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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in New World
He landed in the Bahamas. Made it there because Spain helped pay for him. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty between Spian and Portugal. Spilt South America between them. -
Apr 2, 1500
Iroquois confederacy founded
A group of indian tribes that came together to crush the Europeans. They lived by what is now New York. -
Period: Sep 5, 1513 to May 10, 1521
Ponce de Leon explores Florida
Thought it was an island. Went to find gold and fountain of youth. -
Period: May 2, 1519 to Aug 5, 1521
Cortes conquered Mexico
Wanted the gold that the Aztecs had. Took the land after the Aztecs died from smallpoxs. -
Aug 29, 1532
Pizarro conquers Incas
found sliver there in Peru.Pizarro wiped out all of the Incas. -
Period: Oct 5, 1540 to Nov 8, 1542
Coronado expolers southwest
They did not find anything worth them going there again in California. -
Period: Mar 18, 1565 to
England crush Irish uprising
Elizabeth made them become Protestant or she killed them -
England defeats Spanish Armada
130 ships went into the English Channel. Spain lost control of there people. -
Founding of Jamestown
Was looking for gold. They died from the winter -
Spanish found New Mexico
they found some gold there and it was a good place for Catholic missons. -
First Anglo-Powhatan War ended
A war with the Indians and ended in a peace treaty. -
House of Burgesses established
This is an assembly to flourish on America soil -
Maryland founded
founded by Load Baltimore. Had many plantations there for slik and tabacco -
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
The Indians lost again and they had to move from there land. -
Charles II becomes king of England
Took King after his father was killed.Named the Carolinas after himself. -
Carolinas founded
Hoped to make sugar plantions and export wine, slik, and olive oil. There many export was rice. -
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Tuscarora War
In North Carolina. They beat the Tuscarora Indians. -
North and South Carolina separates
It was people who were in poverty and religious dissenters. They did not have rights to the soil, but they raised tobacco and crops on the small farms they had. -
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Yamasee War
In South Carolina. Beat the Yamasee War after this all the Indian tribes were gone. -
Georgia founded
Was to be a buffer from the Carolinas from the Spanish. It exportewd slik and wine. -
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Zenger free-press trial in New York
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Johnathan Edwards begins Great Awakening
Congregationalist minister.Edwards came from Puritan, Calvinist roots -
Great Awakening Begins in Massachusetts
The movement will last ten years and spread to all of the American colonies -
George Whitefield spreads Great Awakening
he began preaching in parks and fields in England on his own. -
South Carolina slave revolt
Tried to march to spanush Florida but they were stopped. The slaves were more manageable then indentured servants. -
England declares war on Spain
. As a result, in America, hostilities break out between Florida Spaniards and Georgia and South Carolina colonists. -
Russia founded Alaska
Frederick II "the Great" crowned king of Prussia. -
50 slaves are hung
in Charleston, South Carolina, after plans for another revolt are revealed. . -
Start of King George's War
The war beinging the French and Indain war. this war was between France and England, the Indians helped the Freanch. -
Princeton College founded
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King George's War ends
1744
King George's War (ends 1748) American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession -
Ohio River Region explored
Ohio River Region explored by American frontiersman Christopher Gist. -
the Academy of Pennsyvania founded
It is in Philadelphia,PA and is Nonsectarian. -
French take Fort Necessity
In Pennsylvania. -
Quebec
The British win the Battle of Quebec. -
Britain vetoes South Carolina anti-slave trade measures
They wanted to stop slave trade but Britain did not allow it. -
George III becomes King
Died in 1820. -
British seizes Cuba and the Philippines from Spain
They beat the Spanish and told the islands from them . -
Treaty of Paris
All French gets the east of the Mississippi. they dont get New Orleans though it is given to the British. -
Smallpox
Men at Fort Pitt infect besieging chiefs with blankets from the smallpox hospital. Soon there was an epidemic, the Indians retreated and died. -
Canada n east of the Mississippi River is ceded to Britain
Canada and the territory east of the Mississippi River is ceded to Britain by France -
sugar act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764. -
Declaratory Act
replaced the stamp acts -
British troops occupy Boston
they take over -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. -
all townshend acts repealed except tea tax
they thought they were unfair so they took them away -
committees of correspondence formed
a group of leaders -
Governor Hutchinsons provokes Boston Tea Party
his acts made start to get upset -
british east india co. granted tea monopoly
The Company was granted an English Royal Charter -
intolerable acts
The acts triggered outrage and resistance -
battle of Lexington and Concord
The first shots starting the revolution were fired -
Battle of Bunker Hill
2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans -
Battle of Brandywine
british got the land -
Battle of Saratoga
spain helped americans -
Battle of Germantown
americans won -
Articles of confederation adopted
it did not work very well and they had to get ride of it. -
Battle of Monmouth
americans won -
Battle of Cowpens
. It was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British -
Greene leads Carolina campaign
dependable officer -
French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown
make british general stop -
Battle of Kings Mountain
americans won -
Norths ministry collapses in Britain
britian fails -
land ordinance of 1785
its slipt up the land into thirty-six sections of one square mile each. it was to use to help pay off the national debt. -
shays rebellion
armed insurrection by farmers in W Massachusetts against the state government -
northwest ordinance
the area would be subordinate to the government first. when it reached sixty thousand people it could be a state. -
washington elected president
did not have any runing mates. was just picked by the people because he was a great leader. -
judiciary act of 1789
set the number of Supreme Court justices at six.one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices. -
first official census
first count of how many people there were in the United states. -
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 -
louis XVI beheaded
in the Temple prison with his family, tried for high treason. They executed the King with their hats on -
France declares war on Britain and Spain
They did not like britian and wanted to over power them. -
whiskey rebelion
it was a group of framers and was put down by the army. -
washington's farwell address
it was what he wrote and said to everyone when he retired. -
john adams becomes president
he was the second president. -
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virginia and kentucky resolutions
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alien and sedition acts
passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution's -
jefferson beats adams for presidency
beat adams and won over burr. -
louisiana purchase
bought it for 15,000 dollars. jefferson did it without voting on it. -
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lewis and clark expedition
went to exploir the west -
Burr treason trial
was for alleged conspiracy. he was let go -
treaty of ghent signed
signed with russia and the united states. -
Jefferson founds University of Virginia
the college is located in Charlottesville, Virginia. it was founded by thomas jefferson. -
Missouri Compromise
it s was for the problem on slavery and split up the new states to split up between anti and pro slaverly. -
slave rebellion
it was a big rebellion but was put down. -
Webster dictionary
made by noah webster -
Mormon Church found
Mormon type of religon founded by gold plates. -
Nat Turner slave rebellion
they killed 60 people in Virginia. -
British abolish slavery in the West Indies
they did it to help with trade in the North -
Gag Resolution
could not talk about slavery in Congress -
mob kills abolitionist
they attacked the people that did not beleieve in what they did -
canadian rebellion
rebell with slavery -
Oberlin College admits females
they let females into the college so that they could learn -
American Slavery As It Is
it was a book written in the 1800s -
Harrison dies
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college history
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Aroostook war
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Polk defeats Clay
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Mormon migration to Utah
got kicked out of New York. Young took them to Utah -
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Mexican War
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Battle of Buena Vista
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Seneca Falls Womens Rights Convention
was held in Seneca Falls and it was a group of women working to get rights for themself. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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The Scarlet Letter
written about a women accused of adulturare
