Emma Kleinsek´s History Timeline

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Teotihuaca (C)

People in the Valley of Mexico had built the city of Teotihuaca, 300 years later it was one of the greatest cities in the world.
500

Germanic people topple Romans (C)

Germanic people from the north toppled the west half of the Roman Empire.
Oct 8, 700

Hopewell People (BC-C)

In about 700 BC Hopewell people built in the hills and might have been invaded.
Oct 6, 750

Teotihuaca Collapses (C)

In about 750 Teotihuaca collapses evidence points to a violent end with rulers being murdered and temples burned.
Oct 14, 1000

The spread of Islam

Islam quickly sread southward in Africa.
Oct 16, 1000

West Europe regain strength

West Europe starts regaining strengthafter chaos of collapsing trade and savages invade.
Oct 14, 1076

Ghana

An army of Muslims from northwestern Africa conquered Ghana, and it's capital, Kumbi.
Oct 16, 1096

Crusades Begins

Crusades were a series of wars to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Oct 14, 1200

Ghana ceased

End of 1200s empire of Ghana ceased to exist.
Dec 11, 1215

Magna Carta

The rights of Englishmen were first written down in the Magna Carta (Great Charter).
Dec 11, 1215

Magna Carta

The rights of Englishmen were first written down in the Magna Carta ((Freat Charter).
Oct 8, 1300

Hohokam and Anasazi Cultures

In about 1300 AD both the Hohokam and Anasazi cultures went into decline.
Oct 14, 1312

Mansa Musa

Mali's most famous ruler, Mansa Musa came to power.
Oct 14, 1324

Mansa Musa pilgrimage to Mecca

Mansa Musa goes to Mecca , the loy city of Islam in Arabia.
Oct 6, 1325

Valley of Mexico people

In about 1325 people from the Valley of Mexico settle in a snake invested island, in Lake Texcoco and make the city of Tenachtitlan.
Oct 14, 1337

Mansa Musa dies

When Mansa Musa died iin 1337, Mali was a powerful empire, then they started to decline.
Oct 16, 1440

Portuguese Exploration

Portuguese voyagers had reached the mouth of the Senegal River.
Oct 16, 1454

Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg perfected a press that uses movabe metal type.
Oct 14, 1465

Sunghai

Sunghai had been a part of Mali, in 1465 Mali was lead by Sunni Ali, Sunghai took control of Mali.
Oct 16, 1473

Portuguese across Equator

Porguese first sailed across the Equator.
Oct 16, 1482

Portuguese build fort

Portuguese builds fort on the west coast of Africa.
Oct 16, 1484

Colombus' Idea

Colombus approached the king of Portugal with the idea that the ocean isn't as wide as people thought, and if you sailed across long enoughyou will end up in Asia.
Oct 16, 1487

Bartolomeu Dias

Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the tip of Africa.
Aug 3, 1492

Finding America

Colombus was going to give up on Spain and offer his service to France. Then Spain defeated the Moors and achieved the dream of an entire christian Spain, and Queen Isabella was ready to sponsor Colombus' dream. So he set of and the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria let at dawn.
Oct 8, 1492

Southeast Indians

In 1492 the Southeast Indians lived in a region of abundants rain. This was the region of the Mississippian culture. In 1492 that culture was declined.
Oct 8, 1492

Christopher Colombus

In 1492 three ships led by Christopher Colombus landed in the Americas.
Oct 10, 1492

Request to go back to Spain

10 weeks after departure, the crew wasn't comfortable with the living conditions. Colombus' crew requested to turn back. Then Colombus convinced them to sail three more days.
Oct 12, 1492

Sighting Land

Pinta sighted land (might have been the Bahamas). Colombus named it San Salvador.
Oct 14, 1492

Sunni Ali dies

Sunni Ali dies.
Oct 20, 1493

Line of Demarcation

The Pope established a Line of Demarcation, an imaginary line running north to south, dividing the world in half. Portugual could claim all non-Christian lands to the east, and Spain could claim such lands to the west.
Oct 20, 1494

Treaty of Tordesilla

The Treaty of Tordesilla positioned the Line of Demarcation.
Oct 16, 1495

Askia's pilgramage to Mecca

Songhai's new leader, Askia, goes on his pilgramage from 1495-1497, he was said to compete with Mansa Musa's pilgramage to Mecca.
Oct 16, 1497

Vasco Da Gama

Vasco Da Gama sets out following Dias' route around the Cape of Good Hope and found India.
Nov 5, 1497

Giovanni Coboto

Giovanni Coboto set out from England and with a crew of 18 men crossed the Atlantic Ocean in two months and reached the north east coast of North America.
Nov 5, 1498

Coboto sailed west for England

Coboto sailed east for England and he was never seen again.
Oct 6, 1500

Olmec people (BC)

In about 1500 bc Olmec people introduced traditions and skills that would influence Meso America for centuries.
Oct 8, 1500

League of the Iroquois

Five groups of the northern Iroquois, the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca joined together in a league.
Oct 16, 1500

Christianity in Africa

Portuguese brought hristianity to West Africa in the 1500s.
Oct 20, 1501

Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci explored South America's coast for Portugal. He said, "I have found a continent more densely populated and abounding in animals than our Europe, Asia, and Africa. We may rightly call this new continent the New World.
Oct 23, 1504

Hernan Cortes

Hernan Cortes left Spain for Hispanola. He there became a rich and respectful colonist.
Oct 17, 1506

Colombus dies

Colombus died.
Oct 23, 1506

Colombus's Death

Colombus died.
Oct 23, 1508

Juan Ponce de Leon

Juan Ponce de Leo led the first exploration to Puerto Rico. He found gold.
Oct 23, 1509

Jamaica Invaded

Spnish conquistados invaded Jamaica.
Oct 23, 1511

Diego Velaquez

Diego Velazquez conquered Cuba. Velazquez terrorized and massacred the Arawak.
Oct 20, 1513

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Balboa went to the new Spanish settlement, at the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama. There he heard of a reports that their was another ocean. He then organized a large expidition to find it.
Oct 28, 1513

Juan Ponce de Leon finds Florida

Juan Ponce de Leon, conqueror of Puerto Rico, sailed north from Puerto Rico. He then found land that he named Florida, which means flower covered.
Oct 23, 1514

Las Casas

Las Casas, after settling in cub he became a priest. He thought how can you serve God, and enslave Indians? So he freed his Indians and gave up his land grant. He tried to conine others to do the same.
Oct 6, 1517

Johann Tetzel

Johann Tetzel, a Roman Catholic Monk, was selling forgiveness from sins.
Oct 20, 1518

Ferdinand Magellan

The king of Spain was introduced to Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed with Portuguese to India and the Spice Islands. Magellan offered his services to the king, that he would find a water passage around the Americas by sailing south.
Oct 23, 1518

Cortes' Expidition

Ann expedition came from Cuba with gold taken from the Idians on Yucantan. Cortes organized an expedition to explore the mainland.
Aug 23, 1519

Cortes sets out for Tenochtitlan

Cortes dets out for Tenochtitlan. Along the way he met Indian groups who became his allies.
Sep 20, 1519

The Straight of Magellan

Magellan left Spain, and sailed to South America. The expedition spent the winter on the South tip of South America. In the spring when they set out again Magellan found what he was looking for, a straight between the two oceans.
Oct 23, 1519

Cortes scares away the Maya army

Cortes landed on the coast of Yucantan. He was challenges by a Maya army of 12,000 soldiers. He then sent his small cavalry onto the field. Armored men on horses with weapons scared away the Maya army.
May 23, 1521

Cortes attacks the Aztecs

Cortes launched a full scale attack on the Aztec. Then the small pox came to Mexico, weakning the Aztec.
Oct 28, 1521

Ponce de Leon's return to Florida

After hearing news of gold in Mexico, Ponce de Leon returned to Florida. 200 men landed on the west coast. The Indians resisted the Spanish, and in battle Ponce de Leon was killed by an arrow.
Oct 20, 1522

