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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America, located near Virginia. It was established on May 14, 1607.This was beginning of life in the New World. -
First Africans brought to North America
On this day in history, the first Africans were brought to North America for slavery. This is the beginning of the slavery period. All of the africans were brought by force. The slave trade had not yet been established yet. At this point in time,these 20 Africans were brought by force to a long life of slavery. -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
In 1620, Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgirms landed at Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Mayflower transported the first English Pilgrims to America, with 102 passengers.The Plymouth Colony, was one of the earliest successful colonies. -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch trials began in 1692 after some claimed that they had been possessed by evil. These trials were hearings that accused people, mostly women, of being involved with witchcraft. These trials put many to death up until the public view of it opposed the following year. -
1754-1763-French and Indian War
The French and Indian War, also known as The Seven Years War, stirred a conflict among the French and British. France's attempt to expand into area near the Ohio River brought reoccurring conflicts. The native Americans joined the war in order to avoid being stripped of their land as well. Ultimately a peace treaty settled the dispute, but the English government had been torn apart. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre can easily be summed up as fight and riot that broke out on March 5th, 1770. The riot was between Brtitish Soliders and the Patriots. This event sparked the American Revolution. The riot ultimately began with 50 citizens gathered outside the state house. Some colonist died in this Bloody Massacre. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party occured in the Boston Harbor when a group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British ships. The colonists rebelled and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. This was a protest against the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The Declaration stated the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence. By declaring as a independent nation, the colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with France. -
Revolutionary War Ends (Treaty of Paris)
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain and ended the revolutionary war. This allowed recognition of American independence. The negotiation was enacted by Adams, Franklin, and Jay. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion was a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. The rebellion was named after the leader Daniel Shays of Massachusetts. -
1789-Constitution Ratified
The Constitution came into effect in 1789 and has served as the basis of the United States. After the constitutional convention, it had been raitfied in 1789. After the necessary amount of state ratifications, the constitution had been established and known as the supreme law of the land. -
Whiskey Rebellion
In 1794, farmers in western Pennsylvania took in opposition to the enforcement of a federal law calling for the imposition of an excise tax on distilled spirits. The Whiskey Rebellion represented the largest organized resistance against federal authority -
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to find a water route across North America and explore the uncharted West. The Corps of Discovery charted into the Louisana Purchase territory. On the journey, they had made relations with Indians. They drew maps that were later used. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 lasted two years. It was the great naval power, Great Britain, versus the United States. The British attempted to restrict trade. After a series of events in the war, there was a boost of national confidence and spirit of patriotism. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri requested for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. To keep the peace, Congress developed two-part compromise, granting Missouri’s reques and admitting Maine as a free state. -
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears Video
The Indian-removal process had the federal government drive the Creeks from their land. 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who set out for Oklahoma did not survive the trip. Whooping cough, cholera and starvation were epidemic and 5,000 Cherokee died as a result of the journey. -
1836-Texan Independence
On March 2, 1836, Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. The Texas Declaration of Independence focused on the rights of citizens to “life” and “liberty” but with an emphasis on the “property of the citizen.” The Texas Declaration of Independence was issued during a revolution against the Mexican government. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican- American War broke out over the US annexation of Texas and a border dispute. The war was fought primarily in northeastern and central Mexico and resulted in an American victory. Mexico was forced to cede its northern and western provinces, which is a significant portion of the United States. -
Gold Rush in California
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area. $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted during the Gold Rush -
Compromise of 1850
War was resolved in the Compromise of 1850. It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each to be determined by popular sovereignty. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebrask Act mandated popular sovereignty. This allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders. This was proposed by Stephen A. Douglas–Abraham. Conflicts that followed includes Bleeding Kansas. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States and became the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but defeated the three other candidates -
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Civil War
The History of The Civil War
America’s bloodiest clash, the sectional conflct of the Civil War (1861-65) pitted the Union against the Confederate States of America. This was one of the most destructive wars. The idea of slavery divided the nation. -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
Progress of the transcontinental railroad was slow initially, but sped up after the Civil War. Finally the two sets of railroad tracks were joined. There was a dramatic impact. Travel time between America's east and west coasts was reduced from months to less than a week. -
Reconstruction Ends
After the Union's victory in the Civil War the process of rebuilding the South became known as the Reconstruction period. Black codes were enacted to control the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans.Reconstruction restored white supremacy in the South.
