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Aug 1, 1492
Columbus Lands in the Americas
*Columbus didn't "find" America — he never set foot in North America. He went on four separate trips that began on 1492, Columbus arrived on different Caribbean islands that are presently the Bahamas and also the island later called Hispaniola. He likewise investigated the explored South American coasts. -
Jamestown
On May 14, 1607, a gathering of about 100 individuals from a joint expedition called the Virginia company established the English colony in North America on the banks of the James Waterway. Tobacco turned into Virginia's first gainful product. Starvation, infection and strife with nearby Local Native Americans in the initial two years almost destroyed Jamestown. -
Pilgrims Land
Mayflower sailed off from New Britain on November 11, 1620 following a voyage of 66 days. In spite of the fact that the sailors had initially expected to settle close to the Hudson river in New York, perilous shores and poor breezes forced the ship to look for protection at Cape Cod. -
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French/Indian War
Also known as the 7 years war the French allied with the Indians and faced off against Britain for control on the new world.Both powers wanted to move into the Ohio Territory and control it. After long fighting the British won and took control of the Ohio Territory. -
Sugar Act (Road to Revolution)
An Act created by the British to reduce and or stop smuggling of goods like sugar and molasses from other non-British sources. Which would then increase profit for Britain because the american people would then have limited option of buying and would have to to turn to the British. -
Currency Act (Road to Revolution)
An act created by Parliament to make sure american people didn't pay British merchants and creditors with fake money by regulating the paper currency. This act like others created tensions between the colonies and British. -
Stamp Act (Road to Revolution)
An act created by Parliament which stated that certain printed goods like newspapers, legal documents, and other publications in America. It would need to be on paper created by Britain and needed to have a official stamp on it. -
Quartering Act (Road to Revolution)
An act created by Parliament which stated that colonists need to provide shelter food and other accommodations for British solders whenever they needed. They were also taxed for supplies and barracks for the army which they thought was not needed. -
Townsend Acts (Road to Revolution)
The British created several acts that make up the Townsend acts which basically taxed to colonists even more then they already were. They did this because they needed money to supply their own people from the recent war they just had. (June 15–July 2, 1767) -
Boston Massacre (Road to Revolution)
The Boston Massacre happened on King street by some British soldiers. They came to support a sentry that was being attacked by some colonists. After being attacked by the colonists they decided to fire back after their superior ordered them not to attack. They fired a few shots and killed some colonists one person being Crispus Attucks. -
Tea Act (Road to Revolution)
The Tea Act was passed by British Parliament to allow the British East India Company to heavily tax tea imported to the colonies. This act was one of the final acts imposed by the British and 2 years later the war would start. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest that was carried out by the sons of liberty. They did this by dressing up as Mohawk Indians and going on board British East India Company ships and dumping out all the tea. It took almost 3 hours to dump all the tea out and by the end of it they dumped out $1,000,000 USD today. -
Intolerable Acts (Road to Revolution)
Also known as The Coercive acts these acts were passed by British parliament to punish colonists for the recent Boston Tea Party. Some of the unfair acts were Boston port act, Massachusetts Government act, and Administration Justice act. This would be the last push the american people needed for the Revolutionary war. -
Lexington and Concord
The evening of April 18, 1775, several English troops walked from Boston to secure an armed storage place. Paul Revere and other riders sounded for the attack, and the minute men started engaging to block the Redcoats. It was an intense fight but soon the Englishmen retreaded. -
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Revolutionary War (End of Road to Revolution)
This conflict was birthed by the unfair acts that the British imposed on the colonist. One by one the reactions of these acts got worse and worse to finally the Revolutionary war. War started after all 13 colonies declared independence from Britain. The Patriots were led by George Washington and after 8 long years of fighting the colonies gained their freedom and America was forged. -
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of independence is a statement that says all 13 thirteen colonies would gained independence from Britain. Also states that All men are equal, All men have basic human rights given to them by god, and government must be by the consent of the governed, and much more. -
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Constitutional Convention
The point of this convention was to decide how America was going to be governed and to try to revise the Articles of convention but instead was scraped and made later into the Declaration of Independence. The convention decided to have separate branches of government which included legislative, executive, and judicial branches. -
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Jefferson Presidency
His presidency reigned from 1801 to 1809 and he was most famous for the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase. His vice presidents were Aaron Burr and George Clinton. He was also one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 the US purchased 828,000 square miles of land from France for $15 million dollars. This purchase doubled the size of America and created 15 new states. This was one of the greatest achievements of Thomas Jefferson. -
Missouri compromise
Congress passed the Missouri compromise in order to balance itself in 1820. This allowed Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be a free state. This also allowed people to recognize the southern states to be slave states and northern states to be free. -
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Jackson Presidency
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States and was a solider before serving as president. He was most famous for the Indian Removal Act and also bribing his way into office. He agreed strongly for rights for the common man and disliked any aristocracy. His vice presidents were John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren. -
Indian Removal Act
On May 28, 1830 president Andrew Jackson signed The Indian Removal Act. Which allowed the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their lands and would be relocated to federal territory. -
Dredd Scott v Sanford
On March 6, 1857 the Supreme Court decided based on the Dredd Scott v Sanford, that slaves could not be citizens of the United states. This also meant that they could not sue in a federal court. -
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Lincoln Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer who was the 16th president of the United States from March 1861 until his death in April 1865. He was most famous for abolishing slavery in the Emancipation Proclamation and Winning the Civil War. His Vice presidents were Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson. -
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Attack on Fort Sumter (start of Civil War)