Victoria comes home

One of the ships that left with Magellan was the Victoria. After three years of circling the globe it finally came back to Spain.
Oct 21, 1522

Victoria

Three years after leavng Spain and circling the globe, the Victoria came back home.
Nov 5, 1524

Giovanni da Verrazano

Verranzano sailed westward for a north west passage. He followed the Atlantic Coast northward from nowday North Carolina. He was the first European to visit the New York Bay.
Oct 23, 1526

King Afonso's Protest

King Afonso, ruler of the Kongo kingdom, protested the African slave trade in a letter to the king of Portugal. One quote from that letter was, "Everyday there slave merchants take our people to be sold as slaves. So great this corruption and evil, that our country is becoming completely depopulated."
Oct 28, 1527

Panfilo de Narvaez sails for Rio Grande

Narvarez sets out for Rio Grande, but heavy winds came and blew the ships off track and they ended up in Tampa Bay.
Apr 28, 1528

Panfilo de Narvaez Drowns

Narvaez splits up his group, half sail to Rio Grande, and the other half go by land. Narvaez went with the land group, but it didn't go so well. The land group wanted to go back to Mexico and ended up making five boats for 245 men, using anything they could find, like using their shirts as sails. On the way back to Mexico Narvaez drowned.
Nov 28, 1528

Narvaez Survivors

80 survivors landed in Texas, and were then slaved by Indians.
Oct 23, 1531

Fransisco Pizarro and Atahualpo

Fransisco Pizarro set sail for Peru and crossed the mountains to contact the ruler of the Ica empire of Peru, Atahualpo. The ruler came and was gauranteed full safety from Pizarro himself. The ruler came with 6,000 servants, and Pizarro and his army slaughtered all of them. Pizarro took Atahualpo prisoner. Atahualpo offered lots of gold and silver for a ransom. When Pizarro recieved the treasure he had Atahualpo killed.
Oct 23, 1535

Pizarro finds Lima

Francisco Pizarro found a new capital, Lima.
Oct 28, 1536

Four of Narvaez Survivors Escape

Four survivors escaped the Indians and reached a Spanish outpost and were welcomed heroes.
Oct 28, 1539

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

De Coronado hoping to find Cibola, a city full of gold, led an expidition that would go in the interior of the now United States. Before exploring the interior, Coronado sent a small scouting party on the tral north.
Oct 29, 1539

Hernando de Soto landed at Tampa Bay

De Soto landed at Tampa Bay with 600 men, looking for gold, he wandered through the south west for three years. He was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
Feb 29, 1540

Coronado leaves for the north

Corornado was ready to head north (interior of the now day United States). He left from the west coast of Mexico. He had 300 soldiers, hundreds of servants, 500 sheeps, 500 cattle, 600 mules, and 552 horses.
Oct 23, 1542

Las Casas's Influence

The Pope was convinced by Las Casas about the bad treatment of the Indians. The Pope forced the King of Spain to make stricter rules on this issue, but it was too late. Most Indians were gone, due to cruel treatment and disease.
Oct 29, 1542

De Soto's Death

De Soto died of a fever along the lower Mississippi River. His men buried him and made rafts, and floated down the river to the Gulf.
Oct 29, 1542

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed to San Diego Bay

Cabrillo set sail from Navidad, Mexico to San Diego Bay. He there camped on Catalina Island and he died there from a fall.
Nov 7, 1547

Death of King Henry VIII (England)

After Kind Henry VIII death, Spain planned to return England to catholicism (King Henry VIII turned the whole country Protestant). Then Queen Elizabeth the First vowed to keep England Protestant.
Oct 23, 1559

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Nov 6, 1564

The establishment of Fort Caroline

A group of French colonists established Fort Caroline near present day Jackson, Florida.
Oct 7, 1565

Fort Caroline vs. Menendez

France went to Fort Caroline and a warship from Spain came. Pedro Menendez the commander asked if they were catholics or lutherans and the French said lutherans. Then Menendez said he was instructed to behead all lutherans, by the king. The French quickly moved out to sea, and Menendez gave up the chase. Then a very violent storm came and Menendez saw his choice and destroyed the fort, killed 142 men, but spared 50 women and children.
Nov 7, 1567

Francis Drake

Francis Drake and his ship were attacked by Spanish men, who were pretending to be friendly.
Nov 7, 1578

Drake sails the World

Francis Drake sailed through the Straight of Magellan and up the coast of Peru.n He then sailed west across the Pacific Ocean and then to Europe and became the first Englishman to circle the globe.
Oct 23, 1580

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Nov 7, 1581

Francis Drake becomes Knighted

Queen Elizabeth kinghted Drake for his daring attacks against the Spanish.
Nov 7, 1585

England's first Colony

England's first colony began with the help of Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh claimed the land in between the 34 and 45 lines of parrell, nowday North Carolina to Maine, naming it Virginia. The colony was atRoanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina.
Nov 7, 1587

John White goes back to England

In the summer of 1587, Roanoke needed supplies, and colonists believed white should make the trip back to England for supplies and he finally agreed to go back and he left in the summer.
Nov 7, 1587

John White

In the spring of 1587, John White set sail with his daughter, son-in-law, and more than 100 men, women and children coming to Roanoke Island. They came to invest money in the colony, and get 500 acres of land.
Nov 7, 1588

White Fights for England

White was going to go back to Roanoke with supplies, but every sailor was needed in England to fight the Spanish Armada.
Nov 7, 1588

Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada, a giant fleet of warship, sailed to England to fight against the attacks, and lost to the British.+
Oct 16, 1591

Morroccans Invade

The Morroccans of North Africa invade Songhai and eventually destroy the Songhai Empire.
Nov 7, 1591

Roanoke Gone

White finally came back to Roanoke but was shocked that he found no one there. The only clue was "CROATOAN" carved on a door. White assumed the settlers went with the Croatoan Indians, and he went to go find them but storms kept him from reaching the Croatoan and forced him to go back to England.
Oct 23, 1597

The End of Asian Slave Trade

The Asian Slave Trade, which was already small, ended with a royal ban.
Nov 6, 1600

Samuel de Champian

Champlain explored the Atlantic Coast from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River to nowday Massachusetts.
Dec 22, 1606

The London Investors

The London investors began an expidition. They bought three ships and hired captains. The ships left in December 1606.
Apr 25, 1607

Finding of Chesapeake Bay

The three boats the expidition the London investors created, entered the calm waters of a great bay. They named it Chesapeake Bay.
Dec 1, 1607

Virginia was Established

Virginia was found.
Nov 6, 1608

Champlain finds Quebec

Champlain founded a fur trading post he named "Quebec". It was the first permenant French sttlement in North America.
Oct 29, 1609

Finding of Santa Fe

Spanish colonists of San Juan found a new town, Santa Fe. It became a rushing outpost of the rich colony of New Spain.
Nov 6, 1609

Henry Hudson

The Dutch hire Henry Hudson to find a route to China. Hudson sailed west to North America. He came upon the nowday Hudson River, and sailed back to Europe.
Nov 22, 1609

Separatists Move

Seperatists, the Pilgrim religious group, moved from England to the city of Leiden in Holland, because Holland had the most religious tolerance in Europe.
Nov 6, 1610

Henry Hudson's second trip to North America

Hudson sailed back to North America. He ended up in Canada, and he reached the nowday Hudson River. All summer he looked ofr a northwest passage to asia. He camped all winter, and by spring him and his crew had just a little bit of food left. The crew forced Henry Hudson, his son, and some of his most loyal sailors into a small boat and was set adrift. Hudson was never heard from again.
Nov 25, 1619

Jamestown's introduction to Servants

Dutch ships brought 20 Africans to Jamestown, where they became servants.
Nov 25, 1621

The First Thanksgiving

In the fall of 1621, the Plymouth settlement celebrated the blessings of a good harvest by holding a three day celebration, the first Thanksgiving.
Dec 13, 1621

Anthony Johnson

Anthony Johnson, an African, arrived in Virginia and was sold to the highest bidder.
Dec 1, 1622

Powhatan Indians versus Virginia

Because the two groups were arguing over land, the Powhatan Indians killed one-third of Virginia's colonists before they were destroyed.
Dec 1, 1626

New Amsterdam Established

New Amsterdam was founded and had included African indentured servants.
Nov 25, 1628

Thomas Mortan

The colonsits of Plymouth sent a cargo full of furs and lumber to England, sent by Thomas Mortan.
Nov 25, 1629

Massachusetts Bay Company settles in New England.

The Massachusetts Bay Company had been given a royal charter to settle land in New England.
Mar 26, 1630

More People come to New England

A fleet of 11 ships carried 700 pssangers, 240 cows, and 60 horses. The fleet more than doubled the white populaton of New England.
Dec 1, 1632

Virginia's Cash Crop

In Virginia tobacco sales had soared.
Dec 1, 1634

Maryland Established

Maryland was established by Lord Baltimore as a refuge for Catholics fleeing persectution in England.
Nov 26, 1636

Harvard College

Harvard College was founded.
Nov 26, 1636

Thomas Hooker

Thomas Hooker and his congregation moved to Connecticut Valley.
Nov 26, 1636

Roger Williams

The Puritian Legislature, called the General Court, ordered Roger Williams shipped back to England. He left and went to Narragansett Bay with a small group of followers, he found a colony on the way back, that would become Rhode Island.
Nov 26, 1638

Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson challenged the religious leaders in Massachusetts, and was banishe from the colony. She then left for Rhode Island called "Rogue Island" by people in Massachusetts.
Dec 8, 1640

Beavers are Gone

All the beavers in the Hudson Valley had been trapped.
Dec 1, 1642

Civil War in England

The Civil War started in England against the Puritans. Because of the war, colonization in the New World stopped for England.
Dec 13, 1642

William Berkeley

Governor of Virginia was William Berkeley.
May 1, 1647

Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch ships arrvied in New Amsterdam with a new governor, Peter Stuyvesant.
Dec 1, 1649

Charles I Killed

Puritans win the English Civil War and then beheaded Charles I.
Dec 13, 1651

Navigatiion Act

England's policy was spelled out in new laws called Navigation Acts.
Dec 1, 1654

23 Jewish settlers come to New Amsterdam

Stuyvesant wasn't happy when 23 Jewish sttlers arrived. He let them stay and wrote to the Dutch West India Company asking what he should do. They said the Jews were to have the same rights as anyone else in New Netherland.
Dec 1, 1655

Stuyvesant and New Sweden

Stuyvesant wanted to expand New Netherland, and attacked New Sweden.
Dec 1, 1660

Charles II

Charles II reclaimed his father's throne and colonization in the New World starts up again.
Dec 3, 1663

England Gains Carolina

Charles II granted the request of land between Spanish Florida and Virginia, called "Carolina", the feminine form of Charles.
Aug 3, 1664

Charles II and Duke of York's Mission

Charles II wanted the Dutch gone. His brother, Duke of York, appeared in New Amsterdam, and the colony surrendereed without a fight.
Dec 3, 1668

Robert La Salle

In the winter of 1668, La Salle was the first French man to head south. La Salle took noted as the Seneca told him about their homeland, a great river called Ohio ran through this land they said.
Dec 3, 1670

First Settlement in Carolina

First settlers in Carolina built Charles Town, now day Charleston.
Dec 8, 1670

Million pounds of Beaver skin

The Iroquis trapprs were hauling to the trading post at Albany a million pounds of beaver skin a year.
Dec 13, 1670

Percentage of Race

6% of southerners were black.
Dec 3, 1673

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

Jacques Marquette, a missionary priest and fur trader, Louis Joliet set out to find the "great water" that emptied into an even bigger one, the Mississippi River.
Dec 1, 1675

King Phillip's War

The Puritan colonies went to war with the New England Indians over land. It was called "King Phillip's War".
Dec 13, 1676

Virginia's Challenge

The first major challenge to Englishmen authorityy came from Virginia.
Dec 3, 1677

La Salle Exploration

Louis XIV, King of France, granted La Salle's request of permission to explore the Mississippi for porposes of colonization.
Dec 3, 1679

La Salle crosses the Great Lakes

La Salle crosses the Great Lakes by boat.
Oct 29, 1680

Spanish leave Santa Fe for El Paso

Pueblo warriors circled Santa Fe, demanding the Spanish to leave. The Pueblos cut of the water supply snd the Spanish left to El Paso.
Dec 3, 1681

La Salle reaches the Gulf of Mexico

La Salle, the Indians, and the French colonists reached the Gulf of Mexico. At the mouth of the Mississippi River, La Salle claimed, "this country of Louisiana...in the name of the most high mighty.. Louis the Great, by grace of God, King of France."
Dec 3, 1681

La Salle Heads South

La Salle set out with 23 French colonists and 31 Indians. From Lake Michigan they portaged-carrying boats over land- to the Illinois River by dragging their canoes on sleds across the snow.
Dec 3, 1682

Duke of York Finds Another Colony

The Duke of York founded Pennsylvania.
Dec 4, 1684

La Salle establishes a hold

La Salle set out from France to establish a hold on the Mississippi River.
Dec 3, 1685

French Protestants Eliminated from France

The King of France began persecuting the French Protestants known as Huguenots.
Dec 4, 1687

La Salle Killed

La Salle set out with a small party by land to find the Mississippi. After he found out he over shot the mark, they ran out of food and had lost all but one ship. A group of his followers rebelled and killed La Salle north of the Brazos River in Texas.
Dec 8, 1687

France vs. the Iroquois

France began to wage war on the League (Iroquois).
Dec 13, 1688

King's Plan for Catholism

The king was making plans to return England to catholism.
Dec 17, 1688

Germantown, Philadelphia

In Germantown, Philadelphia a group of Quakers used the bibical golden rule to condemn slavery and the slave trade.
Dec 8, 1689

King William's War

1689-1697 The Iroquois defended the English frontier against the French and their Indian allies.
Dec 13, 1689

Bill of Rights

New rulers were forced to accept a bill of rights passed by parliment.
Nov 26, 1691

New Governor of Massachusetts

The crown forced a new character on Massachusetts. The governor was choosen by the Crown, rather than elected by the church.
Oct 29, 1692

Spanish come back to Santa Fe

Spanish retook Santa Fe from the Pueblo warriors.
Dec 13, 1692

Witchcraft Panic

A believer in witchcraft, Mather, helped cause a panic in Massachusetts.
Oct 29, 1697

Finding of Palmares

Some African slaves escaped to the jungle and found Palmares. Attacked by the Portuguese, Palmares was undeafeted until 1697.
Dec 4, 1699

Approvement of Settlement for the French

The French king approved of settlement on the lower Mississippi River.
Dec 13, 1700

Only Few Freed Blacks Left

Small committies of free blacks remained, but by 1700 slavery was strongly rooted in Southern Society.
Dec 13, 1700

20% Different Race

More than 20% of southerners were black.
Dec 13, 1700

Shipbuilding and Fishing

Shipbuilding and fishing had made Boston the largest and richest of the American colonial towns.
Dec 8, 1702

Queen Anne's War

1702-1713 Queen Anne's War
Dec 17, 1707

United Kingdom

England and Scotland merged to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Dec 4, 1710

The "Four Kings"

In the spring of 1710, the "Four Kings", were Mohawk Indians from America. Their leader was Tiyanoga, known to the english as King Hendrick. They came to London because they had become part of the rivalry between France and England.
Dec 13, 1712

Christopher Hussey

Christopher Hussey was caught in a storm and driven far out into the Atlantic.
Dec 4, 1718

Jean Baptiste de Bienville

Bienville began exploring the Mississippi Delta. He found an English ship full of colonists and they asked "is this the Mississippi River?" "No" Bienville lied. The English turned back. Bienville would oversee the building of more French settlements in southern Louisiana, including New Orleans.
Dec 13, 1718

Blackbeard

Off the Carolina coast, Blackbeard was captured and beheaded.
Dec 17, 1720

Shipyards in Philadelphia

Philadelphia had a dozen large shipyards.
Dec 4, 1722

Tuscarora Joins the League of the Iroquois

Tuscarora joined the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca in the League of Iroquois.
Dec 3, 1729

The Crown takes over Carolina

The Crown of England takes over Carolina from it's property owners.
Dec 13, 1730

William Cosby

In the 1730s New Yorks's governor was William Cosby.
Dec 3, 1732

Georgia

Georgia was found.
Dec 13, 1735

Andrew Hamilton

One of the best lawyers America, Andrew Hamilton of Philidalphia defended Jhon Peter Zenger in his trial.
Dec 13, 1736

A poem for Freedom

A poem printed in 1736 called for equal laws, "more freedom give to womenkind, or give to mankind less."
Dec 17, 1740

More Religion in New England

In 1720 there were only about 25% of New Englanders belonging to a church. In 1740 areligious movement "roared through the colonies like a sheet of flame."
Dec 13, 1743

Eliza Lucas' Dyes

Eliza Lucas' dye (indigo) was judged to be of the best quality.
Dec 8, 1744

King George's War

1744-1748 King George's War
Dec 3, 1750

James Oglethrope

James Oglethrope, founder of Georgia, set rules in Georgia like the amount of land each settler can have, outlawed trade with Indians, banned slavery, and alcohol. In 1750 the sttlers overturned the rules.
Dec 8, 1750

French and english Colonist Population

French colonists numbered 80,000 compared to the one million English colonists.
Dec 17, 1750

Philadelphia's Region Shipbuilding

The region led the colonies in shipbuilding.
Dec 10, 1753

French Refused to leave the Ohio Valley

George Washington had carried a message from Virginia's governor to the French saying they were on soil claimed by Virginia, and requested their "peaceful departure," the French refused.
Apr 10, 1754

George Washington

A 22 year old Virginian, gave a command to 132 soldiers to follow him out of Alexandra, Virginia. Their orders were to drive the French from the upper Ohio Valley, the young man was named George Washington.
Dec 8, 1754

French and english taking over Iroquois Territory

The French and the English were both building forts on the Iroquois' territory, but no one knew exactly where the boundaries were, so they had a meeting at Albany with the League of Iroquois.
Dec 10, 1755

Fort Carillon

The French began to build Fort Carillon.
Dec 10, 1755

Edward Braddock

General Edward Braddock tried to drive the French from the Ohio Valley, and ended up unsuccessful, and was shot and died.
Dec 10, 1756

Seven Year War

1756-1763, the Seven Years' War took place. Britain and France fought each other in Europe and in India as well as North America.
Dec 8, 1757

William Pitt

William Pitt became Britain's secretary of state and the virtual prime minister.
Dec 8, 1758

Louisbourg

The British captured the important French fort, Louisbourg, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.
Dec 10, 1758

James Abercromby

During the French and Indian war, Britain's James Abercromby attacked Fort Carillon with 12,000 men, but 3,000 French men threw back the British.
Dec 8, 1759

Battle of Quebec

The British under James Wolfe, sailed up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec, the head and heart of New France. 18,000 British soldiers faced the 14,000 French soldiers. For three months Wolfe sailed up and down the St. Lawrence River, and the French followed him on land. Finally a British soldier found a hidden path up to the plateau Quebec was mounted on. One September night, 4,000 British soldiers single filed up the path. The English won the Battle of Quebec.
Dec 10, 1759

Fort Ticonderoga

The British attacked Fort Carillon again, and the French withdrew and the British took the fort over, naming it "Fort Ticonderoga".
Dec 8, 1763

Seven Year War

The Seven Year War ended with the Treaty of Paris.
Feb 10, 1769

A Mission was Found

A mission was found in San Diego.
Jan 13, 1773

Intolerable Acts of 1774

Sam Adams had written, "I wish we could arouse the continent." The Intolerable Acts of 1774 granted his wish.
Jan 10, 1774

King George Masters the Colonies

King George took the first choice, mastering the colonies.
Jan 16, 1774

Restriction of Slave Trade

Rhode Island and Connecticut had restricted the slave trade in 1774.
Oct 13, 1774

Committees of Correspondence Meet

Delegates from the Committees of Correspondence gathereed in Philadelphia.
Jan 14, 1775

Attack on Ticonderoga

A band of rowdy back woodsmen stormed Britain's fort, Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain.
Jan 15, 1775

Kentucky Gets More Settlers

Kentucky had 100 white settlers.
Jan 16, 1775

No one Settles North of the Ohio River

Thousands of pioneers settled south of the Ohio, in Kentucky, but few had moved north of the Ohio River.
Mar 14, 1775

Patrick Henry's Famous Speech

Patrick Henry delivered his most famous speech: "Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! OUr brethren are alreasy in the field! Why stand we here idle? ... I know not what what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Apr 14, 1775

Minutemen go to Headquarters

After the battles of Lexington and Concord, thousands of militiamen began gathering at Patriot headquarters near Boston.
Apr 18, 1775

General Gage

General Gage ordered his troops to Concord to destroy the Minutemen supplies.
Apr 19, 1775

Revolutionary War

The Revolutionary War began.
May 14, 1775

Second Continental Congress meets

The Second COntinental Congress met in Philadelphia.
Jun 14, 1775

George Washington went to Massachusetts

George Washington and his officers left on horseback for Massachusetts,
Jul 14, 1775

Olive Branch Petition

Congress set off to London, the Olive Branch Petition.
Dec 10, 1775

American Revolution

The American Revolution Began.
Jan 15, 1776

13 Colonies turn into States

1776-1780 during the Revolutionary War each of the 13 colonies turned into a state.
Jan 15, 1776

Continental Congress Works on a Plan

The Continental Congress had begun to work on a plan for a national government that would be a republic.
Jan 21, 1776

Common Sense, the 46 Paged Pamphlet

A 46 page pamphlet jolted Americans out of their uncertainty, Common Sense was that pamphlet.
Jan 22, 1776

Declaration of Independence Signed

The Decl;aration of INdependence had been signed.
Feb 4, 1776

"Wealth of Nations"

A Scottish economist, Adam Smith, publsihed his book, "Wealth of Nations".
Mar 21, 1776

George Washington's Guess

George Washington guessed that the British would reappear in New York City.
Mar 21, 1776

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, marched the British watched the British go, 170 ships carrying 9,000 soldiers.
Jun 22, 1776

Richard Henry Lee Presents Ideas to the Continental Congress

Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented the Continental Congress with several resolutions or proposals to be voted on.
Jul 1, 1776

Ricard Henry Lee is Debated

Continental Congress debates Lee's resolutions.
Jul 4, 1776

Congress approves Declaration of Independence

Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence

On July 4 1776, the Declaration of Independence was made, breaking us away from the British. July 4 is now a national holiday to remember this.
Jul 21, 1776

General William Howes Makes his Move

Birtain's General William Howe finally made his move.
Dec 25, 1776

Patriots Row Across Delaware River

On Christmas Day. the Patriot troops rowed across the icy Delaware River to the New Jersey shore.
Jan 16, 1777

William Howe

With winters inactivly behind him, Howe set out to take Philadelphia.
Jan 16, 1777

Valley Forge

In the winter of 1777-1778, driven from Philadelphia by William Howe, Washington and his army spent the winter at Valley Forge.
Jan 16, 1777

Marquis de Lafayette

In the summer of 1777, Marquis de Lafayette had volunteered with Washington's men.
Jan 17, 1777

Britain Moves Warships

Britain had more than 100 warships off the American Coast.
Jan 22, 1777

Vermont, Slavery Free

Vermont banned slavery in it's constitution.
Jan 16, 1778

An American-French Alliance

France recognized America's independence and forged an alliance with the new nation.
Jan 17, 1778

Von Steuben

In sprign 1778, Von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge.
Jan 17, 1778

George Rodgers Clark

George Rodgers Clark traveled down the Ohio Rievr with 175 Virginians.
Nov 20, 1778

Britsih Caapture Part of Georgia

Biritish forces sailed from New York and captured the port of Savannah, Georgia.
Jan 15, 1779

