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1000
Kingdom of Ghana 1000-1500
The west African empire. -
1492
First voyage of Christopher Columbus 1492
When Columbus "discovered" America. -
Period: 1492 to 1504
Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Timespan) 1492-1504
When Christopher Columbus went out to discover america. -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands -
1521
Cortes conquered the Aztecs 1521
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire in 1521 -
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English settlement of Roanoke (Timespan) 1585-1590
The first colony was established by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island -
Establishment of Jamestown 1607
The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia i -
Pilgrims land in Plymouth 1620
Although the Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the Hudson River in New York, -
Pilgrims land in Plymouth 1620
A voyage of 66 days to arrive on land. -
Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore 1632
The first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land -
Navigation Acts 1651
The Navigation Act of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, -
Navigation Acts 1651
All trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels. -
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King Philip’s War (timespan) 1675-1677
An armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies. -
Bacon’s Rebellion 1676
An armed rebellion that took place 1676-1677 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
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Queen Anne’s War 1702-1713
the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in England's Thirteen American Colonies -
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The Great Awakening 1739-1740
a series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies -
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7 Years’ War (timespan) 1756-1763
It involved all five European great powers of the time plus many of the middle powers and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. -
Sugar Act 1764
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses -
Stamp Act 1765
Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America -
Tea Act 1773
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses. -
Intolerable Acts 1774
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Declaration of Independence
When America declared their freedom/ independence. -
The Battle of Saratoga 1777
a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation 1781
Maryland finally ratified the Articles on February 2, 1781 -
The Battle of Yorktown 1781
the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution. -
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Shay’s Rebellion 1786-1787
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades -
The Northwest Ordinance 1787
provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
The US Constitution 1788
the Constitution became the official framework of the government -
Whiskey Rebellion 1794
a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, -
Alien and Sedition Acts 1798
A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. -
Louisiana Purchase 1803
a land deal between the United States and France -
Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general embargo on all foreign nations enacted by the United States Congress against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars. -
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War of 1812 (timespan) 1812-1814
The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain was a conflict fought over the right of neutral countries to participate in foreign trade without the interference of other nations -
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend 1814
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory -
Missouri Compromise 1820
The Missouri Compromise was the legislation that provided for the admission of Maine to the United States as a free state along -
Mexican Independence 1821
The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict, lasting over a decade, which had several distinct phases and took place in different regions of the Spanish colony of New Spain -
Texas declares independence 1836
The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution -
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Mexican-American War 1846
Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor, killing about a dozen -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
The Dred Scott Decision 1857
The Dred Scott decision was the Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle a slave, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence -
The secession of South Carolina 1860
The first state to secede was South Carolina -
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American civil War
A battle between the north and south about expansion of slavery. -
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The Civil War 1861-1864
The Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. -
The Battle of Shiloh 1862
The Battle of Shiloh was a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War -
The Battle at Antietam 1862
a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland, an advance that was regarded as one of the greatest Confederate threats to Washington, D.C. -
The Emancipation Proclamation 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln -
The Battle of Gettysburg 1863
The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point -
Lincoln’s Assassination 1865
Abraham Lincoln was killed