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Aug 3, 1492
Columbian Exchange
was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries. (Columbus reports o his first voyage) -
1511
Malayan-Portuguese War
The Malayan–Portuguese war was an armed conflict involving Malacca forces, Sultanate of Johor and the Dutch East India Company, against the Portuguese Empire. Portuguese conquered Malacca in 1511, Portuguese control of the Indian Ocean trade, Dutch occupy Malacca in 1641. (Wikipedia) -
1524
German Peasants War
The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. It failed because of the intense opposition by the aristocracy, who slaughtered up to 100,000 of the 300,000 poorly armed peasants and farmers. Suppression of revolt and execution of its participants, as well as major implications for the Anabaptist movement (WIkipedia) -
Kalmar War
The Kalmar War was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. Though Denmark soon gained the upper hand, it was unable to defeat Sweden entirely.Dano-Norwegian victory; Älvsborg Ransom (1613) -
Cause of French and Indian War/start
. By the mid-18th century, both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, known then as the Ohio Territory. (Wikipedia) -
Tacky's War
Tacky's War, or Tacky's Rebellion, was an uprising of Akan slaves that occurred in Jamaica from May to July 1760. It was the most significant slave rebellion in the Caribbean between the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John and the 1791 Haitian Revolution. Slave defeat. (Google) -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. This treaty ended the 7 years war (Wikipedia) -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others. (Wikipedia) -
Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York,[a][b] ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. End of major land operations in North America (wikipedia) -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. (Google) -
Indian removal act
Authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.(H.A 196) -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. (History Alive) -
John Brown's . Raid
"On October 16 1859 John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of HARPER'S FERRY, Virginia. His plan instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. He would seize the arms and ammunition in the federal arsenal, arm slaves in the area and move south along the Appalachian Mountains attracting slaves to his cause. He had no rations. He had no escape route. His plan was doomed from the very beginning. But it did succeed to deepen the divide between the North and South (ushistory.org) -
Battle of Bull Run
"The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War." (Wikipedia) Confederate victory -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Last battle of the warn fought on the banks of the Rio Grande the confederates ending up winning this batlle -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist hate group that was founded in 1865, at the end of the Civil War. The Klan has existed in three distinct eras at different points in time during the history of the United States -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated Gavrilo Princip after a failed attempt from before. Gavrilo was apart of the black hand -
The Battle of Amiens
This was the last battle of WW1. The allies ended up winning this battle. WW1 saw the death of 37 million people civilians and soldiers -
World War 2
World War II, , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. After the end of the war, a conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, to set up peace treaties. The countries that fought with Hitler lost territory and had to pay reparations to the Allies. Germany and its capital Berlin were divided into four parts. (wikipedia) -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. This lead to the US involvement in WW2 -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. This has been regarded as one one of the bloodiest battles of WW2 seeing the death of 14,000 soldiers on all military sides. WW2 in total saw the death of 70-85 million people -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was issued into order when the USSR put a blockade on West Berlin. The US then sent in planes carrying supplies back and forth until the blockade was lifted. -
Vietnam War
This was a war between the US and the Viet Cong due to the Vietnamese attacking South Vietnam. The war ended after the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, with U.S. involvement ending in 1973. Around 200,000 Americans died -
Interstate Highway Act
The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. It also allocated $26 billion to pay for them. (Eisenhower's message to congress)
