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This document gauranteed liberties to Engligh people, and proclaimed basic rights and procedures which later became the foundation of modern democracy.
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He sailed over with three vessals. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Without knowledge of where he actually was Columbus called the natives to the land, "Indians." Mostly because he thought he was in India.
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The name "America" is first used in a geography book referring to the New World with Amerigo Vespucci getting credit for the discovery of the continent.
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Hernando de Soto of Spain discovers the Mississippi River.
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The English found Jamestown.
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In July, The French establish a settlement at Detroit. In October, Yale College is founded in Connecticut.
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Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston.
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The first group of black slaves is brought to the Louisiana territory.
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New Orleans is founded by the French.
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The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000).
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The first American public library is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin.
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Known in Europe as the Seven Years war. Also associated with this war would be the "Treaty of Paris." This treaty gave England all French territory East of the mississippi river except New Orleans.
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The Currency Act prohibits the colonists from issuing any legal tender paper money. This act threatens to destabilize the entire colonial economy of both the industrial North and agricultural South, thus uniting the colonists against it.
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The population of the American colonies reaches 2,210,000 persons
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England officially declares an end to hostilities in America.
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The Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state.
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During the summer of 1786, Americans suffer from post-war economic depression including a shortage of currency, high taxes, nagging creditors, farm foreclosures and bankruptcies.
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In New Hampshire, an armed mob marches on the state assembly and demands enactment of an issue of paper money.
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Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84. His funeral four days later draws over 20,000 mourners.
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U.S. negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France: for $15 million, U.S. doubles its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 sq mi (2,144,500 sq km), from Mississippi River to Rockies and from Gulf of Mexico to British North America.
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New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery
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The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
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Third national census records 7,239,881 people
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The War of 1812 was a 32-month military conflict between the United States on one side, and on the other Great Britain, its colonies and its Indian allies in North America.
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Congress limits the number of stripes on the flag to 13 for the original colonies
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U. S. population: 9,638,453
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The Monroe Doctrine was a policy of the United States that stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.
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First American railroad completed in Quincy, Massachusetts
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American poet, Emily Dickinson, is born.
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The global economic crises known as the Panic of 1837 begins with the failure of New York City banks and unemployment which would reach record levels.
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In Jackson, Mississippi, the first state law allowing women to own property is passed.
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Congress overrides a presidential veto. President Tyler's veto of a military appropriation was overturned
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Twelve thousand American troops under the command of General Winfield Scott take Vera Cruz, Mexico after a siege.
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The first woman doctor in the United States, Elizabeth Blackwell, is granted her degree by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York.
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The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class at Annapolis, Maryland.
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Booker T. Washington was born in slavery on a tobacco farm in Franklin County, Virginia, and would later emerge as one of the foremost black leaders and educators of the 20th century.
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The first elevator is installed by Elisha Otis on Broadway in New York City.
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Twenty thousand New England shoe workers strike and subsequently win higher wages.
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Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as president of the United States with Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President.
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Prompted by an attempt to corner the gold market, the financial Black Friday occurs in New York City.
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Standard Oil Company is incorporated by John D. Rockefeller.
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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about 3.3 square miles (9 km2) in Chicago, Illinois.
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The United States government issues a decree ordering all Native Americans onto a system of reservations throughout the western lands of the United States.
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Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
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The Tuskegee Institute for black students training to be teachers was opened under the tutelage of Booker T. Washington as instructor in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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The Statue of Liberty arrived for the first time in New York harbor
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The eastern section of the United States undergoes a great snow storm, killing four hundred people.
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The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
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Carnegie Hall, then known as Music Hall, opens its doors in New York with its first public performance under the guest conductor, Tchaikovsky.
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The first recital of the Pledge of Allegiance in U.S. public schools is done to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day.
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The New York Stock Exchange collapses, starting the financial panic of 1893. It would lead to a four year period of depression.
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Women in Colorado are granted the right to vote.
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Plessy versus Ferguson decision by the Supreme Court states that racial segregation is approved under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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CARNEGIE SELLS CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY FOR $225 MIL
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Wright Brothers first flight...
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San Francisco earthquake! The earthquake was felt from southern Oregon to south of Los Angeles and inland as far as central Nevada.
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Taft elected President...
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Ford introduces the Mdoel T. It is generaly regarded as the first affordable automobile, and the car that opened travel to common middle-class Americans.
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Nabisco had a new idea for a cookie - two chocolate disks with a creme filling in between. The first Oreo cookie looked very similar to the Oreo cookie of today, with only a slight difference in the design on the chocolate disks.
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The Titanic sinks..
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World War 1 begins in Europe...
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Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish.
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World War I ends!