States aprrove Articles

12 states had ratiied (approved) the Articles.
Jan 16, 1779

General Bernando de Galvez

1779-1780 General Bernando de Galvez, the spanish governor of Louisiana. captured the British strongholds of Natchez ans Batron Kouge in the the lower Mississippi Valley.
Jan 17, 1779

John Paul Jonne's Three Vessels

Patrolling along the east coast of England, Jone's three vessels approached a convoy of trading ships guarded by two ships guarded by two British warships.
Jan 20, 1779

Captain John Paul Jone's Three Vessels

Patrolling along the east coast of England, Jone's three vessels approached a convoy of trading ships guarded by two British warships.
Feb 17, 1779

Clark and Crew Leave Kaskaskia

Clark and his men set out from Kaskaskia.
Jan 15, 1780

Nathaneal Greene

Washington put a new general, Nathaneal Greene, in charge of the southern army.
Jan 16, 1780

Kentucky's Population Increases

The numbers of settlers in Kentucky increased to about 20,000.
Jan 16, 1780

Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold turned traitor, and joined the British.
Jan 20, 1780

British Capture Charleston Port

The British capturerd a second major port, Charleston , South Carolina.
Feb 12, 1780

Idea of Putting a Steam engine on a boat

The idea of putting a steam engine on a boat had been around since the 1780s.
Aug 15, 1780

Baron de Kalb's troop

Facing veteran British troops at Camden, Baron de Kalb's force of Americans paniced and ran.
Oct 15, 1780

Battle of Kings Mountain

At the Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on the borders between the Caarolinas, a Patriot force of frontier guerrillas slaughtered most of a British Force of over a thousand men.
Jan 16, 1781

Bernardo Captures More

From the lower Mississippi Valley, Bernardo wwent on to take Mobile, and Pensacola in west Florida.
Jan 22, 1781

Paper Money Banned

Lawmakers banned paper money, forcing people to pay debt and taxes in gold and silver.
Mar 15, 1781

Maryland Approves the Articles

7 months before the victory of Yorktown, Maryland ratified the Articles of Confederation.
Oct 19, 1781

Cornwallis Surrendered

Cornwallis surrendered his army of 8,000.
Jan 15, 1782

Americans and Britis try Peace Treaty

American negotiators began meeting with British officials to work out a peace treaty.
Jan 15, 1783

Treaty of Paris

The Treaty of Paris was established.
Feb 4, 1783

John Jay Appointed as Chief Justice

George Washington appointed John Jay, the lawyer who had negotiated the Treaty of Paris, as Chief Justice.
Feb 5, 1783

Land Between Apalacian Mountains and Mississippi

Under tjhe Treaty of Paris, most of the land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi, belonged to the United States.
Jun 22, 1783

Soldiers Surround Congress

Several hundreds of soldiers surrounded the state house in Philadelphia, whee members of Congress were meeting.
Nov 19, 1783

After Lexington and Concord Battles

Over 8 years after the battles of Lexingtyon and Concord, the last British troops sailed from New York City.
Jan 16, 1785

Congress passes an Ordinance

Congress passed an Orinance calling for the land to be serveyed.
Jan 22, 1786

Daniel Shays' Rebellion

Daniel Shays and several hundred followers marched to Springfield, Illinoiw, in the western part of the state.
Jan 16, 1787

Ordinance of the Northwest

The Northwest territory passed the Northwest Ordinance.
Jan 22, 1787

Agreement with Edmund Randolph

Few delegates disagreed with Edmund Randulph that the nation was in danger.
Jan 22, 1787

Government Relying on People

In 1776 many of the delegates had thought that the government had to rely on the goodness of people, but in 1787, events had changed their mind.
May 22, 1787

Review the Articles of Confederation

The convention to review the articles of confederation would begin in Philadelphia.
Sep 17, 1787

Signing of the Constitution

The delgates gathered one last time, and of the 42, 39 signed the U.S. Constitution.
Oct 2, 1787

The Constitution

In 1787 the Constitution was made, statrting with the famous line, "We the People..."
Feb 4, 1789

United States in Debt

The United States owed more than 52 million dollars.
Feb 6, 1789

Beginning of French Revolution

The french people had launched their own revolution, demanding liberty and equality.
Feb 5, 1790

Alexander Hamilton Finacial Plan

Alexander Hamilton presented a financial plan to Congress.
Feb 12, 1790

Samuel Slater's Mill

Samuel Slater built a small spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Jan 22, 1791

Bill of Rights

Congrss made the first 10 additions to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights.
Feb 5, 1791

United State's First Bank

The first bank of the United State shad been established.
Feb 10, 1791

French Revolution Causes Rebellion

The French Revolution causes the colony's slaves to rebell.
Mar 25, 1791

Chartering the Bank of the United States

Alexander Hamilton had convinced Congress to charteer the Bank of the United States for 20 years.
Feb 10, 1792

Captain Robert Grey River Exporation

Captain Robert Gray entered amd explored the mouth of the great river that now devides the states of Washington and Oregon.
Feb 5, 1793

America struggling with Other Countries

Spain, Great Britain and Indian were all struggling with Americans.
Feb 6, 1793

French Revolution Getting Bad

The French Revolution had grown bloody.
Feb 6, 1793

Thomas Jefferson Getting Angry

Jefferson had become fed up with the constant clashes with Hamilton;
Feb 6, 1793

Washington;s Re-Election

George Washington had been re-elected president.
Feb 10, 1793

Alexander Mackenzie Crosses North America

The great explorer Alexander Mackenzie became the first white man to cross North America and reach the Pacific Ocean.
Feb 12, 1793

Samuel Slater's Second Mill

Samuel Slater found investors willing to back construction of a much larger spinning factory. He opened it in 1793.
Apr 13, 1793

The Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney made a cotton gin that picked up the cotton fibers and left the seeds behind.
Jan 22, 1794

Church for African Americans

Richard Allen started a Methodist church for African Americans.
Feb 5, 1794

Anothony Wayne

Learing that the war drums were beating that summer, Washington ordered Anthony Wayne to march toward Fort Miami.
Feb 5, 1794

Tax on Whiskey Problem

George Washington had another problem. The tax on Whiskey, which was part of Alexander Hamilton's plan. It made many frontier farmers angry.
Feb 5, 1794

Leading Soldiers into Battle

In the fall of 1794, George Washington himself, with Hamilton at his side, led an army of 3,000 soldiers into western Pennsylvania.
Feb 6, 1794

Start of America's Navy

George Washington asked Congess to start a navy and to buy a warship.
Feb 6, 1794

Jay's Treaty

John Jay's Treaty was signed.
Feb 11, 1794

Indians Loose their Land

The indian people of the northwest territory had continued to loose their land.
Feb 6, 1795

Pinckney's Treaty

Jay's Treaty was followed by Pinckney's Treaty with Spain. It was negotiated by Thomas Pinckney.
Feb 6, 1796

Washington's Farewell Address

In summer of 1796 George Washington publsihed his Farewell Address, stating he would not run again for president.
Feb 6, 1797

US vs. France

Relations between Fance and United Stated were tense.
Feb 6, 1797

General Election of 1797

when the votes of the Electoral College were counted John Adams recieved 71 to Thomas Jefferson who got 68. Adams became president, and Jefferson the vice resident.
Feb 6, 1798

Passing the Alienand Sedition Acts

To silence Republican critics, the Federalsim Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Feb 6, 1798

Congress Cancels Treaties

Congress canceled all treaties with France.
Feb 6, 1798

Legislatures of Kentucky anf Virginia Passed Resolutions

1798-1799 The Kentucky and Viriginia legislatures passed resolutions (statements) written by Jefferson and Madison.
Feb 12, 1798

Eli Whitney

The US government neede guns for it's army so they hired Eli Whitney to make 10,000 muskets in 2 years.
Feb 6, 1800

The Adam Family Moves to Washington D.C.

