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Jamestown was founded
English settlers arrived at Jamestown, Virginia on May 13th 1607. They sailed across the Atlantic in boats of the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. John Smith founded Jamestown, he was an english adventurer and soldier. The cause was from a group of English investors who sponsored the trip in which they wanted to profit off of. -
Meeting of House of Burgesses
In 1619 the first meeting of Jamestown was held at the House of Burgesses. The first meeting ended up short due to malaria breakout, but they decided on 22 members who represented the colony. The House of Burgesses was empowered to enact legislation for the colony, but its actions were subject to veto by the governor, council, and ultimately by the directors in London. -
Founding of Plymouth Rock, & the Mayflower compact
About 100 men and women, most members of the English Separatists Church, set sail for the new world aboard of the Mayflower Compact. Initially landed in Cape Cod, present day Massachusetts, ended up anchoring in Plymouth Colony and formed the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Arriving in ships of 11, hundreds of wealthy, well educated english puritans founded the colony. John Winthrop was the first governener of the colony. John Cotton had stated before they left that it was God's will for the Puritans to inhabit the New world. -
The Pequot War
Starting as the first conflict between indegious people and settlers in New England, The War not only involved the Pequots and the English Puritans, but several other Indians tribes, some of which, including the Mohegans, aligned themselves with the English. -
King Philip's war
As more english settlers arrived, the colonists wanted the natives to give up their independence. When the natives figured this out conflict began and so started King Philip’s war. Sometimes known as the first indian war, it lasted only a year, and with the natives initiating the bloody dispute they ended it as well. The natives were lacking military advantages, food, and becoming over run by the English. King Philip died on August 12th, 1676 from puritan rangers and Native America -
Bacons Rebellion
A revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon was caused by high taxes, low prices for tobacco, and Berkeley's failure to defend the frontier against attacks by Native Americans. Bacon commanded two unauthorized attacks towards the natives, and was arrested by the governer of Jamestown Sir William Berkeley. Bacon then burned down Jamestown and was in control of the colony. The end of Nathaniel Bacon was October of 1676 by a sudden death. -
The Witchcraft Trials in Salem
A period of time from June through September, the people of Puritan, Massachusetts convicted 19 men and women of witchcraft. These men and women were chartered over to Gallows hill to be hung for their "witchcraft charges". -
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French and Indian war
The end of the war was signed off on the treaty of Paris. In the treaty, France surrenders all of its past North American territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain, except New Orleans. Canada is also given to Great Britain. Spain, in which entered the war as an ally of France, surrenders Florida to Britain. -
The Stamp Act
Another way to tax the colonists to pay for the British soldiers. The parliment was created without debate. -
The Quartering Act
Required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to the British troops. Against the colonists likings, they had to give quarters, food, and transportation to the British soldiers. The British soldiers believed they deserved this because they were protecting the colonists from the french, but the colonists didn't view the french as a threat. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a rally of colonists throwing snowballs, stones, sticks, anything to infuriate the British soldiers. The British soldiers killed 5 colonists. Artists, journalists, and speechwriters routed up the patriots based off this event. -
The Tea Act
The Tea act was not a new tax on tea, instead it was a tax break to the East India Tea company. Since colonists were muggling tea and other goods, the India Tea company was losing money, this was a way to tax the colonists to pay back the company. This also lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
After the French and Indian war concluded, the country was out of debt. In order to gain some money back after the war the government looked to tax the American Colonies, and reestablish control over the English colonies. On December 16th, the colonists were fed up with taxation without representation and tossed thousands of tea bags and all the tea chests over the harbor sea. -
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The Intolerable acts
A way to punish the colonists for dumping the tea into the harbor, King George the third created these English laws. From Taxing the colonists, to no more self-government, to closing the Boston Harbor, and cutting off the borders in the western colonies. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
British troops were sent to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, but they were warned before hand and fled to Lexington. The battle began there with the British troops and minuteman. At the end of the battle the British had lost 273 soldiers and the colonists only lost 98. This was the start of the Revolutionary war. -
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The Declaration of Independence
A document drafted by Thomas Jefferson, this historical document laid out the American way of life. The declaration concluded political standpoints, shaping the government, etc. It is one of the most important document in U.S. history. -
Shay's Rebellion
Brought on by financial troubles due to the post war economic depression, the government pushed aggressive tax and and debt collections. This, caused a riot and protests from citizens and rebels. The name came from Daniel Shay, one of the leading rebels. In the end the rebellion crushed, and problems linked to the Articles of Confederation spur consideration of a new constitution. -
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Constitutional Convention
A meeting held together in Phiadelphia, Pennsylvania in order to revise the Articles of Confederation. Coming out of the convention, 3/5 compromise was settled. As well as the great compromise, and equal representation from the New Jersey and Virginia plan. -
Judiciary act of 1789
Signed into law by George Washington on September 24th, 1789. Established a supreme court but left the congress to decide lower federal courts. The Judiciary act created the judicial branch of the federal government. The Act divided the country into 13 different judicial courts, clarified members of the supreme court, and the idea that the supreme court can settle disputes between states. -
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The Second Great Awakening
The second great awakening expressed Arminian Theology, in which each person could be saved through revivals, repentance and reversion. It led existing evangelical members to this new denomination. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A group of farmers from Pennsylvania refused to pay the federal excise tax on whiskey because they couldn’t afford it, seemed to pose a major challenge to the viability of the U.S. gov’t under the Constitution, they defended their “liberties” by attacking the revenue collectors, demonstrated the power of the federal government -