This was the first battle that took place in the Civil war when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. The Confederates fired thet shot right above the fort and was led by Major Robert Anderson -
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Emancipation Proclamation
This was a presidential proclamation issued by president Abraham Lincoln. This started the Civil war because the south and the north has tensions and this reclamation initiated the war. The proclamation stated that slaves would be free and later became a legitimate higher aim in the war. -
Surrender at Appomattox (end of Civil War)
Gen. Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest generals the Confederacy had, surrendered to The Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. This surrender was significant to the war because it would mark the near end of it. -
Lincoln Assassinated
The 16th President of the United States was assassinated by a well-known actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth on April 14 1865. Lincoln was assassinated while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater. -
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
This amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865 and ratified on December 6, 1865 which stated the slavery was to be abolished as well as involuntary service unless as a punished to convicted criminals. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act was the first important law restricting immigration into the US. The law stated that people from China laborers were not allowed into the country for 10 years. It was later extended in 1892 by 10 years and later became permanent -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
An act ratified under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. This act was used to prohibit trusts and outlawed monopolistic business practices in the United States. This act failed and was only useful for a couple of years and only used against labor unions. -
Plessy v Ferguson
A case taken up to the Supreme Court this case allowed everyone of any background to have equal rights and equal protection of the law but must separate. This means segregation is still allowed but now both parties can have equal ground with the law. -
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Spanish American War
The hostilities between Spain and the US began when the ship U.S Maine blew up which caused the war. Spain didn't like how the US was trying to get Cuba to have their freedom. War lasted 3 months, 2 week, and 4 days. -
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T. Roosevelt Presidency
T. Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He was a statesman, solider, and an author. After the assassination of William McKinley he became the president in 1901. -
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Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt was overlooking the long term project for the United States a canal which would connect oceans together. The project was dangerous and many people died. -
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Wilson Presidency
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. He was the leader of the Progressive Movement. He vowed to make the world safe for democracy after WW1 broke out. -
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WWI Ends
WW1 ended when the Central Powers lost to the Allied powers but it didn't end there They adopted most of Wilson's 14 and plunged Germany into a living hell as an end to the war. War ended in 1918. -
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WWI Begins
World War 1 began when the Archduke of Ferdinand was assassinated during intense times. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire teamed up to create the Central Powers. They fought against the Allied Powers which were made up of Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and later the US. -
Eighteenth Amendment
This amendment was established to abolish alcoholic beverages in the united states. This amendment made the production, transport, and sale of alcohol to be illegal. The after effects of this amendment made the crime in the US sky rocket because alcohol was an everyday thing for everyone in America. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance started in Harlem, New york and was the center point of Black voice and art. It was a Golden age for all African Americans in the United States. People like Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes were stars during this time. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was created on June 28, 1919 but went effective during on January 10, 1920. This treaty ended world war 1 by ending the state of war between Germany and its allies against the Allied Powers. -
Nineteenth Amendment
This amendment allowed all sexes to have the right to vote in the United States. after a century of protest and help from powerful people like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott. -
Gitlow v New York
This case was ruled on June 8, 1925 and was brought up to the Supreme Court. This case was important to american history because if this case never happened state governments could decide if free speech could be used in State courts. -
Stock Market Crash
By far the greatest market crash the US has ever experienced was the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It started the Great Depression and nothing was the same until 1954. This happened because after the war people were starting to get into stocks and they used borrowed money to invest. -
Manhattan Project
A project that started in during the World War 2 and was the first nuclear weapon that was ever created. Great scientist like Albert Einstein, and Richard Feynman influenced this project greatly as this will soon bring the world war to an end faster. -
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The Cold War
The Soviet Union and the United States had a tense relationship even as allies in the World War 2. The war started because the Soviet Union wanted to spread it ideology of Communism and gain more economic power and the US didn't want communism to spread so they took action. The war ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 26 1991. -
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Space Race
Space race begins in 1957 when the US found out that the Soviet Union has launched the first ever satellite, Sputnik. The US didn't want to be left behind and they were scared about having Soviet control of space so they quickly launched one of their own. This was an important win for us because we needed to show the world which country had the best science and technology. They also knew space could open up new possibilities for the military. -
JFK's Assassination
JFK's assassination was important because he was the only catholic president to take office and he is the youngest president too. He brought a new fresh feel into the white house. He was successful and was the image of political power. Not only was his assassination sudden and painful to remember but it was in color and on tv for all the world to see. -
Apollo 11
A space mission that was launched by the United States that landed the first humans on the moon. The Astronauts were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. This event was possible because of the space race. The space race was between US and Soviet Union to see who could dominate in spaceflight capabilities. -
9/11
Tuesday morning Islamic extremists led by Osama Bin Laden hijacked 4 Commercial Passenger jets and flew them into important american landmarks. One of them being the Twin Towers. This was the biggest terrorist attack america has ever experienced and would later create agencies like Home-land security and many other inquisitions.
