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1497
John Cabot
t made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship Matthew -
1497
Amerigo Vespucci
an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to people of the Old World. -
1497
Vasco da Gama
was a Portuguese explorer and the first person to navigate a route to the East and India -
1511
hernan cortez
was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire -
1513
fransisco pizzaro
was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. He captured and killed Incan emperor Atahualpa, and claimed the lands for Spain -
1513
Juan Ponce de León
was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown -
1513
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. -
First Anglo-Powhatan War
Series of clashes between the Powhatan Confederacy and English settlers in Virginia. -
Powhatan
Chief of the Powhatan Indians and father of Pocahontas. As a show of force, Powhatan staged the kidnapping and mock execution of Captain John Smith in 1607. -
Pequot War
Series of clashes between English settlers and Pequot Indians in the Connecticut River valley. -
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
Last-ditch effort by the Indians to dislodge Virginia settlements. The resulting peace treaty formally separated white and Indian areas of settlement. -
King Phillip's War
Series of assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New England. The attacks slowed the westward migration of New England settlers for several decades. -
pueblo revolt
Pueblo Revolt (aka. Pope's Rebellion) centered in Santa Fe -
Tuscarora War
Began with an Indian attack on Newbern, North Carolina. After the Tuscaroras were defeated, remaining Indian survivors migrated northward, eventually joining the Iroquois Confederacy as its sixth nation. -
american revolutionary war
the 13 colonies fighting their way to freedom from britain under the leadership of george washington -
second cherokee war
a series of armed conflicts when the Cherokee fought to prevent the encroachment of American settlers into eastern Tennessee and eastern Kentucky -
cherokee american war
a continuation of the Second Cherokee War that included a larger number of native tribes attempt to halt the expansion of settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee -
northwest indian war
a series of battles with various native tribes in present-day Ohio. The goal of the campaign was to affirm American sovereignty over the region and to create increased opportunities for settlement -
shays rebellion
debtor's revolt over a credit squeeze that had financially devastated many farmers -
whiskey rebellion
a series of protests against the institution of a federal tax on the distillation of spirits as a revenue source for repaying the nation's war bonds -
Quasi-War
an undeclared naval war with France over American default on its war debt. -
amelia island
Temporary possession was authorized by President James Madison and by Congress, to prevent occupation by any other power; but possession was obtained by General George Mathews in so irregular a manner that his measures were disavowed by the President -
war of 1812
the United States declared war against the United Kingdom. Among the issues leading to the war were British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy, -
carabieen
Engagements between pirates and American ships or squadrons took place repeatedly especially ashore and offshore about Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Yucatán. -
spanish florida
General Andrew Jackson took Pensacola and drove out the British forces -
battle of new Orleans
General Andrew Jackson went to New Orleans to stop the British from attacking them from the back. -
cuba
United States naval forces suppressing piracy landed on the northwest coast of Cuba and burned a pirate station -
Attack on Quallah Battoo
U.S. forces under Commodore John Downes aboard the frigate USS Potomac landed and stormed a fort to punish natives of the town of Quallah Battoo for plundering the American cargo ship -
mexican- american war
After the annexation of Texas in 1845, the United States and Mexico failed to resolve a boundary dispute and President Polk said that it was necessary to deploy forces in Mexico to meet a threatened invasion -
ottoman empire
After a massacre of foreigners (including Americans) at Jaffa in January, a demonstration by the Mediterranean Squadron was ordered along the Turkish (Levantine) coast -
fiji islands
an American naval force landed to seek reparations for attacks on American residents and seamen -
utah war
The Utah War was a dispute between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and the United States federal government. The Mormons and Washington each sought control over the government of the territory, with the national government victorious -
uruguay
forces from two United States warships landed to protect American property during a revolution in Montevideo. -
paraguay
Congress authorized a naval squadron to seek redress for an attack on a naval vessel in the Paraná River -
reconstruction
after the civil war there were a lot of things that could of been done to help the north and the south reunite and there be a lot of things that there could of been carried out if president lincol lived long enough -
vicksburg
split the south of the confederate during the civil war as part of the anaconda plan, along the Mississippi river which helped the north win the civil war -
Battle of Boca Teacapan
