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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Murica
The conception of america to the turn of the century yo -
Jun 1, 1492
Columbus
in 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue -
Jun 1, 1498
Spanish begin exploration and settlement
The spanish began to compete with the castillians in the exploration of the atlantic. Vasco de Gama thought he won the by finding India but he stumbled upon america -
Dissapearence of the Roanoke colony
Settlers who came to Roanoke in 1578 mysteriously dissapeared in 1590 the only clues left of their existance were the words Croaton carved into a fence post and Cro etched into a tree. Historians theories included disease or even massacre by near by Native American tribes but to date no theories have been proven true. -
Puritan settlements
Puritans began to immigrate to America to escape prosecution from the English catholic church -
Slavery Begins
African leaders traded their own people as free labor for goods that americans offered. -
French and Indian war
Frances intrusion into the Ohio river stirs conficts between the French and the Britsh -
End of the 7 years war
British won and claimed territories in Canada and Flordia from Spain opening the mississippi valley allowing for westward expansion. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers mowed down hundreds of innocent bystanders and protesters in the streets of Boston. What instigated the whole thing was a snow ball thrown by a young protester. -
The Boston Tea Party
A political protest instigated by the Sons of Liberty against the tea tax. The Sons of Liberty and their followers dump many ship fulls of tea into the boston harbor. -
Revolutionary war begins
The Americans became fed up with British taxation and control and decided to rise up and revolt. -
The battle of bunker hill
First significant battle for the patriot army which they lost. Despite their defeat patriots were still able to cut down enemy forces by 1,000 men -
Sighning of the decleration of independence
America declared its independence from Great Britan with the sighning of the documet. -
End of the Revolutinary War
War ended when a peace treaty was sighned by the British. Although the war was technically over Native Americans who were allied witht the british continued to fight -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates came to represent their states in the writing of the Constitution -
Approval of the Costitution
The Constitution was signed and states began accepting it. Smaller states had no problems but larger states commanded reforms thus the creation and passing of ammendments. -
Civil war begins
Northern states start creating laws that abolish slavery. The south catches word of this and begins trying to suceed to become "The Confederate States of America" -
Civil War Rages
Battes were being fought on streets and the Confederates pused even harder to get their way. Meanwhile the north started recruiting former slaves to fight with them and expanded their army. Slaves also began to flee from the south to aid the North in the war. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilks Booth still bitter with the defeat of the confederates in the civil war decides to assassinate president Lincoln during a preformance of Our American Cousin in the theater Booth regularly preformed in with his brother. -
Civil war ends
Edmund Kirby Smith signs official surrender document of the confederate army. -
Industrialization and Immigration
With expansion of railroads and advancements of factories the demand for workers increased. Many people immigrated, mainly from China and Italy, to seek work and housing.