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Oct 12, 1492
Cristopher Columbus lands in the New World
Cristopher Columbus landed in the New World instead of Asia. He planted a Spanish flag on the island. -
Nov 10, 1492
The Spanish Empire
Ponce De Leon tried to conquer Florida, but the Naive Americans used poisoned arrows to drive invaders way. Ponce De Leon died from a poisined arrow. In the 1600s spanish border lands extended west from Florida present day Texas, New Mexico. They made religoius converts, but where ever they went they spread disease. -
Sep 27, 1504
Tale of Gold City
Spanish people wanted gold. They believed they tale the Indians said that there is a city in North America that has houses and streets made out of gold. The Spanish found a lot of adventure but no gold. At the end the spanish people gave up. -
Jamestown: The First English Colony
John Cabot an Italian living in England claimed all of North America. In 1607 English Merchants settled on a swampy island and named it Jamestown after King James I. One year Later John smith took control of Jamestown. -
Pocohantas's Marriage
Pocohantas got married to John Rolfe. After they got married things became better between the English and the Native Americans. Later Pocohantas went and lived in England. -
Starvation Time
Peolpe in Jamestown had lack of food. John Rolfe was suppose to go England to get more supplies, but his trip back to Jamestown was delayed. People in Jamestown had to eat dogs, rats, and human corpses. -
New Netherland
Dutch traders made deals with the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. Peter Minuit was sent to New Netherland as the colony's governor. -
Connecticut
The founder of Connecticut was Thomas Hooker. Connecticut has seacosts and forested hills. It also has mild summers and cold winters. It has fertile valleys. -
New France
Jaque Cartier was sent to find the Atlantic Coast line of North America. He failed to find West North passage, but he claimed land we know as Canada for France. Champlain made a trading post and named it Quebec. He traded with the Natives. The French had a buisness relationship with the Huron. -
Proclamation of 1763
"Draw a line down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. Settler will stay east of that line and Indians to stay west." -
The Stamp Act
"No Taxation without representaion!" They had to purchase a stamp for every paper such as letters, postcards...etc. The king the new act because he needed to pay the debts from the war. -
Quartering Act
This law ordered colonial assemblies to provide british troops, or housing. "As much an Act laying Taxes!" The money was spent on soldiers and they were not doing anything they are just watching us. The king is trying to fool us. -
The Townshend Acts
The new laws placed a duty, or tax, on certain goods the colonies imported from Britain. The king said that they were misbehaived and that they need to pay for the Army in America. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to rescue the British East India Company. The British company were almost. When the tea was sent on the ship they threw it in the Harbard. -
The Intolerable Act
The king made new laws to be able to have control over the colonists thats because of what happened in the Boston Tea Party. They ended up closing the Harbard Trade. Boston is not a self-governing colony anymore. -
The Second Continental Congress
The generals are going to get soldiers trained very well so they can fight if there is a war. They discussed all of that in the meeting in Philadelphia. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
All of the colonies wanted independence, but the british wont let them just have it. So they had to fight for their freedom. The battle was very bloody. The colonists were very strong. -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Americans had to agree with George Washington and fight because the only other option would be slavery and the colonists would rather die than be a slave. -
Lexington & Concord
The new England government are at a state of rebellion. The colonists have been training soldiers and they are ready to fight against the british troops. -
The Siege of Boston
The siege of Boston proved that americans were strong. Americans were getting more supplies like gun powder so they can defeat the british. -
The Declaration of Independence
In the letter the wrote to the king and the british included all the king's crimes and that the king continued to show no concern to the colonists' rights. King George was being a tyrant. Thomas Jefferson wanted freedom and Natural Rights. -
Trenton
The Americans were able to win at Trenton because they crossed the river and surprised the British during Christmas. And that proved that Americans were able to beat the British. -
The Battle for New York
George washington led he continental army over the river. They successfully won the battle against german loyalists. -
Saratga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the war between the americans and the British. -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
The document could not become officially effective until it was ratified by all thirteen colonies. That process took several years because some colonies disagreed in the beginning. -
Yoktown
The Battle of York Town wa led by george washington. British then came to an end to the conflict. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783. It formally ended the war between Americans and British. Americans were Independent again. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion produced fears that the Revolution's democratic impulse had gotten out of hand. Over one thousand Shaysites had been arrested. -
Constitutional Convention
55 delegates from 12 sates attended the convention. The first action the delegates took was to elect george washinton as president. -
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
The Convention decided that only nine states were needed to ratify.The Convention submitted the Constitution to the Congress of the Confederation. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana purchase was really expensive the United States paid 15 million dollars in total it was a French claim. -
Spain gives Florida to the U.S.
Spain set out a border between the United States and New Spain.It was Andrew Jakson who envaded Florida. -
Describe one issue that upset Northerners
The Northern states were all free states without any slave trades. In the south there were many slave trades where they sold African Americans . The Northerners wanted all the states to be free and they would have more power. -
Describe a second issue that upset Northerners
Another issue that upset the northerners was the Missouri Copromise. The Northerners were affraid the Southern states would have more power because then they would have more slave state. For a while it was a dead lock, but then they found the answer fo it. -
The Indian Removal Act
When Andrew Jakson became the president there were only 125 Native Americans that lived east of th Mississipi River. Jakson wanted to move all of the Indians to a New Indian Territory in the west. -
The "Trail of Tears"
Many Native American families were forced to move to the west where the New Indian Territory was. They had to leave their homelands where they lived and grew for years and years. -
Describe a second issue that upset Southerners
There were many slaves running away. So the slave owners were losing a lot of money. And the runaway slaves are called fugitive slaves. So the southerners were getting really angry. -
Texas is annexed
This act led to the Mexican-American war. And the Americans defeated them and the United States expanded. -
Oregon Treaty
It was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United states. It was signed in Washington D.C. -
War with Mexico
It was a war between the United states and Mexico. The Mexican army was not strong enough and the United States gained more land afeter defeating the Mexicans. -
Describe one issue that upset Southerners
The southerners were affaid the notherners would have mre power than them because they had the same number of states each so if Missouri becomes a free state then the northerners would have more power. -
American Civil War
This war was between the northerners and the southerners . The Northerners were against slavery, but the southerners were pro-slavery. Lincoln was elected as president at that time.
