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Aug 30, 1492
America Discovered
Christopher Columbus discovers America -
Aug 30, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided Portugal from the new world -
Aug 30, 1497
John Cabot
Explore the northeastern coast of North America. -
Aug 30, 1498
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama rounded the tip of Africa and reached India -
Aug 30, 1512
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Vasco discovered pacific ocean and crossed Panama -
Aug 30, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan explored Flordia fo gold and fountain of youth -
Aug 30, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Cortes set sail from Cuba to Mexico with 16 horses, guns, several hundred men, and 11 ships. -
Aug 13, 1521
Aztec
Aztecs attacked the Spainish, they made a bloddy retreat. -
Aug 30, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano
Probed the eastern seaboard -
Aug 30, 1532
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco crushed the Incas of Peru and added huge booty to Spainish coffers. -
Aug 30, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Journeyed hundreds of miles up the St. Lawrence River -
Aug 30, 1539
Hernando de Soto
Hernando discovered and crossed the Mississippi River -
Aug 30, 1540
Francisco Coronado
Francisco wandered through Arizona and New Mexico in search of golden cities that turned out to be adobe pueblos -
Aug 30, 1542
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Explored the California coast, but found nothing. -
Aug 30, 1565
St. Augustine Flordia
Spanish erected a fort. -
Spainish Armada
130 ships went into the English Channel -
Expedtionary Column
83 wagons and hundreds of men traveled through the Sonora Desert into the Rio Grande -
Juan de Onate
Cruelly abused Peublo people, any survivor had their foot cut off -
Sante Fe
Juan de Onate founded the capital of Santa Fe -
Louis XIV
Louis XIV became King of France -
Pope's Rebellion of 1680
Suppressed Indians religious rights -
Salem Witch Trials
Period of time when 20 women and 2 dogs were killed after being accused of being witches. -
College
College of William and Mary was founded -
Queen Anne's War
Also known as the War of the Spanish succession -
Revolt
New York City slave revolt -
New Orleans
The French founded New Orleans -
Smallpox
Smallpox inoculation was introduced. -
Poor Richard's Almanac
First edition of Poor Richards Almanac was published -
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan begins the Great Awakening -
George Whitefield
Whitefield spreads the Great Awakening. -
The Ear
War of Jenkins Ear -
King Georges War
King Georges War also known as War of Austrian Succession started. -
French and Indian War
Also known as the seven years was started -
George Washington
Washington battles French on frontier Albany Congress. -
General Braddock
Braddock was defeated. -
Pitt
Pitt emerges as leader of Bristish government -
Britain
Britain vetoes South Carolina anti-slave trade measures. -
Proclamation of 1763
Peace of Paris Pontiac's uprising Proclamtion of 1763 -
Mercantilisim
Believed wealth determined how powerful a nation was. -
Paxton Boys
Paxton Boys marched on Philidelphia Brown College -
Antislavery
Philadelphia Quakers founded world's first anitslavery society. -
King George III
King George III formally proclaims colonies in rebellion. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine created Common Sense that talked about how people needed to revolt -
Declaration of Independence
Decleration of Independence was created. -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation were adopted by second Continental Congress -
Major Battles
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Saratoga -
First Constitution
Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote. -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation put into effect -
Treaty of Paris
treaty of Paris was created -
Ratification
Ratification by nine states guarantees a new government under the Constitution. -
Bill of Right
The Bill of Rights were adopted. -
Parties
Federalists and Democratic-Republican parties formed. -
French Revolution
Louis XVI was beheaded, radical phrase of French Revolution. -
Major Events
Whiskey Rebellion
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Jay's Treaty with Britain -
XYZ Affair
Adams becomes president, and XYZ affair -
Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts -
Convention of 1800
Convention of 1800: peace with France -
War
Undeclared War with France -
1801
Judiciary Act of 1801 -
Election
Jefferson relected as President. -
Justice Chase
The impeachment of Justice Chase -
President
Jefferson reelected president Impeachment of Justice Chase -
Pike
Pike's explorations -
Arron Burr
Arron Burr treason trial. -
Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark expedition comes to a end. -
Important Act
Embargo Act -
Fletcher vs. Peck
Fletcher vs. Peck asserts right of the Supreme Court to invalidate state laws deemed unconstitutional. -
Napoleon
Napoloen announces (falsely) repeal of blockade decrees. -
Madison and Britain
Madison reestablishes nonimportation against Briatin -
Battle
Battle of Tippecanoe -
War
The US declares war on Britain -
War
United States declares war on Britain. -
War
American invasions of Canada fail. -
Hartford Convention
The Hartford Convention is held. -
Tariff
Protectionist Tariff of 1816 -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was adopted. -
Union
Missouri and Maine admitted to Union. -
Monroe Doctrine
Secretary Adams propses Monroe Doctrine. -
Treaty
Russ-American Treaty of 1824 -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was completed. -
American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society was founded -
Dictionary
Noah Webster publishes the dictionary -
American Peace Society
The American Peace Society was formed -
Mormons
Joseph Smith founds mormon church -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner slave rebellion in Virginia -
Finney
Finney conducts revivals in eastern cities -
Garrison
Garrison begins publishing The Liberator -
Slavery
British abolishes slavery in the West Indies -
Anti-Slave Society
American Anti-Slave Society was founded -
Gag Resolution
House of Representatives passes "Gag Resolution" -
Mary Lyon
Mary Lyon establishes Mount Holyoke Seminary -
Dorothea Dix
Dorotea Dix petitions Massachusetts legislature on behalf of the insane. -
Douglass
Douglass publishes Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass -
Migration
The Mormons migrate to Utah -
Seneca Falls
Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention held. -
Third Party
Free Soil party organized -
Oneida Community
The Oneida Community was established. -
The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne publishes The Scarlet Letter -
Maine
Maine passes first law pronibiting liquor. -
Moby Dick
Melville publishes Moby Dick -
Sumner
Sumner beaten by Brooks in Senate chamber. -
William Walker
William Walker becomes president of Nicaragua and legalizes slavery. -
Civil War
Civil War in "bleeding Kansas" -
Buchanan
Buchanan defeats Fremont and Fillmore for Presidency. -
Massacre
Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott decision -
Panic
Panis of 1857 -
Hinton R. Helper
Hinton R Helper publishes The Impending Crisis of the South -
Harpers Ferry
Brown raids Harpers Ferry -
Seceding States
Seven seceding states form the Confederate States of America. -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the Confederacy -
Naval Battle
Duel between Merrimac and Monitor -
General Custer
George Armstrong Custer, becomes brigadier general -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation; declares all slaves free -
Lincoln
Lincoln delivers The Gettysburg Address -
Stonewall
Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson was accidentally wounded -
Currency
In God We Trust put on American coins -
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln takes oath on March 4 for second term of Presidency -
13th Amendment
13th amendment abolishes slavery -
Last Shot
Last shot of Civil War fired by CSS Shenandoah in Bering Sea -
Surrender
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox on Palm Sunday -
Lincoln
Lincoln was assisnated by John Wilkes Booth -
Lincoln
Lincoln shot on April 14, dies next day -
Tennessee
Tennessee becomes 1st state, readmitted to Union after Civil War -
Civil Rights Bill
Congress Passes Civil Rights Bill over Johnson's veto -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Clan was founded -
Alaska
The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia -
Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified. -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau came to an end. -
Reconstruction
The period of reconstruction comes to an end
