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Nov 10, 1492
Columbus Landed in the New World
Christopher Columbus was the first European to land in the New World. He started a New Revolution of Exchanging goods. -
Nov 13, 1500
The Spanish Empire
Columbus landed in North America thinking it was the Indies. After Columbus, Cortez and Pizarro were sent and they claimed a lot of land for Spain. They slaved and captured the Native Americans in search of gold. -
Nov 21, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the Inqa Empire
Pizzaro set out to conquer the Inca emoire in modern day Peru. Smallpox had killed many previous to Pizarro's arrival, so the Inca could not defend themselves very well against Pizarro's attack. -
Nov 13, 1534
The France
Seeing the Spaninsh earn so much wealth the French sent out explorers to claim the unclaimed land in the North. They sent Cartier and Robert to gain the wealth the Spanish has. They claimed whatever was left in the North, Canada and the west of the mississippi river. -
James Town: The first English Colony
Gentlemen form England were sent to claim North America, they claimed a swampy peninsula. In 1608 a natural leader named Captain John Smith took control of Jamestown. They were attcked by the Indians when they first settled but Pochahontas managed to bring peace to their land. -
New Netherland
Henry Hudson was paid by the Dutch to find an all water route through America, but it didnt. He claimed all the land along the Hudson River, which was named after him. A group of Dutch men settled there for fur trade they defeated the powerful Iruquois Indians and fought the french in fur trade. -
the dutch merchants formed the dutch west india company to start a colony
The first dutch colony settled along the upper hudson where they built the orange fort , near present day Alabany, New York. The new colonists quickly found that there were good profits to be made in the fur trade. -
English took control of New Netherlands nd renamed it New York
English took control of the settlement of New Netherland in 1664. The English renamed the colony New York in honor of its new proprietor (owner), James, the Duke of York. The duke gave huge chunks of his colony to two friends, Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley. These men then established the colony of New Jersey to the south of New York. -
Two explorers explored the great mississippi river
the search for fur, the french thought the river would lead them farthur inland but instead it was flowing south, towards the gulf of mexico. Disapointed they returned to France. Nine years later, Robert De La Salle explored the entire length of the Mississippi river. -
Proclamation
King George III told the colonists to keep east of the Appalacian Mountains becuase he wanted to keep the Natives and the British from fighting. -
The Stamp Act
This act requires colonists to buy stamps for every paper used -
Quatering Act
This law required colonial assemblies to provide the troops a shelter, food, firing and cooking utensils. -
Townshend Act
The new laws placed a duty, or tax, on certain goods the colonies imported from Britain. These goods included such popular items as glass, paint, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act The Tea Act was Lord North’s attempt to rescue the British East India Company. This large trading company controlled all the trade between Britain and Asia. For years it had been a moneymaker for Britain. But the American boycott of British tea hurt the company badly. It was in danger of going broke unless it could sell off the 17 million pounds of tea that was sitting in its London warehouses. -
The Intolerable Acts
Parliament Punishes Massachusetts The Intolerable Acts were designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
King George had made many mistakes before and this was one of his mistakes. He said that the blows at Lexington and Concord will decide weather thee is subject to this country or Independence. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill Meanwhile, militiamen near Boston made plans to fortify two hills that overlooked the city Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill. Israel Putnam led a few hundred men up Breed’s Hill. -
The Seige of Boston
The Siege of Boston was the phase of the American Revolutionary War, in which New England militiamen surrounded the town of Boston, Massachusetts, to prevent movement by the British Army. -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition Americans had their hopes for peace on King George. Congress sent a petition to George III asking him to end the quarrel. John Adams called the petition an “olive branch,” because olive tree branches are an ancient symbol of peace. -
Battle of New York
British forces were ordered to capture New York City. British troops would then move north to destroy the rebellion.
