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Sep 5, 1450
The Printing Press
The printing press helped to spread knowledge. It made communication easier throughout the towns. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas.
Christopher Columbus was looking for a direct water route to the Indies. He accidentally discovered the Americas instead. -
May 10, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided Portugal and the New World. Portugal received Africa, Asia, and part of Brazil. -
Nov 6, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci
The New World was named America because a cartographer thought that he had a trip to the new World before Columbus. Vespucci actually explored South America. -
Oct 4, 1513
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean. -
Dec 16, 1513
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon explored Florida. He first thought that it was an island. He was in search of gold. He supposively found the "fountain of youth". -
Aug 8, 1539
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto and 600 men went on an expedition. They were searching for gold. Soto and the 600 men discovered the Mississippi River in the process. -
Apr 8, 1540
Francisco Coronado
Francisco Coronado went on an expedition through new Mexico and Arizona in search of golden cities. He only found adobe pueblos. He later founded Grand Canyon. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh tried to settle in the coast of Virginia on Roanoke Island. He did not succeed at this, but the reasons are unknown. -
Settlers in Jamestown
In 1606, they sent 3 ships filled with settlers to Virginia. Approximately 40 of the died on the journey there. Once arriving dozens more died of disease and starvation. -
John Smith
After Pocahontas helped the Indians and the settlers make a connection, John Smith took over the settlements. He did not allow anyone who didn't work to eat. He forced everyone to put in effort. -
Juan de Onate
Juan de Onate founded the capital of Santa Fe and proclaimed Mexico. -
De La Warr
De La Warr became the govenor of Jamestown. He led troops in campaigns against the Irish. -
Tobacco Promoted the Plantation System
John Rolfe improved the methods of raising tobacco to get rid of the bitter tang. It created a demand for new labor and land. -
First Anglo-Powhatan War
The First Anglo- Powhatan War was ended by the creation of a Peace settlement. -
House of Burgesses
The first legislature in America was the House of Burgesses. The London Company authorized the settlers to have an assembly. -
Charles I
During the Civil War Charles I dismissed the Parliament. -
Powhatan Peoples
The Powhatan people were considered extinct. -
Slavery Made the Population
Slavery made up the majority of the population due to the need for labor in Carolina. -
Georgia
The last of the 13 colonies was founded, Georgia. 126 years after Virgina and 52 years after Pennsylvania. -
Molasses Act
This act imports taxes on molasses, sugar, and rum. -
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards begins the Great Awakening. This was religious revivals that spread across the American colonies. -
John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger is arrested and accused of seditious libel by the Governor. -
Slave Revolt
There was a slave revolt in North Carolina. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening religious revival movement begins in Massachusetts. The movement lasts ten years and spreads through out all of the American colonies. -
King George's War
Also known as the War of Austrian Succession. It took place in the British Provinces. The only successul action was in Massachusets. -
Princeton College
Princeton College was founded. -
College Education
Students learn "live", language, and other subject. -
The Iron Act
The Iron Act is passed by the English Parliament. This limited the growth of the iron industry in the American colonies.It protected the English Iron industry. -
Pennsylvania
Founded the city of Philidelphia, Pennsylvania -
Currency Act
The Currency Act restricted the emission of paper money by the colonies of New England. -
French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years' War. This war was between the French and the Native Americans. It began as a dispute over two rivers. -
Columbia
Columbia was founded in New York. -
Quebec surrender's
Quebec surrenders to Engand. -
William Pitt
William Pitt becomes England's Secretary of State. This causes the French and Indian war to escalate. -
George III
George III became the King of Great Britain. -
Pontiac Rebellion
Last a year. It was an uprising by American Indian tribes. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamtion Act of 1763 was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, -
Sugar Act
This was a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act, which was about to expire. -
Paxton Boys on Philidelphia
Scots-Irish protested the Quakers oligarchy's lenient policy towards Indians. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed. The heavey taxation of textiles and other luxuries begins to anger the colonists. -
The Quartering Act
When nessecary all colonists were required to house, feed, and care for soldiers. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty first formed in Boston to protest taxation without representation. -
The Stamp Act is Repealed
Because only lessening its taxes would not satisfy the colonist, the Paraliament decided to completely repeal the Stamp Act -
The Townshend Acts
This was a series of acts that was proposed by Charles Townshend. This act taxed goods and restricted trades -
Boston Masacre
During the Boston Masacre, the British killed five members of the Boston Mob. -
Boston Tea Party
Because trade officials refused to return tea to Britain, colonists threw the barrels of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The thirteen colonies were outraged when the Paraliament passed these acts. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. They had this meeting to protest against the king. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
This was one of the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War in the two Massachusetts colonies, Lexington and Concord. -
Lexington Massacre
The British attempted to capture Adams and Hancick when eight Americans were killed. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a Battle in Massachussetts. Britian lost over 300 soldiers and suffered from approximately 900 injuries. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration fo independence was signed. It reported that the colonies viewed themselves as independent states and no longer had to follow under British rule. -