Alien and Sedation Acts
federalists adopted the naturalization act (increased number of years required for immigrants to qualify for citizenship), the alien acts (authorized prex to deport any aliens considered dangerous to detain any enemy aliens in time of war), and sedition act (made it illegal for newspaper editors to criticize either the prez or congress and imposed heavy penalties for those who violated). -
Revolution of 1800
Jefferson’s election = federalist to republican, was monumental in the development of the U.S. -
Marbury v. Madison
1803- the case was created from a petition to the supreme court by William Marbury, who was the Justice of the peace in the District of Columbia,but was not delivered full earned commision. It was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. The landmark decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the A -
Louisiana Purchase
at the mouth of the Mississippi lay the territory’s most valuable property in terms of commerce—the port of New Orleans. in 1800, the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte secretly forced Spain to give the Louisiana Territory back to its former owner, France, since Napoleon wanted French empire in the Americas. Napoleon had lost interest in this plan for two reasons: (1) he needed to concentrate French resources on fighting England and (2) a rebellion led by Toussaint l’Ouvertu -
Embargo Act of 1807
Enacted by the congress in 1807, this act banned U.S. ports or ships to trade with foreign nations. -
election of 1812
the 7th quadrennial presidential election.Between Deomcratic-republican James Madison and Democratic-Republican Dewitt Clinton. James Madison was re-elected. -
War of 1812
The United States had issues a series of acts that discouraged economic activity between the United Kingdom, France and itself in order to remain neutral during the Napoleon Wars. The United Kingdom was upset at the policy that the United States had instituted, then declared the United States, in conjunction with the Native Americans. This would later drive a demand to increase the United States defense, and would influence diplomatic policy with the United States, with a skew towards warfare. -
Election of 1824
the 10th quadrennial presidential election. Between John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson, John Adams was elected. -
Election of 1828
A rematch between the two candidates, previous John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson came into office. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Indians in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands -
Nullification Act of 1832
President Andrew Jackson issued a proclamation to the people of South Carolina that disputed a states' right to nullify a federal law. Jackson's proclamation was written in response to an ordinance issued by a South Carolina convention that declared that the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 "are unauthorized by the constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State." After Jackson issued his proclamation, Con -
Texas Independence
Started as a conflict between Mexico and Texas governments, the two went into somewhat of a war. The final battle established the republic of Texas. -
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Mexican-American War
A war that started over the border lines between America and Mexico. America won, gaining more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
This treaty brought the official end to Mexican-American war. The treaty stated that Mexico would cede New Mexico, California, and other southern states. This also decided that Rio Grande was the southern boundary between Mexico and the United states. -
Dawes Act
The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society. Individual ownership of land was seen as an essential step. The act also provided that the government would purchase Indian land "excess" to that needed for allotment and open it up for settlement by non-Indians.adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The last battle of the American- Indian wars. The 7th Cavalry Regiment went to the camp to disarm the Lakota. A deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it. Confusion stirred and the American troop fired on the Lakota tribe. at least 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota Sioux had been killed and 51 wounded (4 men, 47 women and children, some of whom died later); some estimates placed the number of dead at 300. -
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Spanish-American war
The war ended by signing the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. Resulting Spain losing its control over the remains of its overseas empire: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands. -
Founding of NAACP
The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. -
Red Summer
In the most commonly known cities such as Chicago, Washington D.C., and Elaine Arkansas there were race riots occuring throughout the summer and fall of 1919. It was mainly whites attacking blacks, from tensions of the war. -
First Red Scare
Concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and alleged spread in the American labor movement fueled the paranoia that defined the period. -
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Harlem Renaissance
During the "New Negro Movement". -
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Fall of China to Communism
hinese communism has had a remarkable continuity of leadership. Mao Zedong (W-G: Mao tse-Tung, 1893-1976) and his colleagues were party members in the 1920s.He then went on to mold communist China and ruled it - in his last years at least in name - until his death in September 1976. -
Election of 1932
As the 37th election, the majority voted democratic only two states were voting republic. Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election. -
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New Deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is, Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repe -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the final stages of World War 2, United States conducted atomic bombing to these areas in Japan. These two events represent the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. Considered as the start of the Cold War, and the start of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion. -
Creation of NATO 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO is an military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
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Korean War
A war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. Following the surrender of the Empire of Japan in September 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel, with U.S. military occupying the southern half and Soviet military forces occupying the northern half -
Election of 1952
the 42nd quadrennial presidential election. Between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. Dwight D. Eisenhower won.
