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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He sailed and found the new world -
Mar 1, 1493
Columbus Returns
He returned with cattler, swine, and horses which reached america a few years later. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the world with portugal the "heathen lands" of the New World. -
Jan 1, 1513
Ponce de Leon discoveres FL
Ponce de Leon was looking for the fountain of youth. -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Vasco Nunez Balboa was a Spanish Conquistador who discovered the Pacific Ocean. He set sailed off the coast of Panama and said he was king of all the lands that the sea touched. -
Apr 19, 1519
Cortes arrived in Mexico
Cortes arrived in 1519 and conquered Mexico until 1521. -
Jun 30, 1520
Noche Triste
Aztecs attacked the Spanish. -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortes laid seige
Cut off all resources to the Aztecs -
May 1, 1539
Hernando de Soto
He discovered the Mississppi and Arkansas while on a gold expidition. -
Sep 1, 1580
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake returned from a trip around the world on his ship. When he returned he had brought Spanish booty on his ship. -
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Lost his life at sea -
Sir Walter Raleigh
After Sir Humphrey's death at sea, Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition and landed on Roanoke Island. -
Virginia Company of London
A joint - stock company was made called the Virginina Company of London. -
Jamestown
They settled here but it was extremely unhealthy and many people died. -
New Mexico
Spain founded New Mexico and claimed it. -
Lord De La Warr
Ordered his troops in Jamestown to attack the Indians and raid their camps/burn their homes. -
Anglo-Powhatan ar
De La Warr introduced "irish tactics" and his troops raided villages, burned houses, confiscated provisions, and torched corn fields. -
Death of King Charles I
He was beheaded because of Ovlier Cromwell. -
Black Slaves
By 1700, the black slaves out numbered the amount of white settlers in the new world. -
The Carolinas
This is when North and South Carolina officially split and became royal colonies. -
Georgia
Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies to be founded. -
Freedom of the Press
John Peter Zenger, was aquited of libel in New York and established freedom of the press. -
Great Awakening
George Whitefield spread the Great Awakening by providing a different style of preaching. -
SLave Revolt
South Carolina slave revolt -
Joseph II
Joseph the second of Austria was born. -
Encyclopedia
The first encyclopedia was published -
Currency Act
Passed by English Parliament banning the issue of paper money in the New England colonies. -
Seven Years War
France loses the North American colonies and Spain cedes from Florida in exchange for Cuba. -
French and Indian War/Seven Years War ends
The French and Indian War (Seven Years War) ends -
Stamp Act Congress
Brought together in NYC 27 distinguished delegates from nine colonies. -
Quartering Act
The families had to house and feed the British soldiers in America. -
Declaratory Act
Reaffirmed parliment's right to "bind" the colonies in "all cases whatsoever." -
Townshend Act
Light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. Made this tax an indirect customs duty payable to the Americans. -
New York Legislature
New York Legislature is suspended by Parliment -
California Mission
Junipero Serra was a friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California in the Las Californias province in New Spain. -
Boston Massacre
About sixty some colonists set upon a about ten redcoats and the redcoats attacked the "innocent" colonists. -
Townshend Acts repealed
All of the Townshend Acts except the tea tax is repealed -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were formed -
British East India Company
The British East India Company is granted a tea monopoly -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of liberty disguised as indians hurled chests of tea into the sea to protest the tax on tea and to make sure that its cheap price did not prove and "invincible temptation" to the people. -
Public Punishment
Boston customs official, John Malcom, was paraded after being tarred and feathered. -
Intolerable Acts
Acts designed to chastise Boston in particular, but Massachusetts in general. -
Boston Port Act
Closed the harbor until all damages were paid and order could be ensured. -
Quebec Act
The province of Quebec was extended all the way down to the Ohio River which gave the French more land. -
The Assciation
The Association boycotts British goods -
Colonies in North America
By 1775, Britain ruled 32 colonies in the new world.Including Canada, the Floridas, and Caribbean islands. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
A British commander in Boston sent troops to Lexington and Concord. They were to sieze stores of colonial gunpowder and capture the ring leaders. At Lexington, the "Minute Men" didn't leave fast enough and shots were fired starting the battle. -
Revolt Against Spain
The Peruvian Indians revolted against Spain. -