Gates defeats Burgoyne
General Gates defeats General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York -
The American Flag
Congress adopts the American flag with thirteen stars and stripes as the national flag. -
Battle of Saratoga
General Gates and the American defeated the British General Burgoyne. -
The Articles of Confederation
This was the first constitution. It was an agreement between the thirteen founding states that legally established the United States. -
Treaty of Alliance
The Continental Congress, with France, ratifies the Treaty of Alliance. -
The Battle of Monmouth
Washington and Clinton's troops fight a standoff in the state of New Jersey. -
Cornwallis
In Yorktown, Virginia Cornwallis surrendered to Washington and the allies. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown combined the forces of America and France and defeated Britain in one of the last major battles of the Revolutionary War. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold leads the troops that burnt down the port of New London, Connecticut. -
Surrender at Yorktown
The British Army surrenders in Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes America's independence. -
Bifocal Invented
Benjamin Franklin invented the Bifocals. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
The Judiciary Act determined the number of Federal Courts and Judges that we had. -
The Dollar
Jefferson proposes the Dollar as our unit of curency. Congress accepts it. -
Eli Whitney
Eli whitney invented cotton gin. -
Jay's Treaty
Jay's Treaty causes the withdraw of the British troops from the United States. -
Whiskey Rebellion
People in Western Pennsylvania rebel due to the excise tax place on whiskey. -
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty opens navigation on the Mississippi River with Spain. -
XYZ Affair
Three men were sent to France to negotiate a deal with the French. -
Library of Congress
Congress established a Library of Congress. -
The Louisiana Purchase
United States makes the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark begin their expedition to explore the new land. -
Burr duels Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr because he refused to fire his gun. -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act forbids the American ships to leave their own waters. -
Battle of Teppecanoe
A small army led by Henry Harrison and defeated the Indians. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812 but the fighting continues. -
Battle of New Orleans
The United States won this Battle against the British, sending them down into the Gulf of Mexico. -
Erie Canal
The construction of the Erie Canal began during this time. -
The 49th Parallel
The Treaty with Britain sets the fourty-nineth parallel. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise preserved the power in Congress between the slave states and the free states. -
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic rotation. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monrow Doctrine established the policy of the United States against the European intervention in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. -
Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole establishes the Hudson River School of Landscape and Painting. -
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams is elected the president by the House. -
The Spoils System
The Spoils System was the method of appointing officials to government office based on one's political concerns rather than how fit one was for office. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 moves eastern indians west into Mississippi. -
Homestead Act
COngress passed the Homestead Act which said that land was $1.25 per acre for 160 acres and they had 12 months to
improve the land that they purchased. -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner led an inneffective antislavery movement in Virginia. -
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse designs an improved electtromagnetic telegraph. -
Santa Anna
Santa Anna was elected the President of Mexico. -
Sam Houston
Texan Independence was declared and Sam Houston was elected. -
Stephen Austin
Stephen Austin founds a new colony located in Texas. -
Battle of the Alamo
This battle, led by Santa Anna, was a fight for freedom between the United States and Mexico over the Texas territory. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of the Native American Indians from the southeastern parts of the United States. -
General Winfield Scott
General Scott devised the Anaconda Plan to defeat the South during the Civil War. -
Daguerre
Daguerre invents the first form of photography called Daguerreotype. -
Webster- Ashburton Treaty
This treaty defines the Canada and United States border. -
Santa Anna
Santa Anna's presidency is overthrown in Mexico. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
The peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American War was created. -
Gold
Gold is discovered in California. -
Compromise of 1850
California is admitted to the United States as a free state but with the Fugitive Slave Law. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. -
Gadsden Treaty
Mexico and America sign the Gadsden Treaty, purchasing a region of present Arizona from Mexico. -
Henry Bessemer
Bessemer invents a process that allows the mass production of steel. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott's jury was over when they decided that he was a slave and could not sue for his freedom. -
Oregon
Oregon is admitted to the US as a state. -
Abraham Lincoln
LIncoln win the election of 1860 and becomes the 16th president of the United States. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is fired on and they surrender. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
The Union is defeated at the First Battle of Bull Run. -
Morrill Act
The United States sets aside public land for State Colleges. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Union loses in the Battle of Fredericksburg. -
Battle of Chancellorville
The Union loses in the Battle of Chancellorville with an army of 17,000, while the South on has 13,000. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This is a huge victory for the Union because they fought a defensive battle. -
West Virginia
West Virginia is admitted to the United States. -
Sherman
Sherman marches through Virginia with the "scorched earth" policy and General Lee surrenders. -
Lincoln is Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Lincoln. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion forces court systems in Massachussetts to close. -
Federalists Begin Publication
Federalist Papers began to publish in the newspapers.