US forces destroyed the pirate ship Forward, which had been run aground about 40 miles up the Teacapan Estuary in Mexico. -
Egyptian Expedition
July 14 to 18, American forces landed to protect American interests during warfare between British and Egyptians and looting of the city of Alexandria by Arabs -
Egyptian expedition
American forces landed to protect American interests during warfare between British and Egyptians and looting of the city of Alexandria -
hati
US forces sought to protect American lives and property on Navassa Island -
homestead strike
On July 6, striking miners attacked Pinkerton National Detective Agency agents attempting to break the strike by bringing non-union workers to the mine. 6,000 Pennsylvania state militiamen were sent to reinstate law and order. 16 dead, 27–47 wounded -
nicaragua
May 2 to 4, US forces protected American interests in Corinto during political unrest -
spanish american war
On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war with Spain, ostensibly aligned with Cuban rebels. The war followed a Cuban insurrection, the Cuban War of Independence against Spanish rule and the sinking of the USS Maine in the harbor at Havana. -
Philippen war
Philippine–American War, US forces protected American interests following the war with Spain, defeating Filipino revolutionaries seeking immediate national independence -
boxer rebellion
American troops participated in operations to protect foreign lives during the Boxer uprising, particularly at Peking. For many years after this experience a permanent legation guard was maintained in Peking, and was strengthened at times as trouble threatened. -
world war 1
the world war 1 started after the assassination of archducke ferdinand -
pearl harbor
a suprise attack from the japan army from the axis powers to try to force the untied states to join the axis powers to help the win over the allied powers. -
wolrd war 2
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war with Germany and on December 7, 1917, with Austria-Hungary. Entrance of the United States into the war was precipitated by Germany's submarine warfare against neutral shipping and the Zimmermann Telegram -
atomic bombings
after many of the bombings didnt seem that were gonna make any difference in the war to scare the axis powers, the united states dropped 2 atomic bombs the first war that they will ever be used in and shook the world with the destruction -
Berlin
After the Soviet Union established a land blockade of the U.S., British, and French sectors of Berlin on June 24, 1948, the United States and its allies airlifted supplies to Berlin until after the blockade was lifted in May 1949. -
post world war 2
occupation of south korea with rising tensions with north korea and southern korea -
korean war
The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. -
vietnam war
U.S. military advisers had been in South Vietnam for a decade, and their numbers had been increased as the military position of the Saigon government became weaker. After citing what he falsely termed were attacks on U.S. destroyers, in what came to be known as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, President Johnson asked in August 1964 for a resolution expressing U.S. determination to support "freedom and protect peace in Southeast Asia. -
bay of pigs invasion
known in Hispanic America as Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos (or Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Girón), was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on April 17, 1961. -
cuba missile crisis
On October 22, President Kennedy instituted a "quarantine" on the shipment of offensive missiles to Cuba from the Soviet Union. He also warned Soviet Union that the launching of any missile from Cuba against nations in the Western Hemisphere would bring about U.S. nuclear retaliation on the Soviet Union. A negotiated settlement was achieved in a few days. -
evacuation of vietnam
Operation Frequent Wind, On April 3, 1975, President Ford reported U.S. naval vessels, helicopters, and Marines had been sent to assist in evacuation of refugees and US nationals from Vietnam -
no fly zones in iraq
The U.S., United Kingdom, and its Gulf War allies declared and enforced "no-fly zones" over the majority of sovereign Iraqi airspace, prohibiting Iraqi flights in zones in southern Iraq and northern Iraq, conducting aerial reconnaissance, and several specific attacks on Iraqi air-defense systems as part of the UN mandate. -
kuwait
united states started to intervene with the invasion of kuwait from iraq. they decided to fight for the independence of the Kuwait people ad for the united states could help to remove the iraq infuence. -
war in afgan
in response to the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon, unted states invaded afgan to destroy and find al-qaeda and hold them responsible to the terrorist attacks -
iraq war
in effort of the war on terror and to protect the world the unted states invaded iraq to eliminate the possibility of having weapons of mas destruction. -
al-qaeda insurgency in yemen
the united states of america has started to do drone bombings on al-qaeda al shabaab and isis positions in yemen -
operation new dawn
in 2010 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that as of September 1, 2010, the name "Operation Iraqi Freedom" would be replaced by "Operation New Dawn". -
osama bin laden death
in 2011 navy seals went in a secret mission to kill osama bin laden as part of the operation Neptune spear
