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10,000 BCE
First Americans Enter North
The First Americans to Enter the North, were the Native Americans. They were the first to find the U.S. and if they never settled, we today would not have, what we have today. -
1451
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus, was an Italian explorer and navigator he also sailed across the Atlantic from Spain looking for a new rout to India. -
1492
America
America has been here for thousands of years. And the first to settle in the Americas was the Native Americans and the English people in 1607, in a place called place James Town Virginia. -
1506
Christopher Columbus Lands
Christopher Columba's was a Italian explorer, he sailed across the Atlantic from Spain in the Santa Maria, hoping to discovery a new route to India. -
Jamestown
James town is located in North America in Virginia. It was the first settlement in the U.S. This settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Navigation Act of 1651
The Navigation Act, was trade between England and the colonies. -
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment, was a philosophy during the 18th century. And the Enlightenment activated up when the thirty year wars started. -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism, was a system were British colonies made money for the Mother Country. The British controlled how any body spent their money, to keep their economies under control. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. And he was also statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat. He also ended the Revolutionary War. -
George Washington
George Washington, was an American solider, and the first president of the U.S. from 1789 to 1797. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, was an American Founding Father who was the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the 3rd president of the United States. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War took7 years to end. The war began in 1754, and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763, was from King George III, who issued a proclamation that did not let colonist in the west of the Appliance mountains travel. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act passed by the British parliament. Taxes were forced on to all colonist, and they were required to pay taxes on every piece of paper. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution, was a colonial revolt American Patriots in the won their independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson, was a national war hero after defeating the British in the Battle of New Orleans. He was also the 7th president of the U.S. Not only that but he started the Indian removal Act in 1830. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, was a street fight that killed several colonist by mobs, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party, was a protest that many colonist boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, was adopted by the Continental Congress and the Declaration summarized the colonist's independence. -
United States Constitution Signed
The United States Constitution, was the establishment of America's government and laws for citizens basic rights. -
Jacksonian Democracy
The Jacksonian Democracy, was Andrew Jackson and his supporters, which became the nation's political worldview for a whole generation. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase, was the largest land gained in the U.S, it doubled the size of the U.S. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, was a mission was to explore unknown territory and gain loser relationships and trade with the Natives. They also had to find a water source that leads from the U.S. into the Pacific Ocean. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark, were led by an expedition to the land West of the Mississippi, known as Louisiana Territory, that had been purchased from France in 1803. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, was the 16th president of the United States and was murdered during a play in Washington D.C. he also was against slavery a pushed to out law slavery in the South. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass, was born into slavery and finally escaped at the age of 20. And soon become an anti-slavery activist. -
Era of Reform
The Era of Reform, was convincing people one by one about the cause they even preached to individuals about the cause. -
Election of 1828
The Election of 1828, was 2 candidates that battled against each other for the win. Andrew Jackson had a total of 178 votes and John Quincy Adams had a total of 83 votes. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act, was a law signed by Andrew Jackson the former president of the U.S. to remove all natives to the West of the United States. -
Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement, was the forming of the anti-slave society and soon called for immediate emancipation. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican American War, was when Texas gained their independence from Mexico. -
Westward Expansion
The Westward Expansion, was when Americans migrated towards the west in hope of securing land and better opportunities. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, was an attempt to compromise between the North and South sides. During the compromise the Fugitive Slave Act was abolished in Washington D.C. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision, was a courts decision of a slave's opinion based on if they were or were not citizens of the United States -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott, was a African American man who was a slave, in the United States who unsuccessfully fought for his freedom and his wife and two daughters. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860, was when Abraham Lincoln defeated John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell in a election for becoming president of the United States. -
Civil War
The Civil War, started when southern states seceded from the Union after the winning election of president Abraham Lincoln. It was a massacre of many lives during the war. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny, was the God-given right to move and expanded and settle west in the U.S.