote, the election of 1828 had one-half of the eligible voters come and cast a vote. With this election, it is doubling the amount since the 1824 election. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner and five other enslaved cohorts began their revolt against Turner's master's family by murdering them. As they traveled through the country, the number of murders grew to about sixty. However, after a few days, Turner and his five accomplises were caught and hung. -
Female Moral Reform Society
Some women in New York created the Female Moral Reform Society, which saught to curb prositution and protect single women from moral corruption. Which in return provided moral guidance for young women who were living away from their families and working as factory operators, seamstresses, or servants. -
Dry Rock Bank
The Dry Rock Bank of New York City closed, making depositors panic and withdraw their gold and silver from other banks. Two weeks later, banks all over the US stopped trading spiece and curtailed, turing a once financial panic into an economic crisis. -
Grimke Sisters
Grimke sisters defend public roles for women. They each spoke up infront of audiances about the mixed male and female roles. -
Margret Fuller
Marget Fuller publishes Women in the Nineteenth Century. She was exploring the possibilites of freendom for women. The book mentioned the proclaim that a "new era" was changing the relationships between men and women, believed like men,women to could develop a mystical relationship with god that gave them identity and dignty. -
Annexation of Texas
The annexation of Texas occurred in December 1845 after the election of President James K. Polk. Texas had declared its independence on March 2, 1836 after the Mexican government began tightening it political control of the province. After a few battles like defending the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas was finally free from Mexico rule. A plebiscite vote took place shortly after for the annexation of Texas but was denied but President Martin Van Buren. Texas would have to wait anothe -
War with Mexico
After Texas had officially enter the American Union, Mexico broke it diplomatic relations with the U.S. Because of this, President Polk decided he would use this opportunity to acquire the rest of Mexico’s northern provinces. After a series of events by President Polk, Mexico was incited into war. The war lasted two years and had a number of significant both on past and present Mexico. The war ended with the capture of the Mexican capital, Mexico City. The victory added the state of California -
Railroad boom
1850's - expansion of railroads throughout the NE and MW -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin, which became the best-selling Novel in the 19th century. Her book was against slavery and opened the eyes to whites to see the evil of slavery. Uncle Tom's Cabin grew support to end slavery. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was a four-way race that would later determine the fate of the United States. The candidates running for election were Abraham Lincoln (Republican Party), John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic), John Bell (Whig), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic). After intense campaigning by all the candidates, Lincoln pulled our ahead and ended up winning the election and becoming the 16th president of the U.S. With only 40% of the popular vote, Lincoln won by having an abs -
Secession of South Carolina
Before newly elected President Abraham Lincoln could even take office, South Carolina was the 1st state to secede from the union. Home to Nullification, Southern Rights, and John C. Calhoun, South Carolina had been calling for secession since the crisis of 1850. After a unanimous vote in a special state convention, South Carolina was no longer part of the union. This created a domino effect causing Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi to all secede within a month -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was the site of the 1st shots fired of the American Civil War. This occurred when South Carolina occupied and demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter.. After still refusing to surrender, confederate forces opened fire on the fort. These first shots lead President Lincoln to respond with 75,000 troops and the ultimate start of the civil war. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad was part of an economic plan to help mobilize northern resources. Not only would this railroad help get resources where they needed to be, it would allow for people to more easily travel across the country and populate new found territories. The US governemnt charted the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies to build this railroad. It was finally completed in 1869 -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia was the site where, after being cut off in an escape to NorthCarolina, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. This surrender marked the end of the Civil War occurring nearly four years after the 1st shots were fired at Fort Sumter. By late May, all other confederate generals had ceased fighting. By the end of it all, the Union lost over 360,000 soldiers while the confederates lost almost 260,000 soldiers making it the bloody war in US -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction started with the Reconstruction Act of 1867. It started off by splitting up the South into five military districts, each under the control of a Union general. For any of the southern states to reenter the Union they would have to follow a certain number of provisions. Each southern state would have to grant the right to vote to all freedmen and disfranchise all of its leaders who took part in the war. They would also have to have provisions that garanteed black suffrage. -
The 15th Amendment
For the newly reunited U.S. government, the 15th amendment was the final stepping stone for racial equality. The 15th amendment provided that neither the states nor the federal government will deny its citizens the right to vote based on race, color or “pervious condition of servitude”. It passed without any modification in February and a year later it was a part of the Constitution. Along with the 13th and 14th Amendments some racial equality had finally been achieved in the U.S.
