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May 21, 1300
the Black Death
The Black Death was a horrible extremely contagius disease. The disease killed half of the European population. There was no cure for it bsck then. -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias Voyage
King John II sent Bartolomeu Dias to Portugese to explore the African Coast. Dias left in in January, 1488 and reached the tip of Africa. He named this The Cape of Good Hope. -
May 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer. He wrote a journal while on his journeys. He set sail on Aug. 3, 1492 -
Jan 1, 1509
King Henry 1st Marriage
The first lady that King Henry married was his brother wife. King Arthur had died so Henry had to marry Catherine of Aragon. But later on he divorced her because she had to many miscarages. -
May 1, 1509
King Henrys First Marriage
King Henrys first wife was to Catherine of Aragon. The reason that this marriage happend was because she was his brothers wife, but he had died so Henry had to marry her. But they later on got divorced because Catherin had way to many miscarages. -
Apr 21, 1510
King Henry gets a Son
King Henry finallt got a son. They named him Edward. The mother of his son was Jane Seymour, but she died while giveing birth. -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of the 95 Thesis
MArtin luther posted the 95 thesis on the Wittenburg church on October 31st, 1517. The reason that he posted the thesus was because he did not believe in the churches teachings, and he thought they were cheating him of his money. -
May 2, 1518
Cortez Defeat of Aztecs
Cortez wanted the Aztec's land so he destroyed it. He also enslaved them and even gave them to disease. This is important because this is kind of how the Aztecs ended. -
Jan 1, 1536
Anne Boleyn Beheaded
Anne Boleyn was one of King Henrys many wifes, but this one was special. The reason that she was special was because she got beheaded. The story behind her beheading is very stupid. King Henry acused her of cheating, He took her to court and her punishment was to be beheaded, somshe got beheaded. -
Jul 28, 1558
Roanoke Colonization Attempt
The Roanoke Colonization Attempt was founded sometime in July, 1585. The first British colonization was 100 house holds. About 180 men whent to the share of Roanoke. -
Sep 1, 1565
St Augustene est.
St augustene was established by a spanish coqesetedor named King philip II he had this land was founded 55 years before the pilgrems landed on plymouth. This impacted history by adding on to America -
Maryland Est.
George Calvert received a charter from King Charles I of England in 1632. The charter gave him rights to a region. But he died before the settlement could begin. So his son kept it going, and eastablished Maryland. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials occured in 1692, in Massachusets. What had happend was a large amount of woman and men were being acused of commiting witchcraft. Twenty people were executed as the result of being "acused" of witchcraft. -
Washington Kills French Ambassador
Washington did not mean to kill a French Ambassador, it was an accident. Doing that, it tarted the French VS. British war, This was not good for the British. Washingtons men tried to build Fort Necessity but the French made them surrender. So the French won. -
French & Indian War
The French and Indian war was fought from 1754-1763. They fought over the ohio river valley, but that land was claimed by Indians. Nobody wanted to share the land. The French treated the natives better than the British, so the natives fought in the French's side. Not that many Indians fought on the Britsh's side. -
Treaty of paris
The treaty of paris was a tready ending war. This had a impact and ended the French and Indian war. This had a big impact on america by who fought. -
Stamp Act
In march of 1765 the Stamp AcT was passed by the British Parliament. This allowed them to put tax on paper goods. The colonists did not like it. This was important to America because it helped us form taxes. -
the Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a huge fight between the red coats and the colonists. The reason for this fight was because during a protest someone killed colonist and then they all started fighting. This had an impact on America by making the British not like us. -
the Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a huge fight between the red coats and the colonists. The reason for this fight was because during a protest someone killed colonist and then they all started fighting. This had an impact on America by making the British not like us. -
Boston Tea party
The boston tea party was a whole bunch of men throwing tea into a ocean. They were doing this because of the tea act. This was important because it helped the country develope. -
Tea act
The tea act was a tax put on tea. This caused so many issues with the colonist. This was really important to america because it affected the amount of people who bought tea. -
Battle of Lexington Concord
The battle of Lexington Concord started on April 19, 1775. The 13 colonies won there independance, between the British. This was huge for America because of the independance they got. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was revolutionary war that was between British, and Americans. -
the Treaty of Paris
In 1783 the Treaty of Paris stopped the war between the US and Great Britain. This helped them see American independance and it ended the revolutionary war. The treat of Paris affected our US history by ending the revolutionry war, and gieing some peace. -
Rhode Island est.
Roger Williams founded Rhode Island.The Indians sold Rhode Island to him. This was the first settlement in 1636. -
Underground Rail Rode
The underground rail rode was used by slaves trying to escape to the free states. This affected America by helping with the decisions on slavery abolishment. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian removal act was passed by congress In 1830. This let the president take all the Indians and make them get away from there land. This affected America by decreasing the amount of full blooded Indians. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon trail was a trail people used to get to California. It was 2,170 miles long, and many people took it. This is important to American history because this helped us now a days to create roads. -
Trail of Tears
In 1838 Andrew Jackson started the Indian removal act, this is what started the trail of tears. This had caused all of the Indians to move to what is now Oklahoma. This affected America by making us lose our alliances with a lot of tribes. -
Donner Party
The Donner Party was on there way to California, but they decided to take a short cut. That short cut caused there trip to be longer and they eventually ran out of food, and they had to resort to cannibalism. Only about half of them made it, but this affected America by letting the other travelers know to not take short cuts, and it also scared some. -
California Gold Rush
In 1848 a man struck gold in California, and then of course everyone wanted some gold. So a lot of people traveled down there, but that was very hard because California was so far away. Some people did get rich, but it was like winning the lottery. Not that many people actually became rich from this. This affected America by increasing California's population, and the money system of the US. -
Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave law was a law created for southerners to get there slaves back. The reason for this law was because the slaves would escape and run away to the free slave states. This affected history by causing more rebellion with slaves. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. This book became very popular. The purpose of her writeing this book was to help abolish slavery，and create more awareness for it. This affected america by makeing more people dislike slavery. -
John Browns Raid
In 1856 John Brown and his family attempted to raid a place in Kansas. There were about 5 men that were actually sticking up for slaves，but then the military came. This affected America by creating more arguments woth slavery. -
Assassination of Lincoln
On April 15th, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was assinated by John Wilkes Booth. He was assinated at Fords Theatre in Washington DC. This affected America because it changed how southerners and northerners looked at eachother. -
Compromis of 1850
The Compromise of 1850
