Early US History

By 22CJungjoh
  • Period: Feb 25, 1300 to

    Early US History

  • Feb 25, 1350

    Black death

    People would get sick in europe and not be able to cure it and die. Rats also had it and people lived on the streets and got the disease and couldnt cure it.
  • Feb 25, 1450

    Wars in Africa lead to slave trade with western Europe

    Western europe Went over to Africa fought the african tribes and if they beat them they would take them to jail or take them as slaves.
  • Feb 26, 1480

    Ottoman Takes Power

    The kings and queens of europe wanted cool stuff but the ottomans didnt let them come back through without paying money . They called it the silk road ecause the kings and queens of europe wanted silk for clothes.
  • Feb 26, 1488

    Dias

    Attemts to sail around africa to go around the ottamans so that they could bring the stuff back without the ottamans taking it but, he only made it to the tip of Africa then turned back and used the silk road.
  • Feb 26, 1492

    Columbus

    Spain hires Columbus to find a new route to the indies and ends up in cuba! He thought he found the indies so he started calling them indians. But he found and claimed this land for spain.
  • Feb 26, 1498

    Da Gama sails to the indies.

    So Portugal succeeds in sailing to the indies. He was the first person to do it and it took him 1 whole year!
  • Feb 26, 1513

    First European to step on the ground of florida

    Was ponce de Leon He was the first one to step foot in what we call America.
  • Feb 26, 1535

    Cartier from france

    Claoms the St. Lawrence river for france even though there were still people were he was.
  • Feb 26, 1565

    Spain

    Starts the first european settlement in North America They been spending to much money in the ocean so they made a city named St. Augustine, Florida.

  • English attemt a settlement at Roanoke

    Roanoke like right on the tip of North Carolina and close to Virginia know one knos what happend its a cold mystery that we still dont know till this day! Its the first time they tried to settle.The king took the ships to go to war and came back 3 years later and there was nothing left acept the word croanoe.

  • James town

    Is established as the first permanent English colony in North America.

  • Pilgrims land in plymoth rock

  • 13 colonies established

    Georgia was the last of the colonies

  • French and indians

    Started to fight eachother and england helped out the indians and got some land. Plus they beat the french because of europe

  • French Indian war ends

  • Sugar act a new tax

  • stamp act another new tax

  • townshed act

  • England sends troops

    British Troops 4000, of them sent to boston there was 1 soldier in every 4 people. If the people were near the bad people they would have to move in with that person.

  • Boston massacre

    There were 4 protesters killed by the army in the middle of the street. Taxes were what caused It because they kept going up.

  • British government repeals taxes

    Except tea that was the only tax they had to pay

  • Boston tea party

    A colonist jumped on a boat and threw off millions of dollars of tea into the ocean. Because they didnt want to pay for it.

  • 1st continental congress.

    56 deligates from the 13 colonies meet in Philadolphia solidarity united together.

  • Lexington vs Concord

    The British find out that the patriots have a warehouse full of guns and ammo. On the way there the british destroyed a malitia. They found out that the guns and ammo werent there so they march back to boston and on the way there another group of patriots attack and chase them back to boston.

  • declaration of independence

    The signing of the declaration of indapendence.

  • The revolutinary war ends

    British signs treaty of paris It gave the united states all the land from the mississippi river to the atlantic ocean

  • constitution is written

  • Constitution ratifiend, approved

  • First presidental election

  • Bill of Rights added to the constution