Early American History Review

By Mrs. Toole
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus discovers the New World

    Columbus discovers the New World
  • Jan 1, 1565

    St. Augustine settled by Spanish

    St. Augustine settled by Spanish

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
  • Period: to

    French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War)

    The conflict between the British and the French & Indians was started over present day Pittsburg. The fighting spread to Europe.

  • Treaty of Paris and Proclamation of 1763

    Treaty of Paris and Proclamation of 1763

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    This was not a tax on stamps. Documents (wills, deeds, etc.) had to be stamped to show that a tax had been paid.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    Video: The Boston Tea PartyThe famous Boston Tea Party party resulted in the Coercive Acts, a severe punishment for Boston.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Video: Declaration of Independence

  • US Constitution takes effect

    US Constitution takes effect
    It had been created in 1787, Ratified in 1788, and finally went into effect in 1789.

  • Tennessee becomes a state

    Tennessee becomes a state
    Tennessee was the 16th state.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    Video: Louisiana Purchase Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon for 4 cents and acre, or $15 million for the whole thing. This doubled the size of America.

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    The War of 1812 was brought on by the British harassing the Americans by impressment of sailors and arming of American Indians. The US won the war.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    There were 11 free states and 11 slave states when Missouri wanted to become a (slave) state. This would upset the balance of power in Congress between free & slave states, so this compromise was reached. Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. A line was drawn through the Louisiana territory- below it would be slave, and above it would be free.

  • Texas annexed

    Texas annexed
    Texas had gained independence from Mexico in 1836. It was annexed by the US in 1845.

  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    Video: Gold Rush

  • Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession
    The treaty ending the Mexican American war ceded more territory to the US: California, Nevada, Utah, parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, & Wyoming. The US paid $15 million for the territory.

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

    Video: The Path to Civil War

  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes
    South Carolina secedes; 5 more states do also in the following month. By June 1861, there would be 11 states in the Confederacy.

  • First shot of Civil War fired at Fort Sumter

    First shot of Civil War fired at Fort Sumter

  • Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomatox

    Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomatox
    Video: Surrender at Appomattox