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Aug 29, 1450
Printing press
The printing press was introduced and faciliated the spread of scientific knowledge. -
Aug 30, 1488
Diaz
Diaz sails and rounds the sothern tip of Africa -
Aug 28, 1492
arrival to the new world
In 1492 Eurpeans had arrived to the new world. -
Aug 30, 1492
Bahamas
Columbus lands in the Bahamas -
Aug 29, 1493
Return to carribean island of Hispaniola
Columbus returned to the caribean island of Hispaniola with multiple ships full of swine, horses, and cattle. It also contained twelve hundred men. -
Aug 30, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty of Tordesillas is made up between Spain and Portugual -
Aug 28, 1500
Spain
Spain became the dominant exploring and colonizing power -
Aug 30, 1513
Balboa
Balboa claims all land that is touched by the pacific ocean for spain -
Aug 29, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes set sail from Cuba with many horses and several hundred men bound for mexico. -
Jun 30, 1520
Attack of the Aztecs
The Aztecs attacked, driving the Spanish down the causeways from Techtitlan -
Aug 29, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano
The italian mariner Giovanni de Verrazano was dispatched to probe the easter seaboard. -
Aug 30, 1532
Incas
Pizarro crushes the Incas -
Aug 30, 1565
spanish fortesses
the spanish built fortresses in St. Augustine -
James I
James I becomes king of England -
Rolfe
Rolfe perfects tobacco culture in Virginia -
war ends
The first Anglo-Powhatan war ends -
slave code
Barbados slave code adopted -
Pope rebellion
Popes rebellion in Mexico -
French expeditiom
French expedition down the Mississippi river under La Salle -
Spanish settlements
Spanish began to establish setlements in Texas -
slave trade
the first continental congress calls for abolition of slave trade -
Copley
Copley moves to England to aoid the disruptions of war. -
Complete Abolition
The contentential congress called for complete abolition of he slave trade and a summons to which most states responded positivly. -
Quakers
Philadelphia Quakers found the world's first antislavery society -
New Jersey Constitution
The New Jersey Constitution temporatily gives women the vote -
women voting
New Jersey's new constitution for a time enabled women to vote -
Continental Congress
The colonies are called upon by the Continental Congress to draft the new constitution -
Abigail Adams
Abaigail teases her husband about it he ladis starting a rebellion -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation adopted by the second Continental Congress -
translation into france
When congress adopted the Articles of Confederation it was translated into French so it could convince France that America had a genuine government in the making -
Massachusetts adopts the first constitution
Massachusetts adopted the first constitution drafted in the convention and ratified by popular vote -
ratification
The articles are ratified by all thirteen states -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederatiom are put into effect -
"Mumbet"
after she over heard the Revolutionary-era talk about the "rights of men" she sued her master for freedom from slavery. She won. -
Society of the Cincinnati
Military officers form the Society of the Cincinnati -
Census
This is when the first official census came -
Washington
Washington is reelected as president -
Jays Treaty
Aa treaty John Jay had signed between the united states and Great Britain -
Battle of fallen timbers
was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War -
Whiskey Rebellion
When farmers became angry when there was a tax put on whiskey. This had many people start to rebel and make men come down to stop them. Only few died. -
Treaty of Greenville
was a treaty of friendship and peace between the United states and the indians -
Wahingtons farewell address
Washington wrote this letter to the people of America and it explained things like why they should stay neutral. -
XYZ affair
confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War. -
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 -
Alien and sedition acts
Four bills passed by federalists. The alien acts made it to where you had to live in america for 14 years before being a legal american. The sedition acts put anyone in prison who says something bad about the federal government -
Convention of 1800
Treaty between france to settle problems that have occured during the Quasi-war -
election of 1800
Jefferson beats adams for presidency but the vice president Aaron Burr had 73 votes also and eventually Jefferson won and became president -
Judiciary Act of 1801
Had supreme court go from 6 to 5 justices and eliminated their circuit duties -
Changes
The Judiciary act of 1801 is repealed and the naturalization law is revised -
Maurbury v. Madison
This case it what helped form basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. -
Justice chase
This was the year where Justice Chase was impeached. -
Peace treaty with Tripoli
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary. -
Burr
Burr was trialed for treason when he shot Hamilton in one of their fights. -
Emargo act
created an uproar with americans and calls for war with Britain -
Madison
Madison is elected as president -
Madison
Madison is elected as president -
Non-Intercourse act
In 1809 the Non-intercourse act replaces Embargo act -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Fought between the Indians and Americans near Lafayette leb by Govenor William Henry Harrison and Shawnee leader Tecumseh -
War
The United States declare war on great Britain -
Vesey
led a Giant slave revolt that involved thousands of slaves in the city and from plantations. -
Hello Texas
Mexico has opened Texas to American settlers -
Erie Canal
The erie canal was now completed and could start to help transporting goods easier and faster. -
Railroads
This is when the first railroad in the united states showed up making traveling and transporting goods easier. -
Indian Removal Act
This is when they forced the indians to move west of the Mississippi river. They went on the trail of tears which killed many and was really hard to go on. -
John Deere
John Deere develops the first steel plow -
Common wealth v. Hunt
Massachusetts declares labor unions legal in common wealth v. Huint -
walker tariff
successful attempt by president james polk to lower federal teriff rates to help the economy and trade in southern states -
mexican war
ended in 1848 fought between the U.S and Mexico the united states won -
Battle of buena vista
saw the United States Army use artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican Army in the Mexican–American War -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
california gold rush
All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad -
President Fillmore
fillmore assumes presidency after Tylers death -
Clayton- Bulwer Treaty
It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher stowe publishes uncle toms cabin -
president Pierce
Pierce defeats Scott for presidency -
Gadsen purchase from mexico
an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico -
William Walker
becomes president of Nicaragua and legalizes slavery -
Dred Scott
Dred scott went to court to become freed but through decisions going against stuff like the Missouri compromise led to upset in the north -
Panic of 1857
financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and over-expansion of the domestic economy. -
The debates
lincoln and douglas went through a series of debates and became known as ther great debates -
Harpers ferry
Brown led an attack on harpers ferry and not everyone showed which led in the help of his death
