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Oct 31, 1492
Columbus founded Americas
In 1492 Columbus departed from Spain and sailed westward. What he found during his voyage is also known as the New World. -
Jan 1, 1502
Slaves arrive in Spanish America
In 1501, the Spanish Crown had permitted the exporting of slaves to America, and the following year, they had arrived. -
Jamestown Settlement
104 men survived the journey by sailing into the Chesapeake Bay. They sailed up a river in which they named James and established their colony on a peninsula. -
Starving Time
The winter of 1609-1610 had become one of the harshest seasons for the people that were bound for Virginia because there were a number of mishaps during that winter. It resulted in many deaths. -
Quebec founded by France
France founded its first permanent settlement in North America at Quebec. They exercised New World disproportionate because of relationships with Native Americans -
Massachusetts Bay Experiment
Events in England encourages Puritan merchants to migrate to the new world. King James and his son Charles the 1st was very hostile to the Puritans and imprisoned many of them because of their beliefs. -
Smallpox Epidemic
Small pox traveled from Mexico then made its way to MA by 1633. The lack of technology is what caused the small pox to be so deadly. There were just fewer than 300 deaths about 40 sick 60 alive and about 10 recovered from small pox. -
English Civil War
The English Civil War was the war between the Cavaliers and the Puritans leader. This war was due to the taxes given by the King. -
Charles II, son of the the executed King comes back from exile
After King Charles I was beheaded, his son, Charles II came back from exile to receive the crown and title of King. -
The Flintlock Musket is introduced
The term "musket" is applied to a variety of weapons, including the long, heavy guns with loose powder fired with the gun barrel. -
King Philips War
Known to be one of the most brutal wars of this time, Philips and his men attacked Plymouth Colony causing them to be pushed into Boston territory and caused endangerment of settlers and the area. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An uprising in the Virginia Colony in North America was led by a Nathaniel Bacon, who was a 29 year old planter. About a thousand Virginians rose because they resented Virginia Governor William Berkley friendly policies towards the Indians. -
Witch Trials
A series of trials against supposed witches in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Accusations were made against a number of people mostly women of witchcraft and satanic rituals. -
Stono Rebellion
This rebellion was led by slaves. About 100 blacks rose up, seized weapons and killed several whites in an attempt to escape south to Florida. The uprising was quickly crushed and most of the participants were killed. -
Negro Act
The Negro Act was an act that was passed in the Carolinas. This act made it illegal for slaves to travel in groups, make money or have any type of education. -
French Indian War
Both France and England wanted to expand their territories, and both had fought over a a large area of land covering most of the east of Mississippi. They had wanted to gain control over the fur trade as well. This resulted in the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation
The Proclamation was passed in 1763 to forbid settlers from advancing beyond the Appalachian Mountains. -
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Boston Tea Party
This was the initial dressing up as Indians and throwing tea overboard at Boston harbor. It destroyed countless product and there was a great loss of money involved. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act is the name of at least two acts of the Parliament of Great Britain during the Eighteenth century. These Quartering Acts were used by the British forces in the American colonies to ensure that British soldiers had adequate housing and provisions. -
Boston Massacre
5 innocent men caused a scurry in Massachusetts towards royal troops. These men were protesters who did not agree with new Taxes including the Townshend acts which led to the soldiers opening fire. -
The Tea Act
This was intended to launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts or Coervie acts were five laws passed by the British Parliament in 17174 relating to Britain ‘Colonies in North America. -
Lexington/ Concord Battles
The initial skirmishes between British Soldier and American Colonists mark the beginning of the American Revolution, and were held at Lexington. -
American Revolution
This war solidified our standing an individual nation. The war was lead by George Washington and they were many American defeats and British wins. -
Battle of Saratoga
Known as the turning point in the war, the battle decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne’s army. -
Constitution of 1787
On September 17, 1787, forty-two of the 55 delegates to the constitution convention held their final meeting and by June 21, 1788 nine states had approved the constitution, finally forming a more perfect union. -
Genet Affair
The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the US Congress, who were waging an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. -
Louisiana Purchase
This purchase was the acquisition by the United States of about 828,800 square miles of new land from Frances. The purchase doubled the size of the United States. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was the war between the United States and Great Britain. This war was also known as the forgotten war. It last well over 2 years. This war helps form and justifiy American Independence. -
Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society was formed in 1817 by a group of prominent white Virginians to send free African Americans to Africa. -
Dartmouth College vs Woodward
After a conflict between students and a college, the court had ruled that since it was a contract it was inviolable and that a decision was made to place important restrictions on the ability of state governments to control corporations. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a policy given by President James Monroe. This aimed to the European expansion into the Western Hemisphere. -
Gibson Vs Ogden
Aaron Ogden filed a complaint asking the court to restrain Thomas Gibbons from operating on these waters. This marked the start of a 40 year pled of history during which the Supreme Court limited the federal government’s ability to regulate under Commerce. -
Election of 1828
This is the election of Andrew Jackson. This election is important because Andrew Jackson ended much corruption and solidified an certain political system of our time. -
Creation of the new Two Party System
Andrew Jackson’s election there seemed to be wide movement among the states. The operation of a new party system seemed to develop. -
Taiff of Abominations
During this time there was a need for a new tariff on imported goods. The benefits of protecting their manufactured goods from foreign competitions now had to be weighed against the prospects of having to pay more for raw materials. -
First railroads of America the Baltimore and Ohio
Some of the best innovative ways of transportation at the time these were the first railroads ever built. This is important, due to the sole fact of transportation and the rise of industrialization. -
Black Hawk War
The American forces that opposed the Indians had joined together one day and began to attack the western tribes. They viciously attacked Indians that were attempting to surrender, retreating, and had slaughtered many of them. -
Election of Van Buren
In 1836 Martin Van Burren was elected as the 8th president of the United States. He was in office when the panic of 1837 happened which was a 5 year depression because the banks where failing and we had a record low unemployment rate. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. -
John Brown Raid
John Brown raid in the fall of 1859 John Brown organized a raid to seize a fortress in the mountains in Virginia. -
Lincoln is Assassinated
He was killed in the ford’s theater in Washington D.C. during an play by a man named John Wilkes Booth. -
First Civil Rights Act
This act was a federal law in the United States that was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of African-Americans in the wake of the American Civil War. -
15th Amendment of 1869
The Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution is part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making law “respecting an establishment of religion.”
