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America expands
The united states strethched from the atlantic ocean through to the western edge of the missippi basin, through florida, michigan, wisconsin -
Stamp law was passed
Imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Annexation of texas
Mexicos president announced that the annexation of texas by the U.S would be considered an act of war by mexico -
Paulet affair
Five-month occupation of the Hawaiian Islands in 1843 by British naval officer Captain Lord George Paulet, of HMS Carysfort. -
Americans in hawaii controlled everything
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15th amendment
The 15th amendment which guaranteed African American males the right to vote was passed. -
Reciprocity Treaty
Between the U.S and Hawaii allowed duty free importation of hawaiian sugar. -
Civil rights act is passed
Sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service. -
Secret hawaiian league was formed
Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, was a 13-member group of the Hawaiian League also known as the Annexation Club. -
The eight hour workday in the U.S started
Short-time movement, had its origins in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, where industrial production in large factories transformed working life. -
Bayonet constitution
Legal document by anti-monarchists to strip the Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority, initiating a transfer of power to American, European and native Hawaiian elites. -
National Instituties of health is founded
One-room laboratory was created within the Marine Hospital Service (MHS), predecessor agency to the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). -
Death and thrown
Kalakaua dies and his sister Liliuokalani went to the thrown. -
The wrigley company is founded
Originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley Jr., the company's founder, began packaging chewing gum with each can of baking powder. -
hawaii monarchy is overthrown
Anti-monarchial insurgents within the Kingdom of Hawaii, composed largely of American citizens, engineered the overthrow of its native monarch, -
Plans to annex hawaii
13 members of Hawaiian league planned to annex Hawaii to the U.S and overthrow the monarchy -
Panic of 1893
The panic of 1893 which was because of a crash on the new york stock exchange which started the depression -
Spanish and American war
Conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Hawaii was annexed by the United States
Anti-monarchial insurgents within the Kingdom of Hawaii, composed largely of American citizens, engineered the overthrow of its native monarch, Queen Lili'uokalani. Hawaii was initially reconstituted as an independent republic, but the ultimate goal of the revolutionaries was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which was finally accomplished in 1898. -
Panic of 1907
Panic of 1907 which was when the new york stock exchange fell almost 50% from the previous years -
Liliuokalani dies
Liliuoklani dies from a stroke, and this was the end of the Hawaiian resistance. -
Alaska is admitted as the 49th state
Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million ($118 million adjusted for inflation) at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km²). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized (or incorporated) territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. -
Hawaii becomes part of the United States
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Protestants missionaries travaled to hawaii
The first missionaries to arrive in the Islands were Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Dutch Reformists from New England.
