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10,000 BCE
First inhabitants of North America
They felt established many tribes and spread across of North and South America. -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus opened the door to European exploration and exploitation of North and South America. -
Jamestown Was First Permanent
Jamestown was the first permanent and successful English settlement . -
Atlantic Ocean
The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower to establish the beginning of what eventually would become know as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought over the disputed land in the Ohio River valley. -
Sugar
The sugar act. The British Parliament, desiring revenue, passed the first law specifically aimed at raising colonial money for the Crown. -
Liberty
A group called the Sons of Liberty formed in Boston and soon spread throughout the colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4. -
1763
The proclamation of 2763 prohibited the American colonist from crossing the Appalachian Mountains and moving to the land that they were fighting to acquire. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest by a group of patriots. The British saw this as an act of Sabotage and decided the colonist should be punished. -
Heard Round the world
"The shot Heard Round the world" British soldiers in Massachusetts were ordered to disarm the American rebels and to arrest their leaders. -
Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point in the American Revolution, because after the American victory the French decided to join the war. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of yorktown, which was the final major battle of American Revolution, was won by the Americans. -
Shays Rebellion
A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, Shays' Rebellion was brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Although Massachusetts was the focal point of the crisis, other states experienced similar economic hardships. -
Constitution
The U.S Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation. The new government established a stronger federal government. -
Bill of Rights
three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 amendments to the Constitution. These are now known as the Bill of Rights. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. -
Louisiana Purchase
The U.S brought the 825,000 square miles of the Louisiana Territory for $15 million. That is less than $20 per square mile. -
Ohio becoming a state
Although legally Ohio became the 17th state with the February 19, 1803 act of Congress, Ohio statehood is celebrated on March 1. The date of March 1, 1803 was when the Ohio legislature met for the first time. -
Battle of Lake Erie
The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shore of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy.