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Period: 1491 to
Native America, European Exploration, Colonization
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1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, Christopher Columbus sails on his first voyage. -
1497
John Cabot
John Cabot on his first voyage searching for the Northwest Passage. He discovers the coast of North America. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
First Expedition, led by Sir Walter Raleigh arrives at Roanoke Island. -
Roanoke Colony
The first English settlement Roanoke Colony is established. -
Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia is established and is of the first colony of the 13 Colonies. -
Tobacco
Colonist's plant and harvest tobacco in Virginia. Becomes a major source of income for the colonies. -
Mayflower Compact
Earliest Plymouth Colony document is known as the Mayflower Compact. Becomes the first government in the new colonies. -
Salem Witch Trails
Salem Witch trials take place in a village in Massachusetts. Many puritans were killed under speculation of being a witch. -
Albany Congress
Delegates from seven colonies met at the Albany Congress. They met to advocate the union of all seven colonies against the french. -
French and Indian War
French and Indian War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
Proc of 1763
States that no colonists may settle west of the Appalachian Mountains for safety reasons. -
Sugar Acts
Tries to stop sugar smuggling so Parliament reduced the tax rate so colonist would only buy from England. -
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Revolutionary War
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Stamp Act
Required certain goods to have a stamp on them showing you paid your tax on that good. -
second compromise
Parliament tries to compromise and repeals the Townsend act but keeps tea act. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob of protesters in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
A group from the Sons of Liberty board a ship disguised as Native Americans and dump thousands of dollars worth of tea into the Harbor. -
Coersive Acts
It closed Boston Harbor and banned local town meetings. -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress forms in response to Intolerable Acts in Philadelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops are met by militiamen at Lexington and Concord and forced to turn around. The shot heard 'round the world begins violence of Revolution. -
second continental congress
The second congress meet to form plans and organize a army for war against the British. -
Dec of Indepedence
Declaration of Independence in signed. The colonies will fight for independence. -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation are passed as a plan of government for the new nation. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris officially ends war and finalizes American victory. -
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights is passed. The 10 amendments protect individual's rights. -
Jeffersons election
Proves that we can peacefully shirt from one leader to another when Jefferson is elected. -
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America being free
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Judiciary Act
This act created 16 new federal judges and other judicial offices. He wanted federalists to dominate the judicial branch of government. -
Louisiana Purchase
James Monroe was sent to New Orleans to buy more land east at the maxium price of $10 million -
Embargo Act
After American merchant ships were being seized by British ships, Jefferson implemented the Embargo Act, which cut all trade with England. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Led by William H. Harrison, Americans defeated the Shawnee's and Tecumseh in the Indiana Territory. -
War of 1812
A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressionism of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships -
Treaty of Ghent
It established clear boundaries between Canada and the United States and gave all land back. -
Tariff of 1816
The first tariff passed by Congress with a function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition. -
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as slave state and Maine as free state and aimaginary line drawn between slave and free states. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The dispute in McCulloch involved the legality of the national bank and a tax that the state of Maryland imposed on it. -
The Corrupt Bargain
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams tied in their electoral votes. The election then went to the House of Representatives. -
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second great awakening
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Tariff of Abominations
A protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States designed to protect industry in the Northern United States. -
indian removal act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. -
Tariff of 1832
It reduced the existing tariffs to remedy the conflict created by the tariff of 1828. -
Whig Party forms
The party was formed opposing the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. -
Panic of 1837
A financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression. -
Trail of Tears
A forced relocation of Indians to west of the Mississippi. -
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Civil War
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James K Polk elected
A member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy. He expanded american land taking it from Mexico. -
US annexes Texas
The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836. It became the 28th state. -
Mexican War
A dispute over the border between Texas and Mexico resulted in armed conflict and war. -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory -
Compromise of 1850
A solution to the slavery issue, The comrpomise included five points. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
This book changed the way people viewed slavery and redoubled efforts to abolish it. -
Republican Party formed
Originally the whig party, the republican party would become the new party of the north. -
Nebraska-Kansas Act
The act proposed that the Nevada Territory be made into a state and, to balance the slave owners, Kansas be made into a slave state. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford Case
A slave challenged his deceased owner's heir to his property the right for his freedom. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. -
South Carolina seceeds
This encouraged other Southern states to secede as well, creating the Confederacy during the Civil War. -
First Batlle of Bull Run
This was the first war that started the feud between the union and confederates. -
Homestead Act
Granted 160 acres of free land to claimants, letting anyone move out west. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A document that declared that all persons held as slave shall be then forever free. -
Lincoln assassinated
First pres to be assassinated, booth did it because he thought it would aid the south. -
Civil War ends
The war between the south and north ends with the union winning. -
13th amendment ratified
The 13th amendment banned slavery in the united states. -
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After Civil War
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14th Amendment Ratified
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves. -
Hayes-Tilden Election
Southern Democrats threatened rebellion over what they saw as a stolen election, hayes won. -
Great railroad stike of 1877
The wage reduction of workers started a feud with railroad workers and companies so most of the workers went on strike. -
Tuskegee Institute opened
Created by Booker T. Washington to educate African Americans. -
Haymarket Square riot
Organized by labor radicals to protest the killing and wounding of several workers by the Chicago police. -
Dawes Acts
The act broke up previous land settlements given to Native Americans in the form of reservations. -
Sherman anti trust act
The Sherman Antitrust Act was the first United States Federal statute to limit monopolies -
homestead strike
The most bitterly fought industrial disputes in the history of U.S. labor. -
Plessy v Furgeson
This U.S. Supreme Court case held the constitutionality of segregation under the separate but equal doctrine. -
Spanish American War Begins
The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of a Battleship -
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beginning of world war 1
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William McKinley re-elected president
McKinley won a easy re election over Bryan. -
Ford Moter Company
Henry Ford founded it and it would become one of the most profitable companies in America. -
Northern Securities dissolved
The Court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had essentially formed a monopoly and to dissolve the Northern Securities Company. -
Teddy Roosevelt elected
In the 1904 presidential election, Roosevelt won the presidency in his own right in a landslide victory -
The jungle is published
Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the lives of immigrants in the United States. -
William Taft elected
Taft won an easy victory in his 1908 bid for the presidency. -
Woodrow Wilson elected
Wilson became the only elected president from the Democratic Party between 1892 and 1932. -
WW1 begins
A global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
US eneters WW1
Ships started to become sunk by german bombers, US enetred the war. -
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WW1 ends and WW2 starts
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Treaty of versiallias
Peace treaty that brought WW1 to a end -
League of Nations
Fist world wide government to maintain world peace . -
stock market crash
The US stock Market crashed and started the great depression. -
The great depression
The market crashed and banks could not give people there money, poverty was very rampet. -
The dust bowl
Due to bad farming the top soil blew off of the ground and created dust storms in the midwest. -
Hitlers rise to power
Hitler starts to rise to power and become the dictator of germany. -
Pearl Harbour Attack
Japan drops bombs and planes onto navy ships in pearl harbour, us officially enters war. -
US enters WW2
After pearl harbour the us enters WW2 after being threated by Japan. -
US drops atomic bombs
The us drops the atomic bomb on Japan to get them to surrender.
