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Italian seafarer, Christopher Columbus, reaches the island of Hispanola. He intended on finding a quicker route to the Indies
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Virtual line, made by Pope Alexander, that split the world in half. Portugal got everything east of the line and Spaing got everyting west.
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Juan Ponce de Leon is first to explore Florida, looking for the Fountain of Youth
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Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, deafeated the Aztecs in Mexico
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado explores southwest United States to modern day Kansas.
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Settlers at Roanoake are missing, making the first settlement attempt a failure
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Francis Drake and the English defeat the Spanish Armada in the English Channel
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Jamestown established, making it the first permanent English settlement in North America
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John Rolfe is able to plant and raise tobacco, saving Virginia
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House of Burgesses established as a basic legislature to work out little issues in Colonial America
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The colony of Maryland is established by Lord Baltimore, primarily as a haven for Catholics
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War, results in English victory and Indians effectively banished from the Chesapeake
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Colonial legislature passes Barbados Slave Code to provide a legal base in Barbados
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The Carolina's were founded and named after Charles II. Carolina prospered due to its ties with the West Indies
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James Oglethorpe establaishes Georgia, which is orignally intended as a buffer colony, to protect the Carolina's
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Jonathan Edwards begins the Great Awakening, America's first big religious movement
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John Peter Zenger goes on trial for printing the truth. This trial is a landmark for freedom of press in the United States
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Geroge Whitefield, a great preacher, expands the Great Awakening
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War between Spain and Britian, where a Spanish commander cut off English Captain Jenkins' Ear
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Part of the War of Austrian Succession, this war was between France and Britain. The fight was over small islands in the north
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College of New Jersey founded in Princeton, New Jersey. Later named Princeton University
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War between France and Britain, for control of North American land
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Meeting of representatives from the norhtern 7 colonies, to discuss Native relations and defensive measures against the French
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British general Edward Braddock, dies on expedition to capture Fort Duquesne. He died via ambush attack
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William Pitt takes over British government and leads British to victory in French and Indian War
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AKA Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal battle in the French and Indian Wa. The British won, while being led by James Wolfe
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Britain vetoes South Carolina's bid to stop slave trade, because Britain needed slaves for plantations
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Treaty to end French and Indian War, resulted in the French leaving North America
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British enforced Proclamation that prohibited colonists the settle west of Appalachian Mountains
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Paxton Boys march to Philadelphia to challenge to government for their lack of protection
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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense urging Americans to start fighting more consistent
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Virginia representative, Richard Henry Lee, urges the Second Continental Congress for complete indpendence for Britain
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America finally recognizes indpendence from Brtiain , with the Declaration of Indpendence
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George Washington crosses the Delaware River to attack the Hessians in Trenton
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Battle fought between George Washington and William Howe
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The colonists defeat the British in Saratoga, the most decisive battle in the war
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George Washington and his men spend the winter in Valley Forge, where Baron Von Steuben whips them into shape
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France offers treaty alliance to America, to help fight the British
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Frontiersman Geroge Rogers Clark, leads men to capture forts in the west
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French general Comte de Rochambeau arrives in Newport, Rhode Island with French reinforcements
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Benedict Arnold turns against America, buy trying to sell out West Point
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Catherine the Great of Russia organized the Armed Neutrality, pitting most of Europe against the British
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Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, last decisive battle in war
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Nathanael Greene clears most of the British out of Georgia and South Carolina
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Treaty ends Revolutionary War between America and Britain
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Determined how Ohio Valley lands were divided. Land was broken up into 6 mile by 6 mile townships and had one mile by one mile sections
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Determined that Congress would have two house. One based on population and another that had equal representatives from each state
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Answered how slaves would count towards the population, hence the three-fifths
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Set the layout for how territories would become states.
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Protest on America's excise tax, that included whiskey
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Bill of Rights were adopted and were apart of the Constitution, granted basic rights to citizens
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President Washington declares that America will remain neutral in the conflict between England and France
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President George Washington gave this address, after deciding not to seek reelection. He gave America some helpful tips that he thought would help them.
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Laws passed by President John Adams, that extended amount of years to become a citizen and limited writings of critics towards the government
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Statements drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that went against the Alien and Sedition Acts
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Thomas Jefferson defeats John Adams, taking the Federalists party out of office
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First big U.S. Supreme Court case. First time a law was striked down as unconstitutional
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America purchases the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million dollars
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Law passed by President Thomas Jefferson that forbade all exports to any nation
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Battle fought between William Henry Harrison led U.S. forces and Prophet led Indian forces.
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Series of meetings in Hartford, where Federalists discussed their greivances with the War of 1812
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Treaty between America and Britain that settled fishing, boundaries, and slave restoration
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America's first major financial crisis, during peacetime.
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Compromise that regulated slavery in western territories and established a slave boundary at the 36 30 parallel
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John Quincy Adams created document that dealt with foreign policy, stating European nations can't colonize in the America's
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Canal in New York that ran from East to West from Atlantic Ocean to Lake Erie
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First railroad was completed in the United States, which helped transportation of people and goods
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John Deere invents the steel plow, which helped break up soil
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Boundary dispute between America and Britain over the Maine and Canada border
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Court case in Massachusetts that declared labor unions legal
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph
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Famine in Ireland causes many death and mass immigration of the Irish people to the United States
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Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. Most importantly gave the United States control of California
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The Know Nothing Party was formed, and strongly opposed immigration and Catholics
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Cumberland Road aka the National Road was completed and was America's first major improved highway
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Divide in Kansas leads to violence and bloodshed between pro and anti slavery people
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The Republican Party was founded and would end up being a major political party.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, allowing popular soverignty in Kansas and Nebraska
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As tenstions rise, Preston Brooks brutally attacked Charles Sumner in Congress with a cane.
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Abolitionist John Brown leads a brutal massacre of five pro-slavery people at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
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Democrat James Buchanan wins office after defeating Repubilcan nominee John C Freemont and Know- Nothing nominee Millard Fillmore
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Inflation of gold, over production of grain, and over speculation, lead to a nation wide panice in 1857
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The Lecompton Constitution was rejected by Congress, denying slavery in Kansas
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The Supreme Court rules Dred Scott, a slave, not a U.S. citizen and therefore can't sue for his freedom in this bombshell court ruling
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Book written by Hinton Helper, that said slavery was wrong in an economical sense. Since it wasn't good for non slave holding whites.
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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas sqaured off in seven great debates leading up to the Illinois Senate Election.
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Abolitionist John Brown leads raid on federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave revolt in the South
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Republican nominee, Abraham Lincoln, wins office after defeating Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell
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A last ditch effort from John Crittenden to salvage peace between the North and the South, compromise included renewal of Missouri Compromise line.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to succeed from the Union
