US history timeline

By maya.stall
  • Period: 1492 to 1499

    Christopher Columbus

    he was the first to land in North America and claim land

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown was the first settlement in Virginia in the Americas.
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    The Navigation Act of 1651

    The Navigation Act was an act of economic war where it was restricting trade through England.
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    The Enlightenment

    Period in time where Europe and Americas advanced in their sciences.
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    Mercantilism

    belief that trading and commercial work was helpful.

  • Benjamin Franklin

    He signed the Declaration of Independence and one of the founding fathers of the United States.

  • Boston Massacre

    Where a group of British soldiers went to go shot a group of protesters.
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    French and Indian War

    George Washington was in the Virginia militia. At first the French were winning before William Pitt on the British side came in.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    A line that was drawn on the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian War.

  • Stamp Act

    This is the first time that Americans had taxes on them from the British.

  • Boston tea Party

    It was a protest about taxes on tea. It was also, about how the colonies were being taxed by the British and not having a say in how they feel about what they were being taxed on.
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    American Revolution

    It was about the English colonies revolting against the British and forming their own country not owned by the British.
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    The Declaration of Independence

    A document that was the colonies to show why they were fighting in the war against the British,

  • United States Constitution

    It was about saying that people had the freedom to speech
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    George Washington

    He was the first president on the United States.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    he was the third president of the United States and wrote the deceleration of independence.

  • The Louisiana purchase

    A time in history where Americans were using the Mississippi river to transport important goods over to other states. On April 30, Livingston and Monroe decided to purchase the territory for 15 million dollars.
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    Lewis and Clark expedition

    The purpose of the expedition was for them to travel west. Also, known as westward expansion and they were traveling to find new land.
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    Abraham Lincoln

    He was the 16th president during the Civil War. He signed the law that ended slavery. Also, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

  • Jacksonian Democracy

    That it was the idea that the common men should have a say in how the vote is made.
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    Election of 1828

    The election of 1828 was an election between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Andrew Jackson had about twice the size of territory that Adams had.
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    Andrew Jackson

    He was the president during the Indian removal act.
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    Abolitionist Movement

    A movement that was trying to abolish slavery in the south/

  • Indian Removal Act

    The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson. The law authorized that southern Indian tribes had to move west to be "protected"

  • Westward Expansion

    The idea to move west to become safer and to get away from the Louisiana purchase.
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    Manifest destiny

    That it was god's given right
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    Mexican American War

    The Mexican American War was where the Mexicans and Americans were fighting over the territory and who claimed it first. The Americans won the war.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Five laws were passed in September that issued with the topic on slavery. In 1849 California asked for permission to enter the union as a free state.

  • Dred Scott decision

    Dred Scott was a black slave in the South. He lived in a free state for a couple of years, and he thought that after living their for a couple of years that he could be a free slave,but he couldn't.

  • The Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln and John C Breckenridge ran for presidents. This was after a time when there were a lot of problems with slavery
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    The Civil War

    This war was over the topic of slavery and what people believed was the right thing. They were fighting in hope to abolish slavery, but still many thought that slavery still still be a thing.
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    Era of reform

    A time where the Americas was trying to be put back together with industrialization, urbanization etc ,

  • Frederick Douglass

    He was an African- American who was an abolitionist, statesman, writer.