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Jan 1, 1491
Hunting and Gathering
People who searched for food and planted food on their own lands. -
Jan 1, 1491
Native American Cultures
Native Americans had different ways of living due to the environment. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, and diseases between the Old World and New World. -
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
The geographical features of the rich farmlands, and numerous rivers let the colonists prosper. -
Thirteen Colonies
New England - Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
Mid-Atlantic - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern Colonies - Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia -
Jamestown Colony Established
Jamestown was the first permanent English Settlement in America. The unfamiliar climate, brackish water supply and lack of food, and prolong droughts led to May diseases and deaths. -
Jamestown Cash Crop
Tobacco made Jamestown flourish. The fertile and very rich soil allowed Jamestown to sell many tobacco. -
Pilgrims Survive 1st Winter
The winter was harsh and with lack of housing and other comforts led to many deaths. Natives taught the Pilgrims how to fish and plant corn to survive. -
Beavers Wars
Wars fought against Natives for territory and fur. -
King Philip's War
A war between Natives and English colonists for land rights. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Slaughtered Native Americans in an effort to take their lands -
Expansion of Tobacco
The expansion of tobacco took more land from the Native Americans. -
Colony of Pennslyvania
Founded in North America by William Penn -
Salem Witch Trial
The Salem Witch Trial was only in Massachusetts. The signs of being a witch may have been caused by the plants in the area. Massachusetts weather made a fugue called ergot grow in rye. The symptoms of eating this fugus are the same as the signs of being a witch. -
Chickasaw Wars
The French fought to secure there lands in the Mississippi River area. -
French and Indian War
British and French fought for control of eastern North Amercia -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac urged his people to rise up against the British for their land. -
Proclaimation Line of 1763
A line that forbade all settlements to be made post a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Valley Forge
Because of their location during the American Revolution, 2,500 American soldiers were killed beacause of the harsh winter. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
The government of the U.S. would measure, divide, and distribute the land acquired from Great Britain north and west of the Ohio River at the end of the American Revolution. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Created the first organized territory. It separated lands from the Appalachian Mountains. -
Manifest Destinty
A term for the attitude during the 19th century period of American expansion that the U.S was destined to stretch from coast to coast. -
Louisiana Purchase
The purchase of the Louisiana territory from France to the US. -
Missouri Compromise
Regulated slavery in the country's western terrioties. -
Trail of Tears
The removal of Native Americans from their lands. They were relocated to other parts of the US. -
Erie Canal
Built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic to the Great Lakes. -
Catawba Nation
The colonists were able to get South Carolina from the Natives. The natives were moved from their lands. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was found in California so many Amercians rushed to call to search for gold. -
Compromise of 1850
Defused a 4-year political confronation between slave states and free state. Texas surrendered New Mexico. California was now a free state.. -
Gadsden Purchase
An agreement between the U.S and mexico in which the U.S payed Mexico for a part of their land. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed male settlers in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to determine whether they would allow slavery in their territories. -
Civil War
A war between the Union (North) and Confederates (South) for the rights to own slaves or not. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Granted 160 ancres to any family that would agree to farm for 5 years. -
Military Recontruction Act
Divided the 10 southern states into small military district. -
US Purchases Alaska from Russia
Secretary of state William H Sewarrd purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 milliion -
1875 Discovery of Gold
Miners began setting in Sioux Indian tribes land. -
US Annexes Hawaii
Hawaii was only a territory until it became a state in 1959 -
Treaty of Paris
Because of this, the US gained control of the Philippines. -
Philippines War
Armed conflict between the US and the Filipino. The US no longer owned the Philipines because of this war. -
World War II
WWII impacted agriculture since there was a higher demand for food. -
Panama Canal
A canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean that provided a safer routes to the U.S. -
Dust Bowl
Great Plains region suffered from drought. Dust storms forced people to leave for California. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
The TVA brought jobs to rural south and created dams to prevent flooding on farmlands. Because of the TVA, it helped regulate hydroelectricty. -
Hoover Dam
Helped harness water and hydroelectricity -
Sunbelt States
Name given to South and West states because of the hot climate. People migrated to the South for air conditioning. -
Aswan Dam
Since the US didn't help build it. Egypt siezed control of the Suez Canal, cuttiing off oil to the US -
Environmental Protection Agency
A government organization that worked to protect the environment -
Problems with Oil
During the 21th century the United States had problems with the Middle East regarding Oil. This was an issue because if the United States was busy fighting countries that supplied them with oil, they wouldn't be able to use it in America.
