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Jan 1, 1100
Prehistory
30,000-10,000 years ago the First people arrive in the Americas -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance
Late 1300's renaissance begins in Europe -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henery the Navigator
Prince Henery the Navigator directed Portuguese efforts to sail into the Atlantic, spread Christianity and outflank Muslim domination of trade. -
Jan 1, 1482
the portugese Expoit the Slae Trade
The first major European trading fort was established. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinad of spain provided 3 ships, 90 men, and and most funding for Columbus's voyage west in search for china. In 33 days he reached the Bahamas. He reaches America. -
English discovery
English found Jamestown -
New English Colonies
New york and New Jersey become English Colonies -
Thomas Newcomen
In England, Thomas Newcomen invents a workable steam pump for use in mines -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts -
Boston Tea Party
On Monday morning, the 29th of November, 1773, a handbill was posted all over Boston, containing the following words: "Friends! Brethren! Countrymen!--That worst of plagues, the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in the harbor. This is when all of the tea was dumped into the harbor. -
Peace Treaty
Peace treaty ends revolutionary war -
Constitution
Constitution is ratified -
1797-1801
John Adams
Federalist from
Massachusetts -
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington opens the Tuskegee Institute on July 4, 1881, in Tuskegee, AL. -
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor from France, in July 1885. -
The Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot in Chicago took place when a bomb was thrown into a mass meeting called to show support for striking workers. -
Standing Linclon
The statue of Abraham Lincoln, "Standing Lincoln," by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is unveiled in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. -
First Motion Picture Camera
Work begins on the first motion picture camera at Thomas A. Edison's laboratory. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island designated as an immigration station -
Carrie Chapman
Traveled around the country to get women to join the National American Womens Suffarage Assosiation (NAWSA) -
Yosemite National Park
Congress establishes Yosemite National Park at the urging of naturalist John Muir who argues passionately for the preservation of its sequoia forests. The Ahwahneechee lived here for generations followed by the arrival of Europeans in the mid 1800s. -
Ida B. Wells
African American teacher, that helped form the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). This organization helped families strive for success and to assist the less fortunate. Also they setup a day-care centers to protect and educate children while parents were at.
