U.S History

By Zaydee Murray
  • 1860 BCE

    The Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln defeated Stephan A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell in the presidential election. Lincoln stated the slavery would not be spread any farther.
  • 1000 BCE

    The First Americans Enter North America

    The first Americans to first enter North America was said to be about 13,000 years ago after the Ice Age that was about 20,000 years ago.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus Lands

    Christopher Columbus never discovered North America nor set foot on it. He landed on several islands in the Bahamas or Hispaniola.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus never discovered North America nor set foot on it. He landed on several islands in the Bahamas or Hispaniola.
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    Mercantilism

    The British put restrictions on how they spent their money so that they could control their economy better.
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    Jamestown

    The first English settlement of America located in Virginia. It is where the British Empire began and it was settled in 1607.
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    Navigation Act of 1651

    It was aimed for the Dutch and the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
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    The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment came across several ideas such as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state.
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    George Washington

    He was the first president of the United States He was also commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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    The French and Indian War

    Both the British and the French wanted to expand their territory into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The war was fought to see which side would have the most power in North America.

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    King George ||| issued a proclamation that would prevent settlement across the line of the Appalachian Mountains to make matters up for the Native Americans.
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    The American Revolution

    The British wanted to earn as much money as possible from the 13 colonies and they won independence from the Great Britain from the war.

  • The Stamp Act

    The British passed a law for Americans to pay taxes for every piece of paper they used. It required colonists to buy a British stamp for every document they obtained.

  • The Boston Massacre

    This was a street fight when the British killed five Americans and instituted new taxes including tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    This was a protest by the Sons of Liberty disguised as Indians when they boarded ships and threw tea into the ocean because of the taxes they had to pay for tea.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    This summarized the 13 colony's independence from Great Britain and to explain the separation from them.

  • Benjamin Franklin

    He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was sent to France to help with the Revolutionary War. He was also a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

  • The US Constitution Signed

    This was signed the same place that the Declaration of Independence was signed.It summarized America's basic rights for it's citizens.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and was the third president of the United States.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    This was a land deal between America and France when President Thomas Jefferson ordered the purchase in fear Napoleon, who lead France, wanted to establish an empire in North America.
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    The Westward Expansion

    When the Louisiana Purchase took place, it made the US even larger, and by 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous.

  • Lewis and Clark

    Thomas Jefferson launched Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean.

  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Thomas Jefferson launched Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean.
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    Fredrick Douglass

    Fredrick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

  • The Election of 1828

    John Adams was accused for disgraceful politics to win the President election. He responded with his military career and personal life.

  • The Jacksonian Democracy

    This was when Jackson became president of the US and slavery became more of a problem in 1850. The formed the Democratic Party the was against John Adams and the Jacksonian democracy
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    Andrew Jackson

    He was the seventh president of the United States, and American Soldier, served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate representing Tennessee.

  • Abolitionist Movement

    This was to end slavery in the US in the 1830s.

  • The Indian Removal Act

    President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act to move any Native American settlements in the east of the Mississippi River to the west of it.

  • Manifest Destiny

    Manifest destiny was a God- given right to move west for the westward expansion.
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    The Mexican American War

    A war against the US and Mexico to decide whether Texas was going to be a new slave state. Some of the main causes of the war was slavery, manifest destiny, and economics.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Fugitive Slave Act was to stop slave trade in Washington DC and California became a free state and was part of the Union. Utah was created too without restrictions on slavery.

  • The Dred Scott Decision

    The Dread Scott Decision was when Dred Scoot was in a free state but wasn't entitled to his freedom and that slaves could never be citizens of the US.

  • Dred Scott

    The Dread Scott Decision was when Dred Scoot was in a free state but wasn't entitled to his freedom and that slaves could never be citizens of the US.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln defeated Stephan A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell in the presidential election. Lincoln stated the slavery would not be spread any farther.
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    Civil War

    Some of the causes of this war was the conflicts between free states and slave states, and states rights.
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    The Era of Reform

    One of the main causes of this was were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government.