AHI Timeline

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

    Christopher Columbus unknowingly discovers America when he lands in the Bahamas in his quest to reach Asia.

  • Jamestown is Founded

    The first successful English settlement in North America

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon rebels against Governor Berkeley over relations with the Indians

  • The Great Awakening

    Time period in which the idea that anyone can start over with God is prevalent.

  • The Stamp Act and Crisis

    Tax on printed documents which affects and angers all colonists

  • The Boston Massacre

    Event involving the British and Colonist over freedom, five colonists ended up getting shot and killed.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    In response to the Tea Act, a good deal of colonists throw tea chests off of British ships and into the harbor

  • The American Revolution Begins

    Battles of Lexington and Concord signify the start of a war between the colonists and the British

  • Declaration of Independence

    This was a document which claims the states free and independent and lists the alleged crimes of the king.

  • Shay's Rebellion

    Daniel Shay and his followers rebel against the collection of debts, but the rebellion is broken up by troops.

  • The Great Compromise is Accepted

    A compromise among a divided convention concerning the legislature and representation of the states.

  • The U.S. Constitution is Adopted

    The Constitution answers questions involving sovereignty and limiting power. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay wrote The Federalist papers. These papers explained the new form of government.

  • George Washington becomes president

    Washington is the obvious choice to be the Nation's first president and is inaugurated on this day.

  • The Bill of Rights is made final

    There s much debate about whether to even have a bill of rights, but ten amendments are eventually ratified by the states.

  • The Whiskey Rebellion

    A refusal by Western Pennsylvania farmers to pay the new whiskey excise tax which led to an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion

  • The Marbury v. Madison

    Marbury takes Madison to the Supreme Court to hand over his commission, but the Court decides against making him do so.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson purchases Louisiana so that American trade access to the port of New Orleans will not be blocked.

  • The War of 1812

    A War between the U.S. and Great Britain which resulted in a U.S. Victory

  • The Monroe Doctrine

    James Monroe announces this policy which declares that the American colonies should not be considered for colonization by European powers.

  • The Erie Canal Opens

    The Erie Canal which goes from the Hudson River to Lae Erie opens and heavy traffic quickly follows

  • Jackson inaugurated

    Andrew Jackson becomes the people president

  • Indian Removal Act

    It was signed into law by Andrew Jackson. This authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Missippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.

  • The Liberator

    William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing "The Liberator" Cheroee Nation v. Georgia

  • Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

    A violent resistance in which sixty white southerners are killed while sleeping by Nat Turner and his followers

  • Money gone

    Jackson removes federal deposits from bank of U.S

  • The Trails of Tears

    A forced trek to Indian Territory out West in which thousands of Indians die

  • The Telegraph is used

    Morse code is used to send signals along an electrical cable as a major advancements in communicaton

  • Women's Rights

    Women's Rights convention in Seneca Falls, New Yor

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

    A powerful boom on abolitionism is published and becomes very popular

  • Bleeding Kansas

    An event in which abolitionist John Brown and followers kill five pro-slavery settlers in Kansas

  • The Dred Scott Decision

    The Supreme Court ruling that Dred Scott would not be granted freedom from slavery, because he is not a citizen and could not bring the case to court.

  • John Brown's Raid

    An event in which John Brown and followers seize an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in order to start a slave rebellion which is unsuccessful

  • Lincoln was elected

    Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates. Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. Senator for Illinois.

  • The Civil War Begins

    The First Battle of Bull Run signifies the war's beginning which ends with a Union Victory and the freeing of slaves

  • Start of Reconstruction

    After the civil war, The reconstruction was created to repair everything that had been destroyed in the South.

  • Surrender of the South

    From the beginning the War went badly for the North and its Union Army. However after winning the war at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. On April 9th, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant

  • Assassination of Lincoln

    Lincoln is assassinated at Fordis Theater by John Wiles Booth.

  • Crazy Horse's last battle

    Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain

  • Hayes becomes president

    Congress determines presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden

  • The End of the Reconstruction Era

    President Hayes kept his campaign promise to remove federal troops from the South, ending the period known as Reconstruction.