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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Lands In America
Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas mistakenly thinking he landed in India,Asia.He came with his 3 boats caled Santa Maria,Pinta,and Nina. -
Nov 10, 1492
The Spanish Empire
After Christopher had landed on America an empire had began and many different things happened such as the Columbian Exchange,Slavery,and many other conquistadors had come.During the Spanish Empire many natives had died because they were turned into slaves. -
Nov 10, 1534
New France
Jacques Cartier was sent to explore the coastiline of North America and failed but found Canada.There the became buisnes pareters with the natives from Huron. -
The lost colony of Roaoke
Sir Walter Raleigh was attempting to start a colony on Roanake Island, and the settlers were welcomed by the Natives.Then he sent another group of colonists,.The leader John White sailed back to England and fighting began.His travel to Roanke was delayed for 3 years and when he finally reached there all the colonists had disapeared and croatan was carved onto a doorpos.Roanke stays a mystery. -
Jamestown: The first English Colony
John Cabot seeked his own westren route to Asia,and sailed acros the atlantic and landed in Newfoundland.But the English werent so smart because Jamestown had many mosquitos and a large powerful group of Native Americans. -
New Netherland
Henry Hudson was searching for land and also the northwest pasage.Soon he clamied land and named for the Dutch,but theyre settlement did not last for long. -
Starving Time In Jamestown
Captain John Smith had gotten injured and had to return back to England.After that the worst winter in Jamestown had occured and many people had no choice but to eat dogs and even human! -
New Netherlands becomes New York
When the English had arrived to New Netherlands they had sent Peter Stuyvesant a letter demanding his surrender and when he got it he tore it up,refusing.Soon on of his cheifs reported that the gunpowder was damp,and without anyone getting hurt English took over and named it New York. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania ,the colony of equality and freedom,was named after William Penns father. William Penn wanted everyone to be treated equally and have there own rights. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were
-pay for all the tea thrown out
-masschussets under british control
-more troops sent
Soon,the started forming militas and the 1st and 2nd contential congress. -
Proclamation
Because of Indian and French war the king drew a line down the crest of th Appalachian Mountains.Colonists soon got frustrated and argued to the british government,but they ignored. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was a law that states that colonists need to buy a stamp for every paper the use which includes wills,licenses,and even playing cards."No taxation without representation".Sense of tyranny,and people got really mad.They protested and took violent action,and soon the parliament repealed the act, -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act which was a law that ordered colonists to provide british troops with homes,and also feed them and give them warmth.New Jersey protested and argued that the soildiers took up space. -
The Townshend Acts
The townshed acts placed taxes on any good imported from Britain such as glass,paint,paper and even tea.Colonists were unhappy and started protesting and soon started boycotting.Lord North Persuased the townshed to repeal all the acts except one which was the tax on tea. -
The Tea Act
The tea act was letting colonist could only buy british tea which included tax,the colonists werent fooled though,so they threw the british tea around 90,000 pounds on the harbor. -
Lexington & Concord
The Continental Congress wrote a letter to King George III which complained and said all the mistakes he had made. The King refused to anger the message and got angry,soon troops were attacking boston. The British troops heard the Patriots were hiding gun powder in Concord. On the way the Patriots attakced multiple times and the British retreated.The fight between the British and the Americans turned lasted for 7 years. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress happened Philedalphia. though. He suggested that Congress create a “continental army” made up of troops from all the colonies, and he nominated George Washington to lead the army. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
A fort at the top of Breed's Hill was created by an army of colonists were led by Irael Putman.British general William Howe ordered an immediate attack. On the third try the colonists ran out of gun powder and fled. More than 1,000 British troops were killed or wounded, and five hundred American colonists were killed and injured,this was soon war. -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a petition to King George III asking for peace and to end this fight,but instead he called them traitors which made them want war. -
The Siege of Boston (The British Abandon Boston)
George Washington made an army of untrained colonists .They were runnin out of gun powder with only 36 barrels left he started a rumour that he had 1,800 barrels of gunpowder.The British stayed away.The colonists eventually got more gun powder and heavy weapons from Ticonderoga along with canons and lead for future bullets. So the British fled and left boston to Canada on Ships. -
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independance This stated that the colonists were no longer under the rule of Britan and had freedom,and they wanted to be independent.It was signed by 13 representatives from each colony.
