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9000 BCE
First Americans to arrive in North America
Although very hard to find the first Americans arrived slightly after the ice age and well there is not much more to say, and I dont know if this is true either. -
1492
Christopher Columbus arriving at Jamestown
Christopher Columbus arrived at Jamestown which to many isn't a great story because from there he made "peace" with the Native Americans which everyone knows was false, and started to enslave them and tell them to work for him. -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was known to many as the first person to land and discover America, also he was known to be not very kind and quite cruel. -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation acts were pretty much laws that mostly applied to certain places and these laws did not allow trade from outside of the country, England.The Acts made it so that the English would not trade for with the British and this lasted for close to 200 years. -
The Enlightment
The enlightenment which took place in mainly Europe was pretty much an idea which was that humanity could be changed rationally -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism is a policy designed to raise the trade of that nation and, to maximize the amount of gold and silver. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war occurred when both America and the French had some "Frontier tensions" This war was also an add on to the 7 year war. This war lasted until 1763 -
Proclamation of 1763
This was issued by King George III after the 7 year war/ French and Indian war. This did not allow the Native Americans, to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
American Revolution
The American revolution was an event that took place after America won their independence from the French. It was a revolt that Colonist did towards the taxes that were being thrown at them. The most famous phrase from this event is, "No Taxation without representation" -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament and it forced American Colonist to pay taxes for every single piece of printed paper that they bought. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, was not necessarily a big Massacre but it took place in Boston Massachusetts and was a street fight between a mob who were throwing rocks and a group of armed British soldiers. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political Protest where people or the Sons of liberty climbed on the ships of the British and threw chest full of tea onto the Boston harbor. -
Deceleration of Independence
The Deceleration of Independence was announced shortly after the war with France. The Deceleration allowed the 13 colonies to become their own separate states and they no longer belonged in the British territory. -
George Washington
George Washington as everyone knows the 1st president of the USA, he was also a military background from a young age. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin or the founding father of the United states was one of the many presidents and was known for being a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, freemason and diplomat. -
United States Constitution Signed
The United States constitution was signed September 17, 1787. The constitution is a set of laws which consist of the branches in which the government works with, and many concepts such as federalism. -
Manifest destiny
Manifest destiny was a belief in the United States that settlers were allowed and destined to to expand and travel across North America. -
Jacksonian Democracy
Jacksonian Democracy was a political philosophy that was created after Andrew Jackson was elected as president, it was just a adding on to make a bigger democracy. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the USA, he was best known for sending Lewis and Clark on their expedition. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between American and France. The USA acquired a lot of land specifically 827,000 square miles of land that was west of the Mississippi River and they bought it for $15 million. -
Westward expansion
The Westward expansion was pretty much the land that was gained in the west with the louisiana purchase. -
Lewis and Clark expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition was funded by Thomas Jefferson 2 years after he got elected. He sent the two men to the pacific to gather new information about newly gained land and to make better relationships with the Native Americans. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark were the main men who were sent to explore the Pacific and to gain trust with the Native Americans, this was known as the Lewis and Clark expedition which was created by Thomas Jefferson. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was one of the few not very great presidents, he is mainly known for his big role in the Indian removal act which was not very great. -
The Election of 1828
This election was the 11th quadrennial presidential election where the two candidates John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, nothing much else to say. -
Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement is pretty much a term or movement that was used to stop and end slavery. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was created by the 7th president, Andrew Jackson. This was created so that way the Indians would move to western territory and in return Jackson would get the former land. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave for a while and is known for being the slave in a free state with no permissions to do anything. -
Mexican-American War
This war between Mexico and America was caused due to land which we call Texas. They argued about this land belonging to one country to the other and well the outcome was this brutal war. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was decided by the court, and it was pretty much a rule saying that no slave in free territory such as the north would allow those slaves to become free. -
Civil War
The civil war was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, this war was lead by the 16th President Abraham Lincoln, and was caused because of slave rights. -
Compromise of 1860
The compromise of 1860 was an attempt to fix the secession crisis however it failed. -
Election of 1860
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth election which resulted in Abraham lincoln winning -
Frederick douglass
Frederick douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. -
Abraham Lincoln
The 16th president Abraham Lincoln was a very great one, many say he was a racist while others don't. He is best known for fighting in the civil war which pretty much ended slavery, but not racism. -
The era of reform
The era of reform was a bunch of social activism and it attempted eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government.