To block the British invasion, Washington hurried with his army from Boston to New York.Congress had finally declared the colonies to be “free and independent states.” -
The Socond Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia’s State House to debate independence. Inside the State House, emotions were hot and stormy. By the end of the day, the issue was still undecided. -
The Declaration of Independece
The United States Declaration of Independence was announced by the Continental Congress , which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Trenton
Next, Washington outlined a daring plan to attack Hessian troops who were camped for the winter in Trenton, New Jersey. Heartened by Paine’s words, his men did not “shrink from the service of their country.” -
Saratoga
Burgoyne’s surrender marked a turning point in the war. Before the victory at Saratoga, the American cause had looked hopeless to most of the world. Now the Americans had shown they could stand up to a British army and win. -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
Congress began to move for ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1777. The document could not become officially effective until it was ratified by all 13 colonies. The first state to ratify was Virginia on December 16, 1777.[5] -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris Early in 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed a peace treaty (agreement) in Paris. The Treaty of Paris had three important parts. First, Great Britain agreed to recognize the United States as an independent nation. Second, Britain gave up its claims to all lands between the Atlantic Coast and the Mississippi River, from Canada south to Florida. Third, the United States agreed to return all rights and property taken from Loyalists during the war. -
Shay's Rebellion
Armed attack by farmers in Massachusetts against the state government. Debt-ridden farmers, struck by the economic depression that followed the American Revolution, -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787 and rewrote the United States Constitution.
The convention was called because the federal government established by the Articles of Confederation was considered to be too weak to effectively deal with the states' issues. Officially, the purpose of the convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
In May of 1787 the Confederation Congress authorized a convention in Philadelphia to propose new amendments to the Articles. Instead of proposing amendments, the Constitutional Convention presented a new Constitution. This proposed Constitution was presented to the Confederation Congress and sent to the States for ratification late that year. -
The Loisiana purchase
By a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803, the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory, more than 2 million sq km of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The price was 60 million francs, about $15 million -
Missouri's application for statehood as a slave state upset northerners.
Northerners were upset becuase other states in the North mught apply yto slave states. Missouri is above Ohio with the other free states. And the slave states would have more representation, so these states would get over powerd. -
The proposal of the Tallmadge amendment of Missouri being admitted as a free state upset southerners
The southerners were upset because then the North would have more representation, and the free states would be over powered. And if the free states were over powered then slavery might end, which would be very bad for the southerners. -
The Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent of Indian removal. In 1814 he commanded the U.S. military forces that defeated a faction of the Creek nation. In their defeat, the Creeks lost 22 million acres of land in southern Georgia and central Alabama. -
The "Trail of Tears"
The Trail of Tears was the relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the present-day United States. It has been described as an act of genocide. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory -
Texas is annexed
The Texas Annexation was the annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States of America as the 28th state. This act quickly led to the Mexican-American war. -
Treaty of Oregon
The treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the two countries. The United States and Great Britain ended the War of 1812 with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, and four years later agreed to a 10-year period of joint occupancy of the Northwest. -
War with Mexico
The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 for the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. -
The fact that the northerners were helping the fugitive slaves upset the southerners
The southerners were upset because they were losing slaves. When they followed the law to capture the slaves the northerners would help the slaves hide or run away. -
The fact that the southerners were helping the fugitive slaves upset the northerners
The northerners were upset because the southerners were officially allowed to come and capture the slaves. So the southerners wouldn’t really lose anything, so the slave states would remain the same. -
U.S Civil War
Eleven southern states seceded from the United States and formed the confederate states of america and the rest twenty five states were called Union. president Abe Linc didn't want the States to secced because it would set a bad example for hte future, the confederate attacked the union at fort sumter and thus the battel begun. -
Yorktown
A Trap at Yorktown By the time Cornwallis was settling into Yorktown, France had sent nearly 5,000 troops to join Washington’s army in New York. -
Spain gives Florida to the U.S
Spain didn't give Florida to the US. The US forced Spain to sell Florida for $20 million .The money was actually paid to US citizens for claims they had against the Spainish government.