The Articles of Confederation
Written constitution for the colonists -
Theater
The first play was perfessionally performed in America. -
Northwest Ordinance
the area would be subordinate to the government first. when it reached sixty thousand people it could be a state. -
Excise Tax Passed
put a tax on whiskey. it lead to the whiskey rebellion. -
Bill of RIghts adopted
it gave rights to the people of the United States -
Whiskey Rebellion
it was a group of framers and was put down by the army. -
John Adams
john adams becomes president -
Alien and Sedition Acts
passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution's -
Burr Treason Trial
Was tried for treason but was let go. -
Hull Invades Canada
forces under General Hull cross into Canada at Sandwich. The invasion is quickly stopped, and American forces are forced to withdraw. By August 16, Hull surrenders Detroit. -
Battle of Raisin River
The US forces, commanded by General Winchester, sustained severe loses including 100 dead and 500 men captured. They surrendered to British Colonel Henry A. Proctor. -
Battle of Balitmore
British planned both a land and sea assault. Determined American militia who held the line and blocked the way to Baltimore blocked the land assault. To reach Baltimore by water it was necessary to capture Ft McHenry. In an event immortalized by the Star Spangle Banner despite an overnight bombardment- the fort held and the British were stopped. -
Hornet vs. Peacock
the USS "Hornet", under the command of Captain James Lawrence, engaged and destroyed the British vessel, the HMS Peacock off of the coast of Guyana. -
York Captured
American forces, under General Henry Dearborn, captured the British base at York, Canada. -
Ft. Stephenson Defended
Major George Croghan successfully defended Ft. Stephenson from an attack by the British and Indians under Colonel Proctor. -
Battle of Lake Erie
Commodore Perry defeated the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. -
Battle of Thames
British forces commanded by General Proctor were forced to withdraw. The American forces catch up with the surrendering British and Indians and decisively defeat them. Tecumseh, the Indian chief, was killed in the battle. -
Battle at Queenston
US forces were defeated at a battle near Niagara Falls, on Queenston Heights. The US officers were unable to convince militia troops to cross into Canada to provide reinforcements and supplies. -
Ft. Niagara Captured
British captured American Fort Niagara. They then went on to capture Buffalo -
Treaty Of Ghent
The treaty reflected the state of the war, a stalemate. -
Wasp vs Bacchus
USS Wasp successfully attacked and captured three British ships: the HMS Three Brothers, the Bacchus" and the Atlanta. The Wasp successfully stopped the British advance to New Orleans. -
Treaty of Ghent was signed
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American Colonization Society
Most people didn’t like blacks, early abolitionists advocated shipping them back to Africa. -
Treaty of 1818
In the Treaty of 1818, the United States divided/shared the area with the British -
Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey won money in a lottery to buy freedom & plotted a rebellion in Charleston, SC -
Republic of Liberia
West African coast; was established for former slaves -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner led a rebellion that killed 60 Virginians (mostly women and children.) -
Nullification Crisis of 1832
Fears of revolts from blacks; Jailings, whippings, and lynchings were done to prevent discussion of the slavery problem -
Anti- Slavery Literature
National gov. destroyed abolitionist material & called on southern State officials to arrest federal postmasters who didnt agree -
William Lloyd Garrison
had a rope tied around him and was dragged through the streets of Boston by the Broadcloth Mob -
Gag Resolution
Southerners in the House passed this resolution. Required any anti-slavery appeals to be put tabled without debate. -
Canadian Rebellion
A small number of Canadians started a rebellion. They were joined by hundreds of Americans who were wanting to help Canada gain freedom from the British. The Americans also gave supplies -
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Reverend Elijah Lovejoy’s printing press was destroyed four times and he was killed by a mob -
Aroostook War
War between lumberjacks from Maine and Canada near the Aroostook River -
Bowling!
First recorded bowling event in United States,in knickerbacker, New York. -
Free Slaves
United States Supreme Court rules blacks free -
Labor Law
The first child labor law is established in Massachuetts -
Wagon Trail
The first wagon train started in Mass. with over 1000 members -
Election of 1844
James K. Polk won the election of 1844 against Henry Clay. -
Morse Code
First morse code tapped -
30th State
30th state becomes Winscounsin -
Women
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first women to earm a medical degree -
Anionette Blackwell
first women became an ordained minister -
Lincoln University
A black college called Lincoln University was chartered -
Michigan State
Michigan State was established