The Adams moved to the newly built capital city, Washington D.C.
Feb 6, 1800

Election of 1800

The elcetion of 1800 was a contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Feb 12, 1800

Eli Whitney's Invention

Whitney had spent two years making machines that made parts that were exactly alike.
Apr 25, 1800

North and South USA separate

In the mid 1800s the North and South had seperate economic systems and cultures. Northern cities were growing rapidly as a result of industry and immigration.
Feb 10, 1801

The ruler of Hispaniola

Toussanit L'ouverture ruled the whole island of Hispaniola.
Apr 1, 1801

Second Great Awakening

In Cane Ridge, Kentucky, in August, more than 10,000 people gathered there camping in the woods and met to hear sermons and sing religious songs. It was part of the Second Great Awakening, a revival of religious faith in the 1800s.
Feb 10, 1803

Ohio Enters the Union

Ohio enters the Union.
Feb 10, 1803

Louisiana Purchase

U.S. made the Louisiana Purchase for 15 million dollars.
Feb 10, 1803

Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark set out.
Feb 10, 1803

St. Louis Was an Outpost

St. Louis was just an outpost with 180 houses.
Feb 11, 1803

France bs. Great Britain

France and Britain were at war.
Feb 10, 1804

Aaron Burr duels Alexander Hamilton

Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel and killed him.
Feb 10, 1804

Election of 1804 Results in the 12th Amendment

aaron Burr was running for Vice President as the republican candidate, but got 73 votes, the same as THomas Jefferson who was running for president. This was solved when they amde the 12th amendment, it called for there to be seperate ballots for president and vice president.
Feb 10, 1804

Thomas Jefferson Becomes President

Thomas Jefferson had become the third president.
Feb 10, 1804

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton Duel

Burr challenged Hmilton toa duel, and killed him.
Feb 11, 1804

Jefferson Couldn't Ignore The Attackd

Jefferson could not ignore the French and British attacks, the Americans were getting mad.
Mar 10, 1804

American Flag Raised Over St. Louis

American Flag was raised over St. Louis.
May 10, 1804

Lewis and Clark's exidition was on it's way

Lewis and Clark's Expiditon was on it's way.
Feb 11, 1805

Lewis and Clark Head out Again

After spending the winter in the Mandan villages, Lewis and Clark set out again.
Nov 11, 1805

A Second Expidition Out West

Two years after Lewis and clark set out, another expidition led by an army, Zebulon Pike, left St. Louis.
Feb 11, 1807

Americans Released From Mexico

The Americans that were taken to Mexico were released.
Feb 11, 1807

Embargo Act

The Embargo Act was peassed, and it banned U.S. ships from sailing to any foreign port.
Feb 12, 1807

Robert Fulton and the Steam powered Boat

Robert Fulton invented a steam-powered boat, he designed the Clermont. People said it wouldn't work. In 1807 he put Clermont on the Hudson river, it made the 300 mile trip in 62 hours.
Feb 11, 1808

James Madison

James Madison was elected president.
Feb 11, 1808

Embargo Act Causes A Problem

The Embargo Act became a major issue in the election.
Feb 11, 1809

Embargo Act is Repealed

Congress repealed the Embago Act.
Feb 11, 1809

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory, persuaded some indians to sign a treaty selling land in teh heart of the Indian Territory.
Apr 2, 1809

Washington Irving

Washington Irving became popular in 1809 with a spoof of New York history and politics known as "A History of New York."
Sep 16, 1810

Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo, priest in Dolores, Mexico, protested against the Spanish's method of mercantilism.
Feb 12, 1811

First Steamship down the Mississippi River

The New Orleans became the first steamship to travel down the Ohio and Mississippi
Feb 13, 1811

Slave Revolt

450 slaves gathered after a plantation revolt. The US army and the Louisiana miitia attacked the group and killed 66 on the spot.
Nov 11, 1811

Harrison's Forces Fight

The Shawnee and the forces under Harrison fought in central Indiana.
Feb 11, 1812

Britain Fighting 2 Wars

1812-1814 The War of 1812 had two parts. The first part, Britain was still tied up with France.
Feb 11, 1812

Russian Trading Posts in The US

Russian trading posts reached almost as far as south as San Fransisco.
Feb 13, 1812

Cotton Exports from the US 1812-1830

Cotton made up one-third of all exports from the US in 1812, and made up half by 1830.
Apr 2, 1812

Rossiya

About 80 miles north of San Fransisco, Russia built a settlement, "Rossiya" for the fur catchers, later called Fort Ross.
Jun 18, 1812

War of 1812

Urged on by the war of Hawks, Congress declared war on Britain.
Feb 12, 1813

Francis Cabot Lowell

Lowell moved the textile industry a giant step forward in 1813. He built a factory in Walthan, Massachusetts.
Sep 11, 1813

Battle of Lake Erie

The small British fleet on the lake set out to destory American fleets.
Oct 11, 1813

Battle of The Thames

At the Battle of the Thames, William Henry Harrison defeated the British and their Indian allies.
Apr 11, 1814

British Defeat Napolean

The second part of the war began after the British defeated Nepolean.
Aug 11, 1814

British Sailed into Cheasapeake Bay

British ships sailed into Chesapeake Bay and left troops on the Maryland Shore.
Sep 11, 1814

British Send Ships Across Lake Champlain

The British sent a force from Canada across Lake Champlain.
Dec 11, 1814

Britain Approahed Louisiana

Dozens of ships carrying 7,500 British troops were approaching Louisiana.
Dec 24, 1814

New Orleans Unaware of Treaty of Ghent

Neither side of New Orleans knew that the Treaty of Ghent, a peace treaty between Britain and the United States, had been signed two weeks earlier.
Jan 8, 1815

British Attack New Orleans

Britihs attacked in crisp formation.
Feb 11, 1815

"Second War Of Independence"

Americans had fought what some called a "second war of independence".
Feb 11, 1815

James Monroe Becomes President

Republicans swept to an easy victory, James Monroe, Madison's Secratary of State, was elected president.
Mar 25, 1816

Congress passes Tarriffs

Congress passed tarriffs as part of the american system.
Feb 11, 1817

Rush-Bagot Treaty

The Rush-Bagot Treaty limited each sides naval forces on the Great Lakes.
Feb 11, 1817

General Andrew Jackson

General Andrew Jackson was ordered to crush the seminole.
Mar 24, 1817

Jackson Offers the Cherokee a Deal

Jackson offered the Cherokee Indians a choice, they could move west of the Mississippi River, or they could settle down on 640 acres of land, they chose the land.
Apr 1, 1817

Thomas H. Gallaudet

Thomas H. Gallaudet started the firsT american school for deaf children.
Apr 3, 1818

Britain and the US occupy Oregon

Britain and the US agreed to occupy Oregon Country together. (Since 1790s both claimed the territory.)
Feb 11, 1819

Adam-Onis Treaty

In the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain gave the Floridas to the United States.
Mar 24, 1819

Second White House

The new White House was rebuilt, due to the British burning it down in the War of 1812.
Feb 11, 1820

Stephen H. Long

Long also also tried to find the Red River(just like Zebulon Pike had in 1805).
Feb 12, 1820

New York City's Population

1820-1830 New York City's population swelled froom less than 125,000 to more than 200,000.
Mar 24, 1820

Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise was passed by Congress in 1820.
Apr 3, 1820

Canada Controlled Oregon

Canada had the region firmly under their control.
Apr 25, 1820

Compromise of 1820

Compromise of 1820 said slavery couldn't continue in the Lousiana Territory south of parallel 36* 30'.
Apr 1, 1821

First High School

Boston set up the first high school.
Apr 1, 1821

Stephen Austin

Before the Mexican indipendence, Moses Austin asked to settle In texas. spain gave him a large land grant, but Austin died. Stephen Austin, his son, fulfilled his father's dreams and led the first group of Americans to the Austin grant.
Apr 2, 1821

Tejanos in Texas

Texas had about 4,000 Tejanos, Mexicans, living in Texas.
Apr 2, 1821

Agustin de Iturbide

Agustin de Iturbide had a lot of support from Mexicans, enough that Spain gave in.
Jun 30, 1821

