Fall 2019 History

Lincoln’s Assassination 1865

1865 BCE

He was assassinated just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House, ending the four-year War Between the States.

The Civil War (timespan) 1861-1864

1864 BCE

Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins. ... April 19, 1861 - President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports.

The Emancipation Proclamation 1863

1863 BCE

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

The Battle at Antietam 1862

1862 BCE

The battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory. It also led to President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862

The secession of South Carolina 1860

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On November 10, 1860 the S.C. ... When the ordinance was adopted on December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States.

The Dred Scott Decision 1857

1857 BCE

He was brought to a head the tension surrounding the issue of slavery in the United States.In the case, the Supreme Court ruled that Scott was still a slave, and therefore, and no right to file suit in a United States court as he was not a citizen.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

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It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.

The Compromise of 1850 1850

1850 BCE

A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848

1848 BCE

The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Mexican-American War (timespan) 1846

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The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K

Texas declares independence 1836

1836 BCE

It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text.

Mexican Independence 1821

1821 BCE

Mexico declared independence from Spain on September 16, 1810. ... On August 24, 1821, Spain accepted the independence of Mexico by agreeing to the terms of the Treaty of Córdoba.

Missouri Compromise 1820

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Henry Clay then skillfully led the forces of compromise, engineering separate votes on the controversial measures.

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend 1814

1814 BCE

Bend On March 27, 1814, the forces of Andrew Jackson defeat the Creeks in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama.

War of 1812 (timespan) 1812-1814

1814 BCE

The American victory on Lake Champlain led to the conclusion of U.S.-British peace negotiations in Belgium, and on December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, formally ending the War of 1812

Embargo Act 1807

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The Embargo Act was signed into law on December 22, 1807.

Louisiana Purchase 1803

1803 BCE

He bought the Louisiana territory from France, which was being led by Napoleon Bonaparte at the time, for 15,000,000 USD. ... Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War.

Alien and Sedition Acts 1798

1798 BCE

These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the President to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.

Whiskey Rebellion 1794

1794 BCE

It was provoked by a tax on whisky, and was the first serious challenge to federal authority.

The US Constitution (The year it was ratified) 1788

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The day the Constitution was ratified. On June 21, 1788, the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it.

Shay’s Rebellion 1786-1787

1787 BCE

Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.

The Northwest Ordinance 1787

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Adopted July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.

Ratification of the Articles of Confederation 1781

1781 BCE

The Articles of Confederation was submitted to the states for ratification in late November 1777.

The Battle of Yorktown 1781

1781 BCE

After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night, from cannon and artillery, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the War for Independence

The Battle of Saratoga 1777

1777 BCE

The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776

1776 BCE

These acts were in part a major cause of the American Revolution because they were written and passed to give England complete control over the thirteen colonies.

Intolerable Acts 1774

1774 BCE

The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.

Tea Act 1773

1773 BCE

The tax on tea had existed since the passing of the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act.

Stamp Act 1765

1765 BCE

The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.

Sugar Act 1764

1764 BCE

Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian.

7 Years’ War (timespan) 1756-1763

1763 BCE

It involved all five European great powers of the time plus many of the middle powers and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines.

The Great Awakening 1739-1740

1740 BCE

The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale.

Queen Anne’s War 1702-1713

1713 BCE

Queen Anne's War, (1702–13), second in a series of wars fought between Great Britain and France in North America for control of the continent.

King Philip’s War (timespan) 1675-1677

1677 BCE

King Philip's War, sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78.

Bacon’s Rebellion 1676

1676 BCE

The significance of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 was that it pushed the elite of Virginia towards a harsher, more rigid system of slavery.

Navigation Acts 1651

1651 BCE

The Navigation Act of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652.

Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore 1632

1632 BCE

Clement's Island on Maryland's western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary's. In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land

Pilgrims land in Plymouth 1620

1620 BCE

Mayflower arrived in New England on November 11, 1620 after a voyage of 66 days. Although the Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the Hudson River in New York, dangerous shoals and poor winds forced the ship to seek shelter at Cape Cod.

Establishment of Jamestown 1607

1607 BCE

The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and begin a settlement.

English settlement of Roanoke (Timespan) 1585-1590

1590 BCE

Roanoke Island was the site of the Roanoke Colony, an English settlement initially established in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. A group of about 120 men, women and children arrived in 1587. S

Cortes conquered the Aztecs 1521

1521 BCE

Hernan Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire. Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain.

Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Timespan) 1492-1504

1504 BCE

Between 1492 and 1504, he made a total of four voyages to the Caribbean and South America and has been credited – and blamed – for opening up the Americas to European colonization

Kingdom of Songhai (Timespan) 1000-1500

1500 BCE

The Songhai Empire lasted from 1464 to 1591. Prior to the 1400s, the Songhai were under the rule of the Mali Empire.

Kingdom of Kongo (Timespan) 1000-1500

1500 BCE

The kingdom went into decline from the mid-16th century CE when the Portuguese, put off by the interference of Kongo's regulations on trade, moved their interests further south to the region of Ndongo. The latter kingdom had already defeated a Kongo army in 1556 CE.

Kingdom of Ghana (Timespan) 1000-1500

1500 BCE

Ghana was combined in the kingdom of Mali in 1240 marking the end of the Ghana Empire. A tradition in historiography maintains that Ghana fell when it was sacked by the Almoravid movement in 1076–77, although Ghanaians resisted attack for a decade.

Kingdom of Mali (Timespan) 1000-1500

1500 BCE

The Empire of Mali was established around 1235 CE. It began to lose power in the 1400s and fully collapsed in 1600 CE. The Empire of Mali was formed when a ruler named Sundiata Keita united the tribes of the Malinke peoples. He then led them to overthrow the rule of the Soso.

Treaty of Tordesillas 1494

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Treaty of Tordesillas, (June 7, 1494), agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.

First voyage of Christopher Columbus 1492

1492 BCE

On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani