Semester 1 Final Timeline

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  • 1492

    Columbus

  • Jamestown

  • Pilgrims

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    1675-76 Nathanial Bacon led raids on Natives as a result of conflict expanding tobacco growers had w/ Natives
    -Uprising of indentured servants
    -William Berkely (governor of VA) tried suppressing these attacks —> turned to Jamestown and burned it
    -Jamestown was abandoned and Williamsburg was created
    -Ended: Bacon died of illness
    -Ended indentured servants. And influenced the reliance on slavery

  • First Great Awakening

    1730s+
    -religion awakening, started in Cent. and New Eng. then spread to S. colonies; 1740’s
    -Large # of blacks became cristians
    -Rev. Johnathan Edwards preached to younger ppl in New Eng., appealing to their emotions (protestantism)
    -1738, George Whitefield when on preaching tour through colonies
    -Fire and brimstone preaching
    -Affected all colonies

  • French-Indian War

    1754-The year the French-Indian War began [North American component of Seven Years War] +Albany conference
    1756 - 7 years war begins in Europe [it will spread to India and West Africa in 1757, and ultimately will span five continents: Africa, the Americas (N & S), Asia, and Europe
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    French-Indian War

  • End of Frnch-Indian War

    French-Indian War ended with Treaty of 1763; see also Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar and Stamp acts

    1764-1765

  • The Boston Massacre

    Propaganda by the Patriots to encourage Neutralists to support the rebellion. In reality only about 5 people got hurt and the soldiers were provoked by colonists attacking them.

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress

    1774 - First Continental Congress declared that colonists enjoyed rights guaranteed by the “immutable laws of nature” and that thirteen acts passed by Parliament since 1763 were in violation of those rights
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    American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence Signed proclaiming that the Thirteen Colonies at war with Great Britain were now an independent nation and no longer part of the British Empire. The final draft of the Declaration was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776

  • Battle of Saratoga

    In October there was the Battle of Saratoga in New York. As a result of the American victory, France begins to help

  • Land Ordinance of 1785 - Treaty of Fort McIntosh

    Land Ordinance of 1785; Treaty of Fort McIntosh
    It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. Congress at the time did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation, so land sales provided an important revenue stream.
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    Shay's Rebellion

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    Constitutional Convention + Ratification

  • Constitution

    The Articles of Confederation was superseded by the Constitution, March, 1789

  • French Revolution

    The French revolution begins, with the storming of Bastille.

  • Bill of Rights

  • Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin 1794
    The cotton gin made it more efficient to grow cotton
    This along with slavery created the largest cash crop in the south
    Southerners created Plantations to grow cotton
    Slavery grew after the invention of the cotton gin.

  • George Washington's Farewell Address

    -Wrote in 1796
    -Steps down after 2 terms (8 years) started the trend of only serving 2 terms
    -Stated, “Do not form any political parties” as it will create a divide in the nation
    -Keep it to yourself “political opinion”
    -Washington refused to wear anything that could look like a monarch would wear
    -Freed his slaves in his will
    -Kept slaves while in office, said that he didn’t have any
    -Cut ties with international foreign affairs

  • XYZ Affair

  • Alien Sedition Act

    raised citizenship year from 5 to 14
    Alien- gave president power to deport anyone during peacetime
    Alien- president could arrest any alien could he wanted to during war
    Penalised and jailed anyone guilty of sedation

  • Kenya/Virginia Resolves

    Ruled alien and sedition acts unconstitutional
    Written by Madison and Jefferson
    argued that the states had the right to declare unconstitutional any acts of Congress that were not authorized by the Constitution
    Gave states more power than fed. gov
    Alien and Sedition overrule wasn’t successful

  • Thomas Jefferson v. Aaron Burr

    Thomas Jefferson was elected president after he tied with Aaron Burr, he campaigned for 6 days to get Congress on his side.

  • Marbury vs. Madison

    The U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the principle of judicial review—the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional. ... President John Adams named William Marbury as one of forty-two justices of the peace on March 2, 1801.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    The United States (Thomas Jefferson) buys Louisiana
    Territory(roughly 830,000 square feet) from France (Napoleon) for $15 million.

  • Embargo Act of 1807

    Thomas Jefferson passes the Embargo act of 1807 in order to combat piracy along North African coasts and British impressment

  • International Slave Trade banned

    Congress banned international slave trade

  • Illinois land organized + Tecumseh

    Territory of Illinois organizes, including present day Wisconsin; Tecumseh creates a multi-tribal confederacy in southeast Great Lakes region.

  • Tecumseh's Village burned

  • War of 1812

    U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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    War of 1812

  • Battle of New Orleans (Jackson)

    Battle of New Orleans (Andrew Jackson the hero) takes place after peace treaty (Treaty of Ghent in Belgium: “status quo antebellum” ) is signed to end War of 1812

  • American System

    prog. of gov’t subsidies favored by Henry Clay and his followers
    to promote American economic growth and protect domestic manufacturers from foreign comp.
    supported by James Monroe
    proposed by President Madison in a msg to Congress
    Monroe followed Madison

  • Market Revolution

    Outcome of:
    Transportation dev.
    commercialization
    Industrialization
    Erie Canal- 1825, from NY to IL
    Women began working in factories- Lowell Mill Girls
    Railroad- transported much of the population from rural to cities

  • Panic of 1819

    The panic of 1819 was triggered by the Second Bank of the
    United States foreclosing on loans that led to six years of Depression.

  • Liberia Founded

  • Missouri Compromise

  • "Tariff of Abominations"

  • Nathan Turner

  • 2nd National Bank

  • Politicized->Whigs

  • Nullification Crisis

  • Gag Resolutions begin

  • Trail of Tears

  • "Tippecanoe + Tyler Too"

  • Manifest Destiny

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso: A piece of legislation proposed by David Wilmot- essentially aimed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired by the US at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War. The slavery supporters in the Senate failed to pass it. As a result, the proviso further divided up the North and South over the issue of slavery.
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    Mexican-American War

  • Seneca Falls

    Seneca Falls Convention takes place, it was the first women’s rights convention, where the social conditions and rights of women were debated.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Signed on February 2, it ended the Mexican-American war in favor of the United States. Added the lands of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming to the territory of the United States.

  • Compromise of 1850

    -Henry Clay introduced it: California as a “free state” and “popular sovereignty” on the issue of slavery applied to the “New Mexico & Utah territories,” now land in: AZ, NM, CO, NV, UT

    -popular sovereignty allowed white residents of the territories to decide whether to allow slavery
    -The Compromise also included the Fugitive Slave Law (required officials in all states and territories to assist with the return of enslaved people) and the ban on slave trading in Washington, D.C.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    -by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published on March 20. influence expanded outside of the U.S., to other nations including Russia, Canada, and Great Britain. The main theme discussed the separation of slaves in the south from their immediate families
    -depicted the attitudes towards African Americans in the south and the horrifying tales of slavery. influenced the beginnings of the Civil War+ on slavery.
    In the first year 300,000 copies sold US +>1 mil copies sold UK

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    -Kansas-Nebraska Act passed by Douglas, opened the North part of Indian territory (Kansas) to Americans by popular sovereignty and in effect, it repealed the Missouri compromise and strained the major political parties
    -After the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed, Democrats from Mississippi and Northern Republicans rushed into Kansas to claim land and fight for (in the case of the Democrats) or against (the Republicans) slavery in Kansas.

  • Panic of 1857

    Panic of 1857, happened because of a major temporary downturn in agricultural exports to Britain. The south was less affected by the Panic of 1857 which the south used as proof to their superiority. This was used by James Henry Hammond in his “King Cotton” speech.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney dismissed the Dred Scott case (Dred Scott’s owner brought him through free states, where he married a slave and had a kid. They returned to a slave state though, then he sued for his, his wife’s, and his child’s freedom.) on the grounds that only citizens could bring suits before federal courts, declaring that black people-slave or free-were not considered citizens.

