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Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Mali
One of the richest countries -
Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Songhai
Sonni Ali was the first king -
Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Kongo
African Kingdom -
Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Ghana
West African empire -
1492
First voyage of Christopher Columbus
"Founded" America -
Period: 1492 to 1504
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Search for gold -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spanish and the Portuguese agreement on newly claimed land in the new world -
1521
Cortes conquered the Aztecs
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador -
Period: to
English settlement of Roanoke
Lead to find the first permanent English settlement in North America -
Establishment of Jamestown
Located in east Virginia -
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
William Bradford led expedition -
Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore
Moved to colonies because religious intolerance and persecution -
Navigation Acts
Passed by the English Parliament to regulate shipping and maritime commerce -
Period: to
King Philip’s War
Known as the First Indian War -
Bacon’s Rebellion
Led by Nathaniel Bacon -
Period: to
Queen Anne’s War
Fought between Great Britain and France in North America for control of the continent -
Period: to
The Great Awakening
Religious revivalism that spread throughout the American colonies -
Period: to
7 Years’ War
Begins when England declares war on France -
Sugar Act
The first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament Source: https://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/The_Sugar_Act_1764.html -
Stamp Act
Required American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England -
Intolerable Acts
Meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for protesting against tea act -
Declaration of Independence
America became free from Britain -
The Battle of Saratoga
American victory and turning point in the Revolution -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
First constitution of the United States -
The Battle of Yorktown
Led by George Washington -
Period: to
Shay’s Rebellion
Armed uprising of citizens in Massachusetts after the Revolutionary War -
The Northwest Ordinance
Established orderly procedures for the settlement -
The US Constitution (The year it was ratified)
The constitution lacked political rights, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Signed into law by President Adams -
Louisiana Purchase
Land deal between the United States and France -
Embargo Act
Prohibit American ships from trading in foreign ports -
Period: to
War of 1812
War started because of restrictions on US trade resulting from the British blockade -
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
major turning point in the Black Hawk War -
Missouri Compromise
Maine was admitted as a free state along with Missouri as a slave state -
Mexican Independence
Mexico became free from Spain -
Texas declares independence
Texas won independence from Mexico -
Mexican-American War
War between the United States and Mexico stemming from the United States annexation of Texas -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Peace treaty -
The Compromise of 1850
Slavery issue caused bills to be passed -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders -
The Dred Scott Decision
Decision deciding whether Dred Scott was a citizen or not Source: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/civil-rights-in-america-47909a24-1d13-436f-9124-8fb10a1c8112 -
The secession of South Carolina
Confederate States left the union -
Period: to
The Civil War
War between the North and South because of the enslavement of African Americans -
The Battle of Bull Run
Served as a wakeup call for the North -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Allowed African Americans to join the Union army -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The turning point of the Civil War -
Sherman’s March
"March to the Sea" -
Lincoln’s Assassination
John Wilkes Booth Source: https://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/2015/04/abraham_lincoln_assassination.html
