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1492
The Columbian Exchange Begins
The Columbian Exchange began in 1492 when Columbus arrived in the Americas. It was the exchange of goods between the Old and New world (Eastern and Western Hemispheres), which brought new animals and foods to different parts of both ends of the exchange. -
1517
Protestant Reformation
https://www.history.com/topics/reformation/reformation
The Protestant reformation was started by Martin Luther. It was a movement creatred by puritans, who believed that the church of England was not pure. -
Slavery
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
The first slave arrived at Jamestown in 1619, but slavery, the act of using people for labor and keeping them against their will. -
Colonization Of Plymouth (Nov. 21, 1620)
https://www.britannica.com/quiz/columbian-exchange-new-world-or-old-world
Plymouth, a colony established by Puritan migrants was created when they wanted to purify and cleanse the Church Of England. When their attempts didn't work they decided to create their own. -
Proclamation Of 1763
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/1763-proclamation-of
Issued by King George III to settle disputes between the French and Indians over the Ohio River Valley. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana territory was bought as a deal between the US and France. The Us bought land west of the Mississippi River. -
Indian Removal Act
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/indian.html
The Indian Removal act was passed by president Andrew Jackson to remove Native - Americans from areas west of the Mississippi River. -
California Gold Rush
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849
Gold nuggets were first discovered in Sacramento valley of California, which sparked a movement of people to find gold in that territory. -
The Fugitive Slave Law
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts
This was passed on September 8th to prevent people from holding or protecting escaped slaves. -
Reconstruction Period
The reconstruction period was the period after the Civil War in which the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union -
Transcontinental Railroad
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad
Railroad line that connected East and West US. -
Flapper Outfit Created
Created for dancers in the beginning/early twenties. -
1950's Post War Fashion
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm
After world war II, there was a push in consumerism, which made more fabrics more availible. -
1960s Unisex Clothing
https://www.interexchange.org/articles/career-training-usa/2015/09/24/american-fashion-through-decades/
The age of counterculture was after specific equal rights movements that sparked the idea of unisex clothing. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Americans found evidence of cuban nuclear weapons. "13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey" - wikipedia -
1970s "Me decade"
https://www.interexchange.org/articles/career-training-usa/2015/09/24/american-fashion-through-decades/
After the 1960s, many Americans took a break from political movements and began to focus on themselves with "normal fashion" -
End of Cold War
The cold war, between the soviet union and the United states, ended on christmas 1991.