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected

    1860: South Carolina became the first state to secede from the union in December. The decision to secede was made based off of Lincoln’s election as president in November and his demand that slavery would be contained essentially and not spread to new territories.

  • Confederacy is born

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas, Civilians spectated expecting a short and sweet victory for the Union, but Confederate general “Stonewall” Jackson held the ground and forced the Union troops to retreat, resulting in a Confederate triumph. The battle signified a long, bloody war as opposed to the common thought of a short and easy conflict.

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Homestead Act

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • NYC Drafts Paris

  • Freedman's Bureau

  • 13th Amendment

  • KKK is born

    founded in direct response to passage of the 1866 Civil Rights Act. One of the most prominent of the vigilante groups that terrorized black people in the South during the Reconstruction era, founded by Confederate Veterans.

  • Knights of Labor Founded

  • 14th Ammendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • WCTU is born

  • Custer's Last Stand

  • Compromise of 1877

  • The Compromise of 1877:

    The Compromise of 1877 was a deal made by Rutherford B. Hayes in order to become president of the United States over Samuel J. Tilden. This deal made Hayes the president but it would also end the era of Reconstruction. This compromise removed all federal troops from the south who were enforcing Reconstruction. The removal of these troops led to the oppression against many African Americans in the South.

  • Chief Joseph meets the president

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act was an immigration law passed in 1882, that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating into the U.S.
    This act was passed, because the American citizens were mad the Chinese immigrants took all the jobs. Because this act was passed there was a lot of racism towards asians in general.

  • Pendleton Act

  • +Social Darwinism increase

  • Pendleton civil service act

    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act reformed the spoils system; this measure created a commission to reform and professionalize civil service. This measure also allowed the president to create a three-person commission to draw up a set of guidelines for executive and legislative appointments.

  • Ramona Published

  • Haymarket Riot

    The Haymarket Riot was initially a peaceful protest that argued an eight hour day. As authorities came to shut down the strike, an assailant threw a bomb into the group of policemen. Chaos ensued, and the police began to fire. 8 anarchists were accused of the bombing. Those accused were never proven to have been involved with the bombing.

  • AFL

    American Federation of Labor founded- (AFL) Union formed in 1886 that organized skilled workers along craft lines and emphasized a few workplace issues rather than a broad social program.

  • Dawes Sovereignty Act

    Allowed the President to divide Native lands into individual plots to be distributed to Natives who would become American citizens. This act was an attempt to assimilate Native Tribes into American Society.

  • Wounded Knee

    The Ghost Dance movement was a spiritual movement based on the belief that the native americans had upset the gods by assimilating with white culture and to reconcile the Sioux would take part in the Ghost Dance which meant retaliating against western culture and re embracing their former traditions.

  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman antitrust act was when the US legislation outlawed trusts, meaning monopolies and cartels.
    The purpose was to increase economic competitiveness. This was the first measure passed by Congress to prohibit trusts.

  • How the Other Half Lives

  • Eugene V. Debs Founds Social Democratic Party

  • Pullman Strike

  • Plessy vs. Fergusen

    Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court decision on railroad segregation in Louisiana. It was decided that it didn’t break the constitution so a doctrine called “Separate but equal” was created.

  • Spanish American War Begins

  • Gospel of Wealth

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    WWI

    August 1914-April 1917
    Allied Powers vs. Central Powers
    Initially: US tries to stay neutral, but then Lusitania (1915)-->“He kept us out of war”--> (‘16) -->Zimmerman Telegram (‘17) → US merchant marine ships sunk, then Declaration of War “to make the world safe for democracy”(April ‘17)
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    More

    American Expeditionary Force Draft “Doughboys” + Russian Revolution of 1917 and Spanish Flu of 1918
    Home front
    War Industries Board & Committee on Public Information
    1917 Espionage Act (and Sedition Act of 1918)
    Eugene Debs sent to prison]
    Great Mig. begins
    ~6 mil. African Americans move North by 1970

    Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points & the Treaty of Versailles
    US Senate vetoes League of Nations--when WWI ends, the US nothing more with Europe,foreign policy becomes isolationist