On July 4th, the delegates signed the letter, knowing if they lost the war, they would all be hanged. -
Battle Of New York
The Americans and British Armies met in Brooklyn, New York for a battle. The Americans were confident, but their lack of experience caused them to retreat against the British (who had a lot of training and greater number of soldiers). In 2 days of fighting the British lost 377 men while the Americans lost 1407. -
Trenton
Washington and his men ambush the British troops in Trenton on the morning of Christmas. When they reached Trenton, the Hessians were asleep. Since they were caught by surprise, they surrendered. Washington captured 868 prisoners without any of his troops dying. -
Saratoga
General Burgoyne was on his way to meet General Howe , and on his way, decided to attack Saratoga Springs, despite being outnumbered. Round after round, the Americans held out and eventually, Burgoyne accepted defeat. After this, The Spanish and French decided to help the Americans by becoming allies. Lafayette and Freidrich von Steuben were key members in helping the American Army.Saratoga Springs was the first hope for the Americans. -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
The ratification of the Articles of Confederation took several years Virginia was the first state to sign it in 1777.The Articles of Confederation needed ratification (approval) from all 13 states .Finally on March 1, 1781 it was approved after Marylands denial. -
YorkTown
The French and Americans set a trap for Cornwallis and his troops in Yorktown. The French sent 8,000 troops and 20 warships to join Washingtons Army. The French warships arrived just in time to seal off the entrance to Chesapeak Bay. Thus Cornwallis was cut off from the British Navy. -
Treaty Of Paris
The representatives of the US and Britain signed a peace treaty in Paris,which included 3 major agreements: the first being that the US would be recognized as an independent nation by Britain. The second was that Britain would give up its claims to all lands between teh Atlantic Coast and the Mississippi River. The third part was that the US would return all the rights and land to the Loyalists. -
Shay's Rebellion
After the war there was a huge money shortage and who didnt pay taxes got thrown in jail,which was a problem for farmers.Daniel Shay got arrested because of that So Shay decided action should be taken so he took a miltia and attacked a arsenal and burnt down a courthhouse and they began to rebel.Soon it was called Shays Rebellion. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Instead of just selling New Orelands, they sold all of Louisiana to USA for 15 million dollars. Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy New Orelands(which was part of lousiana) so that the farmers of USA could use the missisipi river for trade. Although it was governed by the french,they said that they didnt need it anymore because they lost all their slaves during the haitian revolution. -
Issue 1 : Upset Northeners - Missouri Slave state
The southerns applied for Missouri to become a slave state.The southerns would have more states than the northeners, which doesnt make it equal.It also meant more representatives for slave states. -
Spain gives Florida to the U.S.
Andrew Jackson was ordered not to invade Florida, but he invaded all of Florida .Spain and USA were didnt want war, so Spain sold Florida for 5 million dollars to USA. -
The Indian Removal Act
The President jackson wanted to remove all Native Americans so they made a law which is called the Indian Removal Act, that forced all Native Americans to move across the Missisipi river,which was west. Some tribes moved without agrueing but tribes like Sac&Fox fought caused a war. -
Oregon Treaty
Britain and the U.S had claim of the Orgeon,but the US wanted all of it but at the same time they did not want to start war.They made a treaty that US would get the bottom half and British would getthe top which is Canada. -
War with Mexico
Mexicans fired at American troops,so Congress declared war.The Mexicans gave up on the war since they werent strong enough,so they gave utah,arizona,california,nevada and new mexico to the Americans for 15 million,and California for 10 million,the Rio Grande became the new border between states. -
Issue 2- Upset Southeners-The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso said slavery would not be allowed in the Mexican Cession southeeners were upset because they felt they should be able to take their slaves also known as "property" anywhere. -
Issue 2-Upset Northeners-Fugitive Slave Law
The fugititive slave law upset northeners beacuse they didn't support slavery and the law said that all runaway slave must be returned to their masters,some Northerners assisted fugitive slaves. -
Issue 1: Upset Southeners-Lincoln Elected
Abraham Lincoln was elected president,the southerners were upset with this because Lincoln would abolish slavery.If he abolished slavery then they would not have there "property" or people to work on the farms. -
The Civil War
The civil war began when the North and the South began having problems because the South wanted slavery because slaves help them with many things such as farming,while the north didnt want slavery at all,they thought it was just evil.The reasons that the civil war happened was because they couldnt think of a comprise,and soon the 11 south states decided they wanted to leave the union.It was 24 states against 11 states,but it wasnt easy. The end of the war was in 1865,and slavery was abolished -
Constitutional Convention
Since the Articles of Confederation did not work out the constitutional convention was formed.Delegates argued and discuesd the problems of the Articles of Confederation,while James Maddison took notes. -
The Trail of Tears
Cheerokees,which are a native tribe had to go through a tough time where they were forced to move to the new Native Terrioty.Many people died on the way,or got sick.They call this trip "The Trail of Tears" -
Texas is annexed
Texas was independent,but all the citizens in Texas wanted it to be part of the united states,Soon,the congress voted to annex texas. -
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
The New Consitition was ratified by the states and it divided the governments by 3 branches which were;
Legislative;Congress
Executive:President
Judicial: The Supreme Court