Mexican Independence

Mexico was independent from Spain, Iturbide made himself emporer.
Apr 3, 1822

St. Louis

St. Louis was a rough settlement on the edge of the frontier.
Feb 11, 1823

Monroe Doctine

To deal with the concerns about the Russian colonies, President Monroe issued the Monroe Doctine.
Apr 3, 1823

Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Smith led a party of hunters to western Wyoming and found the South Pass.
Apr 2, 1824

William Becknell & Conestoga Wagons

William Becknell became the first western trader to carry his goods in Conestoga wagon.
Feb 12, 1825

Canal Era

1825-1850 so many canals were built, that it was knwn as the Canal Era.
Feb 12, 1825

Erie Canal

When the Erie Canal was finsihed, Jefferson called DeWitt Clinton, the canal's designer, "the greatest man in America."
Apr 1, 1826

John Russwurn

John Russwurn was one of the first black college graduates.
Mar 24, 1827

Cherokee Adopts a Constitution

The Cherokee adopted a constitution for a Cherokee Republic.
Apr 2, 1827

NY Abolishes Slavery

New York abolishes slavery.
Apr 3, 1827

Jedediah Smith Goes to California

Smith went to California but was jailed by Mexicans who were suspicious of him and his party,
Mar 24, 1828

Election of 1828

All eyes were on the coming rematch between Jackson and Adams, Jackson won the election.
Apr 3, 1828

Jedediah Smith Heads to Oregon

Smith was released prisoner, and headed north to Oregon. Along the way most of the party were killed by Umpqua Indians. Smith and others finally reached Fort Vancouver on the Colombia River.
Mar 4, 1829

Jackson Sworn In

Jackson was swron in as president.
Apr 3, 1829

Mexico Ends Slavery

Mexican governmnet ended slavery.
Feb 12, 1830

Tom Thumb

A steam powered locomotive, Tom Thumb, raced a horse, lost, but railroad supporters didn't give up.
Feb 12, 1830

Railroads in the United States 1830-1850

In 1830 there were 30 miles of railroad tracks in the US, in 1840 there were 2,800 miles of railroad tracks in the US, in 1850 there were 9,000 miles of railroad track in the US.
Feb 12, 1830

Intro to Trains

In the 1830s trains were introduced.
Mar 24, 1830

Indian Removal Acts

Congress passed the Indian Removal Acts.
Apr 3, 1830

Texas Bans American Immigration

Texas laws banned American immigration and placed tariffs on American goods.
Apr 3, 1830

Texas Population

The population of Texas was 30,000.
Feb 13, 1831

Nat Turner Rebellion

Nat Turner led a slave rebellion, he led 60 slaves. They attacked and killed 55 white men, women, and children.
Apr 1, 1831

The First National Conventions

1831 and 1832- the major parties held narional conventions to choose candidates.
Apr 1, 1831

William Lloyd Garrison

William lloyd Garrison started paper in boston to urge the abolition of slavert, called the Liberator.
Apr 1, 1831

Illegal For a Slave not to be Illiterate

Teaching a slave ow to read had been illegal since 1831.
Mar 24, 1832

Chief Justice John Marshall Appeals to the Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in favor of the Cherokee, who appealed to the Supreme Court when Georgia decided to take over their land.
Mar 25, 1832

Chief Black Hawk Leads his People

A Sauk chief named Black Hawk, tried to lead his people back to their homes. The US army and Illinois militia quickly crushed the uprising.
Mar 25, 1832

Congress votes to renew charter

Congress voted to renew the charter of the Second Bank of the United States.
Mar 31, 1832

Jackson Makes Bank Veto

The bank veto Jackson made was not only the first veto, but was a major issue in 1832.
Apr 3, 1832

Sam Houston

Sam Houston moved to Texas to practice law.
Mar 25, 1833

Congress lowered tarriffs

congress lowered terriffs
Mar 25, 1833

Congress passed a Compromise Tariff

Congress passed a compromise tariff.
Apr 1, 1833

More Newspapers in America

There were 3 times as many newspapers in America than in England.
Apr 2, 1833

Mexican turn over land To the Indians

Mexican Congress ordered the missions to turn over half their Lands to the indians.
Apr 3, 1833

First white migratrators to Oregon

The first white migrants to cross the continent to Oregon were Methodist missionaries.
Apr 3, 1834

John Sutter

John Sutter, a bankrupt shopkeeper from Switzerland set out to America.
Apr 3, 1834

Santa Anna becomes Dictator of Mexico

Santa Anna became Mexico's dictator, he ruled without any regards to law or people's rights.
Feb 10, 1835

John Marshall as Chief Justice

Marshall would serve as chief justice until his death in 1835.
Mar 25, 1835

Seminole Indians Refuse to Leave

The Seminole Indians refused to leave their land in Florida.
Feb 23, 1836

Santa Anna's attacked San Antonio

Santa Anna and his troops attacked San Antonio.
Mar 31, 1836

Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren, a Jacksonian Democrat, was elected president.
Mar 31, 1836

Second Bank's Charter

The Second Bank of the United State's charter ran out.
Apr 1, 1836

Factory Girls' Association

In Lowell, Massachusetts, young women started a group called the Factory Girls' Association.
Apr 1, 1836

Wesleyan College

The first women's college, Wesleyan College, opened in Georgia.
Apr 3, 1836

Texas Asked to be added to the Union

texas asked to be added to the Union, Congress refused, and Texas remained an independent repbulic for almost 10 more years.
Apr 21, 1836

Santa Anna's Forces Camped at the San Jacinto River

Santa Anna's force had camped near the San Jacinto River, which flowed into Galveston Bay.
Sep 3, 1836

Lone Star Republic

Texas raised a flag with a single star, that's when they got the nickname "Lone Star Republic".
Feb 12, 1837

John Deere Steel Plow

John Deeredesigned a steel plow that saved time and labor. By the late 1850s he made more than 10,000 steel plows a year.
Mar 25, 1837

Chief Osceola

An American general called a truce to discuss peace with Osceola (a chief who led the Seminole fight against relocation) and trapped him.
Mar 31, 1837

Panic of 1837

The Panic of 1837 took place after Martin Van Buren, took office when all the banks collapsed. This was one of the first Depressions in American History.
Mar 31, 1837

Factories Closing In Depression

Almost 90% of factories closed.
Apr 2, 1837

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a speech, and he urged American scholars to free themselves from their European roots, and develope their own thinking.
Mar 24, 1838

Cherokee Move on the Trail of Tears

The Cherokee, not all of them, moved west, on the Trail of Tears, and 1/4 of them died on the trail.
Apr 3, 1838

John Sutter Sets out for California

John Sutter set out to California after St. Louis and Santa Fe.
Mar 31, 1840

The Rising of the Whigs

A new political party called the Whigs rose.
Apr 1, 1840

10 Hour Public work day

President Van Buren put in a 10 hour work day for all public workers.
Apr 2, 1840

Anti-Slavery Houses

More than 2,000 anti-slavery groups streched across the North.
Apr 25, 1840

Irish and German Immigrate to America

Thousands of Irish and German immigrants landed on American shores. Most stayed in the north.
Mar 31, 1841

1841 Census of Ireland

The census of 1841 in Ireland reported that half the rural people lived in one house, window less, mud cabins.
Apr 1, 1841

Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix discovered the poor treatment of the mentally ill, and asked to improve their care for the mentally ill, and because of her tireless efforts, 32 new hospitals were built.
Apr 2, 1842

Fort Ross Was sold

Russia sold Fort Ross to John Sutter (American).
Apr 1, 1843

Pledges Signed To Stop The Consumption of Alcohol

500,000 pledges had been signed saying htey woulld never drink alcohol again, due to the problems caused by alcohol in the US.
Apr 3, 1843

Oregon Trail

Many people migrated to Oregon using the Oregon Trail. They started in Independence, Missouri, crossed Platte River, continued through the South Passage into now day northeast Utah, then split into California Trail or Oregon Trail, north and west to the Colombia River.
Mar 31, 1845

