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first time Kentucky was explored
Daniel Boone explored Kentucky for the first time . Daniel was an american pioneer he led a exploration that discovered a trail to the west through cumberland gap. -
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The french war
often confused with Napoleon I's rule, although, in the states west of the river Rhine, it began with their occupation by troops of the French Revolutionary Army in 1794.However, in some parts of Germany it lasted roughly from 1804 to 1813 or from the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 to the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. -
panic of 1819
The result was a vast restriction in the amount of circulating money, and a substantial cutback in the amount of credit offered farmers and speculators, dramatically slowing the economy. The Panic of 1819 punctured the land rush and the agricultural boom that had been underway since 1815, and alerted farmers to the need for more effective transportation to distant markets. -
New england missionaries arrived in hawaii
The first missionaries to arrive in the islands were presbyterians and dutch reformists from new england -
monroe doctrine
wrote by jame monroe a statement warning european nations not to colonize or interfere in america . us saw any interference as a threat -
Trail of tears
In 1835, federal agents persuaded a pro-removal Cherokee chief to sign the Treaty of New Echota, which ceded all Cherokee land for $5.6 million and free transportation west. Between 1835 and 1838 bands of Cherokee Indians moved west of the Mississippi along the so-called Trail of Tears. Between 2,000 and 4,000 of the 16,000 migrating Cherokees died. The Trail of Tears became a symbol for the harsh treatment of the Indians at the hands of the federal government. -
texas rebellion
Texan leaders met and declared independence, soon beginning a series of battles that culminated with the April 1836 capture of Santa Anna himself. Though the Texans forced him to sign a treaty declaring Texas independent, the Mexican government never officially recognized the treaty, and the status of Texas remained in question, to be decided by the Mexican War. -
sugar trade
The United States government provided generous terms to Hawaiian sugar growers, and after the Civil War, profits began to swell. A turning point in U.S.-Hawaiian relations occurred in 1890, when Congress approved the MCKINLEY TARIFF, which raised import rates on foreign sugar. Hawaiian sugar planters were now being undersold in the American market, and as a result, a depression swept the islands. -
transcontinental railroad
On May 10, 1869, the first transcontinental railroad was completed when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads joined their tracks at Promontory Point, Utah. The railroad rapidly affected the ease of western settlement, shortening the journey from coast to coast, which took six to eight months by wagon, to a mere one week's trip. -
annexation of hawaii
By the time the United States got serious about looking beyond its own borders to conquer new lands, much of the world had already been claimed. Only a few distant territories in Africa and Asia and remote islands in the Pacific remained free from imperial grasp. Hawaii was one such plum. Led by a hereditary monarch, the inhabitants of the kingdom prevailed as an independent state. American expansionists looked on the strategically located islands and waited patiently to plan their move. -
Annexing Hawaii
the planters staged an uprising to overthrow the Queen. At the same time, they appealed to the United States armed forces for protection. Without Presidential approval, marines stormed the islands, and the American minister to the islands raised the stars and stripes in HONOLULU. The Queen was forced to abdicate, and the matter was left for Washington politicians to settle -
Dole sent a delegation in Washington
Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. Racial attitudes and party politics in the United States deferred statehood until a bipartisan compromise linked Hawaii's status to Alaska, and both became states in 1959. -
petition against the annexation
Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification. In 1897, the treaty effort was blocked when the newly-formed Hawaiian Patriotic League, composed of native Hawaiians, successfully petitioned the U.S. Congress in opposition of the treaty. The League's lobbying efforts left only 46 Senators in favor of the resolution, less than the 2/3 majority needed for approval of a treaty -
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Roosevelt and panama canal treaty
Spanish American War allows the United States to acquire the Philippines and Puerto Rico, and to annex Hawaii. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, perceives the need for easy access to the Atlantic and the Pacific by the navy. He supports a canal across Panama.The second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is signed. The United States is given extensive rights by Great Britain for building and operating a canal through Central America -
U.S declares war with spain
United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands. -
U.S and Spain sign the protocol of peace
Peace protocols were signed in Washington, D.C. on August 12, 1898. Although this armistice ended the active conflict, the war could not be considered over until a treaty was signed. Both countries appointed a group of prominent leaders and politicians as commissioners to meet in Paris in October 1898. The Treaty was signed on December 10, 1898 -
treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris is signed by representatives from the U.S. and Spain. After extensive debate, the treaty is ratified by the U.S. senate on February 6, 1899. Under the treaty, the U.S. acquires control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. -
teller amendment
Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. -
Congress decided on the panama route
President Roosevelt responded by dispatching U.S. warships to Panama City (on the Pacific) and Colón (on the Atlantic) in support of Panamanian independence. -
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The building of the panama canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
U.S senate passes Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Giving the US control of a 10-mile-wide and 51-mile-long swath of land - the Canal Zone - "in perpetuity." In exchange, Panama receives $10 million from the US, and is to receive annual payments of $250,000 starting in 1913. -
roosevelt corollary
We can get the money that europe let the southern, central states of america to collect their money -
panama opens
The Panama Canal is opened under US sovereignty, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. -
Population and Labor in the 1920s
These changes in the overall growth rate were linked to the birth and death rates of the resident population and a decrease in foreign immigration. Though the crude death rate changed little during the period, the crude birth rate fell sharply into the early 1930s. There are several explanations for the decline in the birth rate during this period. -
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The american era ends:treaty and transition
US and Panama negotiations for a Panama Canal Zone treaty completed in the Carter administration.President Carter and General Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties (the Torrijos-Carter Treaties) in Washington, DC. The two treaties abrogate the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty of 1903 and call for the US to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama.