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30,000 BCE
Stone Age Begins
The start of societies, clans, and hunter and gathers. -
10,001 BCE
Mesolithic Era
The mesolithic era is known for being the middle part of the stone age and the shortest as the humans find themselves creating bows and arrows for hunting and boats for fishing. -
10,000 BCE
Paleolithic Era
The beginning part of the stone age. This is where humans are working towards discovering stone tools and basic technologies. -
8000 BCE
Neolithic Era
This is the third and last part of the stone age. During this part humans found themselves finding permanent living grounds and the beginning of agriculture. -
2686 BCE
The Egyptian Kindoms
During this time of their ruling they had successfully created a Monarchy -
2330 BCE
The Sumerian Empire
This is the first empire to introduce imperialism and became the first true dynasty. -
1260 BCE
The Trojan War
An important piece of Greek mythology. -
800 BCE
The Roman Empire
The Roman empire started by them taking over the Etruscans after figuring that they were tyrants. This was also the rise of imperalism in Rome. -
49 BCE
The Roman Civil War
This all started because Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river with his soldiers, this was against the law. This caused a coup d'etat to form. -
250
The Mayan Empire
The Empire was civilized, they had a written language, art, architecture, mathematics, and astronomical systems. The Mayan cities were developed around 250-900 ce and continued until the arrival of the spanish. -
323
The Decline
During this time we find Rome losing its power within the Roman Empire. This decline in power was caused by repeated attacks and sacking of the Roman wealth -
340
The Classical Period
During this time we find the greeks had come into conflict with persia. During this time was the death of Alexander the great. -
455
The Dark Ages
Named the dark ages because of the fall of the Roman empire and the poor quality of life all over Europe. -
793
The Vikings
The viking age began in Britain. They were raiding cities and sailing around Europe and eventually ended up in North America -
1095
The Crusades
The crusades were a series of small religious fueld wars in an attempt to regain the holy land from Islamic rule -
1300
The Renaissance
This was a time where Europe went through a huge social change and it was the rise of the arts. This was also a turning point in history were Europe went from the middle age to more modern stage. -
1300
The Inca Empire
This empire was skilled in politics and managed to govern 12 million people. They had a large military and labor force. -
1325
The Aztec Empire
Another civilization that was fully developed but only to be ruined by the spanish when they pull up -
1347
The Black Plague
The black plague was a disease that wiped out millions of people in Europe. This disease lasted approximately 4 years before it was contained. -
1478
The Inqueistion
The catholic church decided to purify the land by getting rid of people who had negative attitudes toward the catholics. Forcing the Jews to be banished to spain. -
1492
The Columbian Exchange
The columbian exchange was a large trading route between different countries. They would trade anything and everything like plants, animals, culture, and humans. The idea was that they would all be connected through trade. -
The First colonies
Jamestown Virginia was america's first permanent english colony in the new world. This was beginning of North America -
The First African American Slaves
In 1619 the colonies were desperate for workers and decided to import African Americans and enslave them. -
The Colonies and their Government
The colonies had decided to create laws to better manage everyone and started a government in Jamestown. The assembly would be known as the House of Burgesses. -
The House of Burgesses
This is what established the nations plans for a government -
The Mayflower Compact
Was known as the first document of democracy in the new world. This document was a agreement between the setters of new plymouth. -
English Bill of Rights
These rights were created to protect the british subjects from being taxed without consent. -
French and Indian War
This war was between the french and indians and was for territory. The french ended up gaining a large territory in North America. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act was put in place to curb the smuggling of sugar in the colonies by reducing the tax rate. -
1765 Stamp Act
The stamp act was unpopular with the colonies and was repealed a year later. The stamp act imposed a direct tax on the colonists. -
The Sons of Liberty
These were a group of American patriots whose main goal was to protect the rights of the colonists. -
The Townshend Acts
These were acts passed by the parliament that was used to raise money in the colonies to pay for governors and judges so that they could be independent. -
The Tea Act
The tea act was to reduce the surplus of tea that was being held by the british. -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party was pulled off by the sons of liberty as they dumped the tea overboard in protest of the tax. -
Bunker Hill
The battle on bunker hill is where the americans held their ground against the British but ultimately lost. This was a costly win for the British losing about 40% of their troops. -
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the document that freed them from the British. It was signed by the most prestigious members -
Yorktown
After a long series of battle the Americans had the British surrounded at Yorktown. This was the turning point because it caused them to surrender the war. -
The Articles of Confederation
Similar to the constituation the articles of confederation was created to give power to the individual states. -
US Constitutuion
In 1787 the US constitution was signed and became law. -
Indian Tribal Removal
This is when president Jefferson initiated the process of removing indians and reloacation to the Louisiana territory. -
The War of 1812
This war was a series of economic sanctions by the British. -
The Trail of Tears
This was when over 60,000 Native Americans had to relocate from their homeland to areas west of the Mississippi. -
The Civil War
This war was to decide what kind of nation North America would be. This war ended with slaves gaining freedom and the nation becoming one. -
Christopher Columbus
Christopher columbus was credited with discovering North America. He was known for sailing around the world and discovering new land. Introducing the world to what is know known as the new world -
The Bronze and Iron Age
During this time humans have become more advanced in creating cities and the rise of empires begins. Many empires began to rise all over Asia and Europe. -
The Rise and Fall of Empires
During this time we see that many different regions are creating empires in an attempt to conquer more land. The empires that have rose and fallen during this time are the Babylonian, Shang, Persian, and Egyptian empire.