Disease Attackes the Potatoes in Ireland

Disease attacks the potato crop, famine and death came to Ireland.
Apr 2, 1845

David Thoreau

David Thoreau moved into a cabin on the shores oF walden Pond in Massachusetts because he believed in living simply and in harmony with nature.
Apr 3, 1845

Emigrant's Guide

Emigrant's Guide, told them to get a stong covered wagon, and a animal (oxen), spare parts, heavy rope, grease buckets, each adult take 200 pounds of flour, 150 pounds of bacon, 10 pounds of coffee, 20 pounds sugar, and 10 pounds of salt.
Apr 1, 1846

Maine Passed a Law against Alcohol

Maine passed a law banning the sale of liqour.
Apr 3, 1846

Stephen Kearny

Stephen Kearny's troops joined the Americans rebelling against Mexican rule.
Apr 25, 1846

More Northerners in House of Representatives

The north had more power in the House of Representatives because of their growing population, so the south extendd slavery territory so there would be an equal amount of free and slave states.
Apr 25, 1846

California becomes American

President Polk wanted to obtain California from Mexico.
Feb 3, 1847

General Taylor

General Taylor (American) moves south from Texas defeating Santa Anna's troops at Buena Vista.
Apr 1, 1847

Levi Strauss

A German-Jew immigrant, Levi Strauss, opened a company in San Fransisco, who were the first to make blue jeans.
Sep 3, 1847

General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott's troops went to a fortress, Chapultepec, and won.
Jan 3, 1848

Gold in John Sutter's Land

A worker for sutter found gold at Sutter's Mill.
Apr 3, 1848

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Mexican War ended with the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo.
Apr 25, 1848

Land from Mexico is Slavery free/ Free Soil Party

Pennsylvanian congress member said to make a law that any landed gained from Mexico coildn't have slavery, but the law never passed the Senate. Then some northerners fromed the Free-Soil Party.
Apr 25, 1848

Free-Soil Party Wins Seats in Congress

Free-Soil Party won 13 seats in COngress in the election of 1848.
Apr 28, 1848

End of Mexican War

The Mexican War ended.
Apr 3, 1849

Gold Rush

California Gold Rush started, crowds of people went to John Sutter's land.
Mar 31, 1850

Irish Migrate to BIg cities

Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia's population was 1/4 irish.
Apr 1, 1850

Irish Power

A U.S. newspaper said, "Water power, steam power, and Irish power, the last works hardest of all."
Apr 1, 1850

Schools Payed For by Taxes

Many northern states had elementary schools paid by public taxes.
Apr 2, 1850

Moby Dick

Herman Melville publsihed Moby Dick, a book considered by many one of the greatest American novels of all time.
Apr 25, 1850

North has More Everything

North had more wealth, factories, more and bigger cities, and more people than the south.
Apr 28, 1850

Compromise of 1850

Conpromise of 1850 was passed.
Apr 28, 1852

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beechr Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin, about a slave. It sold 300,000 copies the first year.
Apr 3, 1853

Gadsden Purchase

Mexico sold to the US a strip of land which is now southern New Mexico and Arizona for $10 million dollars, known as the Gadsden Purchase.
Mar 31, 1854

Irish Emigrate to the United States

1.25 million irish people emigrate to the United States.
Apr 2, 1854

Walden

Thoreau published a book called Walden about his life and nature around him.
Apr 28, 1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, adding Kansas and Nebraska to the United States.
Apr 28, 1854

Creation of the Republican Party

Northeners banded together to amke the Republican Party (the same one that exists today) the goal they had was to keep slavery out of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
Apr 28, 1854

Congressional Electon of 1854

In the Congressional Electon of 1854, Republicans defeated 35 of the 42 northern Democrats who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Apr 28, 1856

Two Governments in Kansas

Kansas had two governments, an official pro-slavery government, and an unofficial anit-slavery government.
May 28, 1856

Bleeding Kansas

A proslavery group attacked Lawrence, Kansas, burning homes and stores, killing several people.
Apr 2, 1857

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman rescued her parents from slavery.
Apr 28, 1857

Dred Scott

Dred Scott case took place.
Oct 16, 1859

Attack on US Arsenal

Brown and 18 followers attacked the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry in western Virginia.
Feb 13, 1860

Four Million Slaves

Nearly four million african americans were laboring as slaves.
Apr 2, 1860

More Rights for Women

New York passed the first law giving married women rights to their own land and wages.
Apr 28, 1860

Election of 1860

In the election of 1860, the North's main contenders were Lincoln and Douglas, in the south was Breckingridge and Bell, Lincoln was against slavery and Breckingridge was against.
Dec 20, 1860

South Carolina Seceded from the Union

South Carolina seceded from the Union, so when Lincoln took office, they could keep slavery.
Jan 28, 1861

President Buchanan

President Buchanan had sent a ship carrying men and supplies to Fort Sumter, but was fired upon by South Carolina gunners.
Feb 28, 1861

Confederate States of America

The states that seceded from the Union (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana) formed a new nation, the Confederate States of America.
Apr 28, 1861

Kansas Entered the Union

Kansas entered the Union as a free state.
Apr 2, 1872

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony tried to vote in the presidential election of 1872, and was arrested and fined.
Jan 22, 1896

Racial Segregation

The court decided that seperate treatment for black and white citizens was constitutional.
Apr 1, 1900

More Irish in America

There were more Irish in America then there were in Ireland.
Dec 8, 1941

USA enters WWII

United States enters World War 2 after the attack on Peral Harbor.
Sep 20, 1945

WWII Ends

World War 2 ends when US drops two bombs in Japan and Japan surrenders, and the Allies win.
Sep 20, 1948

Cold War Begins

Cold War begins between United States and Russia
Jan 22, 1954

Racial Segregation in Schools Banned

The Supreme Court declared that making white and black children go to seperate schools was wrong.
Oct 1, 1982

USSR invades Afghanistan

United States helps Afghanistan using Osama Bin Laden
Oct 1, 1988

USSR withdraws from Afghanistan

USSR breaks apart and becomes Russia. Taliban and Al Qaeda gain power in Afghanistan.
Oct 1, 1993

First attempt to bomb the World Trade Center

Al Qeada and Osama Bin Laden attempt to destroy the World Trade Center by driving vans with bombs inside the underground parking lot.
Oct 8, 1993

Ben Nighthorse Campell

Ben Nighthorse Campell became the first American Indian to serve in the Senate since 1929.
Sep 11, 2001

Twin Towers are attacked

Al Qeada attacks the United States by hijacking airplanes and using them as missiles. Targets were the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Oct 1, 2001

United States declare war against terrorism

USA and allies attack Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. USA creates Homeland Security.
Oct 1, 2003

USA attacks Al Qaeda

United States attack Al Qeada in Iraq.
May 1, 2011

Osama Bin Laden is killed

United States locates and kills Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
Dec 2, 2011

Leaving Iraq

United States forces leave Iraq.
Oct 23, 2013

Juan Ponce de Leon

Juan Ponce de Leon led the firs explortio to Pueto Rico. He found gold.
Feb 6, 2014

Washington's Farewell Address

Inn the summer of 1796 Washignton published hsi Farewell Address, stating he would not run again for president;
Jun 21, 2014

Richard Henry Lee Presents Ideas to the Continental Congress

Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented the Continental Congress with several resolutions or proposals to be voted on.
Sep 11, 2014

British Set Out to Destroy America1813

The small British fleet on the lake set outto destroy the American fleet.
Dec 2, 2014

Leaving Afghanistan

Next December United States forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan.
Oct 6, 3000

Algriculture (BC)

In about 3000 BC people in Central Mexico begin to sow the seeds of wild corn.
Oct 8, 4500

Birth of the Sahara (BC)

One part of the savna region began drying up, and is now known as the Sahara Desert.
Oct 6, 7987

Ice Age (BC)

Rising sea levels cover up Beringia, and ends the Ice Age.
Oct 6, 9500

Clovis Tribe (BC)

clovis people thrived in North America.