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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
The Discovery of America-----> to the 1900's
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Oct 11, 1492
Christopher Columbus Finds the Americas
Christopher Columbus-Spanish explorer
Finds the Bahamas and the Carribean -
People flee to the New World
Puritans-religious group searching for freedom from Englsih protestant church
Jamestown and Plymouth- first settled cities in America -
French and Indian war starts
French and Indian groups fight against the English in a battle called the Seven Years War -
King George had to pay debt
Debt from the French and Indian War -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act-required colonists to put stamps on certain acts -
American Revolution Starts
Revolution breaks out when the militias of lexington and concord start firing in the fields of there cities -
British surrender
Lord Cornwallis surrenders in Yorktown to the combined forces of the Continental Army and the French troops. -
Creation of the Bill of Rights
Provided American citizens with individual rights so if the government tried to go after them the Bill of Rights would stop them -
Grand opening of the Eire canal
Made transportation of goods easier so prices went down due the lowering of demand of goods -
First locomotive
first locomotive that was built in the United States which brought goods threw the winter when canals couldn't -
Telegraph
made communication easier with in seconds -
Bessemer Process
Was invented by William Kelly but was patented in 1855 by Henry Bessemer -
Civil War Begins
American Civil War starts with the firing on Fort Sumter -
Homestead Act
Homestead Act says that anyone that didnt take up arms against the Union including freed slaves that is 21 years or older, or the head of the family can puirchase amd sign a federal land grant. -
Emacipation Proclamation
a proclamation was issued telling the slaves in the sout are now free -
Civil War Ends
Civil war ends with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and his army. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned entry of Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act aimed to americanize Native Americans and it aimed to push the Indians into small reservations -
Sherman Antitrust Act
It provents business from doing certain activities and the federal government regulates it. -
Gentlemen's Agreement
Agreement between America and Japan that Japanese would be excluded from becoming citizens in the States.
