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Still searching for a water route to Asia, the Portugese pushes Bartholomeu Días down the Agrican coast around the southernmost tip of the continent.
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Christopher Columbus finds new land close to the Americas.
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Spain and Portugal make a treaty that divide the Atlantic Ocean between them.
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John Cabot from England explores the northeastern coast of North America.
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Vasco De Gama from Spain reaches his journey to India.
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Vacso Nunez Balboa claims all land and waters that touch the Pacific Ocean for Spain.
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With orders from Spain, Hernan Cortes explored North America. While exploring North America, he runs into Native Americans, builds and army, and conquers Mexico.
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Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida, which he thought was an island, searching for gold or "the fountain of youth."
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Since Magellan died during his voyage around the world, his vessel completed the circumnavigation around the world on a boat.
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On France's powers, Verrazano traveled to the Americas to explore the easter seasoard of North america.
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Franciso Pizzaro from Spain was exploring the Americas when he ran into the Incas in Central America. After discovering them, he soon found a way to bring them down with diseases, and warfare.
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Jacques Cartier from France explores over hundreds of miles of the St. Lawrence River.
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Hernando de Soto explored the Southeast Americas and discovered the Mississippi River. He also went on to search for gold with 600 other soldiers.
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Francisco Coronado went on a search for the golden cities and instead wandered past adobe pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico. He also explored sights such as the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo had exploredthe California coast in North America for Spain, but failed to find anything interesting such as the San Francisco bay.
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After the Spanish had explored the east coast of North America and built the fortress, St. Augustine (Fl.) would be the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the future U.S.
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Led by Don Juan de Oñate, the Spanish were very cruel to any village they encountered. During the battle of Acoma, the Spanish cut off the feet any surivors from the village.
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Since thier arrival in the new world, the Spanish had found tons of silver. All of the precious metal had increased consumercosts by 500 percent in the mid-16th century.
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The Spanish soldiers claimed the land of New Mexico to be part of Spain in 1609. A year later, they named the capital as Santa Fe. In the new land, settlers found some gold and spread Christian religion.
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Passed in 1650, the English government passed laws requiring that all trade to go to or from the American Colonies must first go through England.
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Many natives began to suppress many Spanish religions such as Roman Catholic. The pueblos began to rebel against Roman Catholic missions by destroying churches and killing priests.
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Since Spain had given France per mission to ship and trade in the Carribean, the English were not happy that they were never allowed, so they allied against France.
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The Board of trustees in England assume governance of the colonies.
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After King William's and queen Anne's war between France and Britian, Britian was awarded Acadia, Newfoundland, and the Hudson Bay.
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French explorer Robert DeLasalle explores the Mississippi River and finds a new city of New orleans in Louisiana.
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Also known as the War of Jenkin's Ear, there were disputes over smuggling items over trade, which fueded England with France.
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New England had beaten the French, but the English had handed Loisburg back to the French. This angered the New Englanders; which meant they were ready to fight again.
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After killing Jumonville at Jumonville, Washington led the American colonists and English across the frontier to battle the French.
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The British government summoned an intercolonial congress to Albany, NY. They had to travel near the Iroqouis Indian country, which meant only 7 of the 13 colonies showed up.
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Trying to take Ft. Duquense, Gen. James Braddock was halted by French soilders and forced to surrender.
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William Pitt decided to attack the French West Indies , which were causing heavy casualties. They decided instead to attack the Canadian owned Quebec-Montreal area.
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The French and the American colonies battle over the now-Canadian land of Quebec. William Pitt leads the Brit troops to a win for Quebec.
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Flatly prohibited settlement beyond the areas beyond the Apps. It was designed to oppress the colonists. It also worked to prevent Pontiac's uprising.
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the French and Indian War (7 Years War) ends. The battle of the French and New Englanders end war in the colonies.
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Following all of the Navigation laws in the Americas, Britian had now passed a law that any sugar or spices would be taxed in America.
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This act from Britian required certain colonies to provide homes, shelter, and food for any British troops.
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Britian had imposed a tax on any stamp used for mailing; as well as any paper item being mailed or bought.
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This meeting brought together 27 delegates from 9 colonies in New York City to try to repeal the Stamp Act.
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Parliament passes this act after failure on Stamp Act. It asserted the British government's power to have absolute sovereignty over the North American colonies. It also brought Britsh troops to the colonies.
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A crowd of about 60 people began taunting and throwing snowballs at a squad of 10 British soilders. Possibly acting without orders, one Britsh soilder then all opened fired and killed or wounded 11 citizens. None of the soilders were found guilty after trial.
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Roughly 100 Bostonians who were part of the Sons of Liberty loosely disguised themselves as Indians. They boarded docked ships in Boston Harber and poured 342 chests of Tea into the Harbor; angry at the Tea Act.
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Philadephia Quakers find the world's first antislavery society, founded in Pennsylvania as a haven for slaves.
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The new New Jersey Constitution temporarily gives women the right to vote, the first in America.
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The newly written Articles of Confederation are adopted by the second Continental Congress.
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Massachusetts adopts its first Constitution drafted in the Massachsetts Convention and ratified it by a popular vote.
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The newly written Articles Confederation are ratified and put into effect.
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The government of Ohio forms the Society of Cincinnati.
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The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the Continental Congress in the United States on May 20, 1785. Also making unclaimed territory able to be taxed.
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Shays Rebellion was an armed uprising in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders.
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 began in Philadephia to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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The major effect of the Northwest Ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory.
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Ratification by nine states guarantees a new government under the Constitution.
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The newly formed government unamimously elects George Washington President.
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The storming of the Bastille causes the beginning of the French Revolution.
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 establishes a Supreme Court.
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Financial wizard Alexander Hamilton creates the first Bank of the United States.
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The tax on any goods, such as whiskey, is passed in America.
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Unhappy people from Southwestern Pennsylvania rebel against the excise tax.
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Washington announces his Farwell Address as he retire from the presidency.
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After Washington's retirement, John Adams is elected the second President of the United States.
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Madison and Jefferson propose the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions; a law that allows states to nullify laws.
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Thomas Jefferson was re-elected President after beating Aaron Burr in the election of 1804.
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U.S Supreme Court justice Samuel Chase after questioning judicial review.
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark end thier expedition to the Pacific.
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James Madison was re-elected president for his second term.
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The Battle of Thams was a decisive victory for America in the War of 1812.
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The Battle of Lake Erie was a battle in the War of 1812.
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Federalists meet in New England to discuss any problems that have to do with the party.
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The Battle of New Orleans was the final battle in the War of 1812.
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James Monroe beat out James Madison for President of the US in the election of 1816.
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Andrew Jackson leads his troops into Florida to sieze control and spread the union.
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American forces form a Treaty of 1818 with Britian to stop war.
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The Panic of 1819 was the first major financial crisis in America.
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McColloch v. Maryland was a landmark case in the U.S Supreme Court that imposed a tax on all non-chartered banks.
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward case was a Supreme Court case that ruled the Contract Clause in the U.S Constitution.
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Involving the inclusion of slave states to the union.
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The Land Act of 1820 is a US Federal law that prohibits the purchase of public land.
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This Supreme Court case ruled the states powers limited in criminal law. It also had to deal with a John Marshall case.
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Secretary of State John Adams proposes the Monroe Doctrine, made up by James Monroe.
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Gibbons v. Ogden Supreme Court case ruled that inyerstate commerce power has been limited.
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Americans finish the Erie Canal for easy transportation, and shortcuts.
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The Caroline incident ocuured when a ship wrecked and fell over the Niagara Falls in Canada. The US and Britian had began controversial affairs because of this.
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William Harrison dies of pneumonia early in his Presidency and John Tyler takes over.
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The Aroostook War was a war between the United States and Great Britain over the boundary between Canada and Maine. The dispute resulted in a border between Maine and the province of New Brunswick.
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James Polk chocks Henry Clay in winning the election of 1844 also known as the Manifest Destiny election.
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In1845, America annexes the Republic of Texas, admitting it to the country as the 28th state.
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The United States and Mexico fight for the lower part of the Texas boundary, both vying for more land.
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This was a group of tariffs set by the US in 1845, named after Robert Walker.
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The united States settles the Oregon disput with Britian after sharing it with Spain, Britian and Mexico before.
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Winfield Scott leads US troops to take Mexico City
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The Battle of Buena Vista takes place in Mexico
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexico American War
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Zachery Taylor defeats Casse and Van Buren for Presidency.
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Thousands of US residents move west to California during the California gold rush.
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Filmore takes over the Presidency after the death of Taylor.
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The US files the Compromise, which includes aquiring California
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The Compromise of 1850 enforces the fugitive slave law; keeping slaves fom escaping thier plantations.
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Franklin Pierce defeats Winfield Scott to assume the Presidency.
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Gadsden makes the purchase with Mexico to build a railroad along the Texas-Mexico border.
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Commodore Matthew Perry opens relations with Japan.
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The Kansas Nebraska Act aquires both territories for the U.S.
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John Brown massacred 5 pro-slavery men along with fellow abolitionists.
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U.S. diplomat Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with a cane after taking offense to what Sumner said about Andrew Butler
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The Dred Scott vs. Sanford court case. The decision ruled that slaves were not American citizens.
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Republican Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860.
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South Carolina becomes the first southern state to secede from the union.
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The American Civil War begins
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Southern soldiers fire first at the federal Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC.
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The U.S. took two Confederate diplomats off of an English ship, angering the south.
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After the Lecompton Compromise, the U.S. admits Kansas into the country.
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A series of violent events involving slavery and other issues in the territory of Kansas.
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Slavery is abolished in the District of Columbia.
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The union army loses the 2nd Battle of Bull Run to the Confederates.
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The union army loses another battle in Fredricksburg, Virginia.
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The union finally won a battle, which was the biggest victory for them; at Gettysburg, Pa
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The union army gets another big win at Chancelorsville.
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Lincoln wins re-election in the Election of 1864.
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Lee surrenders the Confederate Army at Appomattox Courthouse.
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William Sherman led his troops through Georgia for the first time.
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John Wilkes Booth assasinates Lincoln at Ford Theater, shocking the nation.
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This new political party was formed.
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All Confederates surrender, ending the war between the North and South.
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Freedmans Bureau is established in the United States.
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14th amendment give Blacks some rights.
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Johnson's veto is overturned.
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William Bedford Forrest founds the KKK to try to stop, and/or scare blacks.
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This act created 5 military districts in the south.
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The U.S. buys Alaska from Russia.
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This made it illegal for a president to remove a member of cabinet without consent from the senate first.
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Johnson was almost impeached because he removed a member of his cabinet without the consent from the Senate first.
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This amendment extended the right to vote to everyone who was over the age of 21.
