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Apr 24, 1492
Christopher Columbus
he was responsible for the European founding of North America. -
Dec 24, 1492
Columbian exchange
The Colombian exchange was the swapping of crops, diseases, and products between the new world and Europe. -
Apr 21, 1497
John Cabot
first navigator who sailed to canada. one of the first to search for the northwest passage. -
May 4, 1503
Encomienda
the Spanish came to the Americas and enslaved the native Americans first -
Dec 24, 1519
Herdinand Cortes
A conquistador that led the Mexicans to take over the Aztech Empire by advanced weapons and diseases -
Apr 21, 1540
Fransisco Coronado
A Spanish soldier and commander who was the first European to discover the Grand Canyon, he led an expedition north from Mexico into Arizona, founded the Adobe pueblo -
Salem Witch Trials
women were being accused of being witche -
Jamestown
southern colony in Virginia, first European settlement -
indentured servants
poor people who came to the new land and worked with no pay in exchange for transportation -
Mayflower Compact
first governing document of Plymouth Colony -
Navigation Acts
The acts restricted trade between england and its colonies to English or colonial ships, it required certain colonial goods to pass through England before export -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon and other frontiersmen were unsatisfied with Jamestown's native American frontier policy, and rebelled against Govenor Berkely. -
Pueblo Revolt
The pueblo Indians were fed up with how the Spanish treated them. They rebelled and shut out the Spanish for a while. -
French and Indian war
this was a war between Britain and France for Ohio Valley. -
Peace Treaty of Paris
The Treaty that ended the French and Indian war. -
Stamp Act
England placed a tax on basic goods to pay for their massive debt, which angered the colonists. -
Articles of Confederation
the articles of Confederation were the first forms of a constitution that the U.S. adopted. The extremely weak federal government allowed virtually no progress to be made; the country in shambles without much growth leaving the U.S. in a worse condition than before. this was a complete failure. -
Embargo Act
Intentions to protect American ships from foreigners went wrong when the U.S. simply slumped economically during Jackson's presidency. -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System. Originally, it ran about 363 miles from Albany, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, at Lake Erie -
Annexation of Texas
America annexed the Republic of Texas and it entered the Union with no slave as the 28th state. -
Mexican cession
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago gave America a large peace of land ceded by Mexico. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
uncle toms cabin showed the true meaning of slavery it revealed what the black had to go through everyday -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Decision
slave from Missouri sued his owner for his freedom because t the northern part of the Louisiana Territory -
14th amendment
the rights for all free men. they were suppose to be protected by the law -
Manifest Destiny
The God-given right/mission for the (white man) to continue expansion to the pacific. -
Social Darwinism
belief that the rich and the poor happened because of natural section -
Compromise of 1877
The end of reconstruction in which Northern troops withdrew from the South. Overall left the South in a condition still not fit to compete with other parts of the country. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This excluded Chinese immigrant workers for ten years and denied U.S. citizenship to Chinese nationals living in the United States. -
Populist Party
A political group who gained much support from farmers who turned to them to fight political unfairness. -
WWI
Central v Allied powers caused by an assassinated ruler, increased military strength, and extreme nationalism. ww1 showed the world that America is a giant is a super super power -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WWI and blamed Germany for the war. The treaty also created the league of nations. -
Dust Bowl
Over farming of the land as well as an extremely harsh droubt led to a dry unhealthy top soil in the midwest & western rural areas of the U.S. -
house of burgesses
the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature -
Korean Wa
The war in Korea saw more bombings on North Korea than all of the bombings in Europe during WWII combined leaving the landscape far more than just war-torn but completely devastated. Federal spending on this war was extremely high and contributed to steps towards further debt. -
Vietnam War
War fought by America and South Vietnam against the viet cong and North Vietnam and its allies. The U.S. dropped out before the war was lost by South Vietnam
The war was significant because we failed to contain the advancement of communism -
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita gained control of the Communist Party it became clear that he brought a very real threat of Communism -
Sputnik
Russian satelite launched into orbit
this is Significant In reaction, the U.S. passed the national defense education act. -
Khrushcev Soviet Union
n March of 1958 Khrushchev finally reached the top of his political ladder when he became the leader (Premier) of Russia. When Nikita assumed office he was the first leader of the Soviet Union since Stalin to hold two top offices simultaneously. -
Cuban missile crisis
When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and decided on a naval blockade of the island. -
black panthers
black party that thought they were better than whites -
voting rights
blacks wanted to be able to vote freely without having to take random tst -
Mexican-American War
War between Mexico and U.S. over southwest land particularly Texas, considered a war for slavery. -
9/11
attack on the Twin Tower -
Hurricane Katrina
devastating Hurricane during the presidency of George W. Bush in which the U.S. was not prepared to help itself. President Bush took much of the blame and as a result the idea of a better prepared America for natural disasters grew more prevalent in the federal government resulting in the National Response Plan
