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Captain john Smith Founded James Town
John smith was an English adventure/soldier and was one of the founders of JamesTown and Explored many parts of Virginia including Richmond -
Hudson explores north eastern North America and Hudson River
Hudson was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the artic ocean.4 voyages were taken on the fourth the Hudson River was discovered. -
Articles of Confederation
This is when congress is made sole authority of the national government.The ratification of all 13 states didn't happen til March 1st 1781. -
John Adams is apppointed to negotiate peace with England
Continental congress appoints Adams to go to France and negotiate peace during revolutionary war. While he was there he would write congress everyday about British and French politics. -
Louisiana purchase Treaty
Land deal between the U.S and France. U.S got 827,000 square Miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
War of 1812 begins
Madison signs the declaration into law.House of Representatives voted to declare war against the British. -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized by the president to give unsettled lands in exchange for Indians land. Same tribes were peaceful some were not. -
Pony Express begins
Mail service by riders on horses. Only operated for a year and a half. -
16th president of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln
Issued the Emancipation proclamation. Declared the slaves free and led the U.S. through the Civil War. -
Ku klux klan was founded
The name of 3 distinct movements in U.S that practiced extreme discrimination.Practiced white only nationalism and very violent. -
Chinese exclusion act
U.S. Federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. Law was signed by president Chester A. Author. -
Boxer rebellion in China
A violent uprising in china. It was anti-foreign , anti-colonial, anti-Christian uprising. -
26th president of the U.S. Theodore Roosevelt
He was the "streward of the people" and very active in politics. Won Nobel peace prize for meditating the Russo-Japanese war. -
World war 1 starts
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the trigger for the war.It lasted from 1914-1918. -
Immigration Act
To restrict the immigration of people from eastern and Southern Europe. Reduce the annual immigration ceiling to 165,000 -
Dust Bowl Begins
Known as the dirty thirties it was a series of severe dust storms.Started with a strong 2 day storm and damaged agriculture and many other things. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor / U.S enters World War 2
Surprise attack by Japan on U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor.It was near Honolulu there were hundreds of Japanese Fighter Planes. -
D-day
Allied invasions of Normandy in operation overlord.It lasted from June 1944-August 1944 -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Known as the October Crisis it was a 13 day conflict between U.S and Soviet Union. It was a tense political and military standoff. -
44th president of the U.S Barack Obama
The president of the U.S. From 2009-2017. Obama is a democrat.
