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Vikings
Vikings came to the us way before Columbus did. They came 400 years earlier then Colombus did. -
Oct 31, 1451
Christopher colombus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Jul 3, 1492
Christopher great sail
Christopher gets ready to prove that the world is round not flat. He does so and also discovers North America. -
1493
Doctrine of discovery
issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, played a central role in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The document supported Spain's strategy to ensure its exclusive right to the lands discovered by Columbus the previous year. -
1493
Horses coming to new world
Horses first came to the U.S along with guns due to the Colombian exchange. This allowed the natives to better travel around due to horses. -
1500
Colombian exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries -
1502
Age of discovery.
The Age of Discovery, or the Age of Exploration was an informal and loosely defined European historical period marking the time period in which extensive overseas exploration emerged as a powerful factor -
1555
Tobacco arrives in Europe
Tobacco finally arrives in Europe thanks to the midway passage. Tobacco was new to Europe like how horses was to the new world. -
Dutch colonization
After some early trading expeditions, the first Dutch settlement in the Americas was founded in 1615. -
Pequot war
The Pequot War was an armed conflict that took place between 1636 and 1638 in New England between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the English colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies. -
bacons rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
Pueblo revolt
he Pueblo Revolt of 1680 also known as Popé's Rebellion was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, -
The Chickasaw wars
The Chickasaw Wars were fought in the 18th century between the Chickasaw allied with the British against the French and their allies the Choctaws and Illinois Confederation. -
Middle passage
The middle passage was a triangular trade in which slaves were shipped off to the new world. They also traded other goods such as molasses. -
French & Indian war
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. -
Currency act
The Currency Act is one of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. -
Stamp act
An act that required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of paper passed. This angered them causing some rebellions. -
Boston tea party
A event where a bunch of citizens who got angry by the taxes imposed on tea dumped so much tea just into the oceans costing them millions of dollars worth of tea. This caused for new acts to come. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Second great awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. -
Jefferson democracy
Jeffersonian democracy, named after its advocate Thomas Jefferson, was one of two dominant political outlooks and movements in the United States from the 1790s to the 1820s. -
Whiskey rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. -
Manifest destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. -
Louisiana purchase
This allowed the U.S to expand as they bought Louisiana from France. It turned out to cost over 11 million -
Robert e lee
The general of the confederacy, he was the best general there was. He was the reason the civil war lasted long due to his general skills. -
War of 1812
War between United States, United Kingdom and their respective allies. It lasted for 3 years ending in 1815 -
Era of good feelings
The Era of Good Feelings marked a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812 -
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. -
Trail of tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
Carriage Nation
She wanted to ban alcohol which led to the 18th amendment. She wanted to ban alcohol as she divorced her ex due to him being a drunk. She has gotten jailed over 30 times -
Pinkertons
Pinkertons were a special mercenary group founded that get paid bascially for anything. This was the group Henry Frick used to combat the workers who were rebelling against him as Frick had the money. -
Kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north -
Booker T washington
was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was a president who pushed forward policies for workers and to stop corrupt businesses from exploiting them. He also pushed for a good administration to check the food is edible. He also rode a moose making him AWESOME!!!! -
John browns raid
This raid was a reblling against the south in hope of getting the slaves to rebel as well. John brown along with his sons led this rebellion, but failed to get the slaves to rebell as well. He was excuted and viewed as a terroist in the south but a hero in the north. -
Civil war
The most bloodiest war ever fought on American soil, this war took 5 years. It took longer due to the south having a better general, Robert E Lee. -
Chinese exclusion act
This act restricted immigration from Chinese immigrants after the transcontinental railroad was completed. This was enacted due to people in the U.S thinking they didn’t need to pay for more labor. -
Ida B. Wells
She wanted to expose lynching. She did this by writing a book on lynching. She was a journalist -
Transcontinental railroad
The project was started in 1863 and finished in 1869, this allowed trains to travel throughout the whole U.S to be able to transport good around. This was inspired by Cornelius Vanderbilt. -
Sherman’s march
This event helped the north as they marched all the way to Atlanta to hurt the south. They hurt the south by killing their cattle destroying their supplies burning their town & even going as to bending the rail roads into bow ties that can’t be re used later. This severely hurt the south. -
Lincoln’s assassination.
Lincoln was Assasinated by John Wilkes Booth as a play as he shoot Lincoln behind the head. John was charged with murder and was later executed. Lincoln was the only president ever assasinated. -
The decimation of the buffalos.
The buffalo population was starting to decrease with hunters killing them off slowly especially from the north side. This angered the natives especially causing them to want to fight back. -
Electricity
Thomas Edison invented electricity and invented the first light bulb. This helped transform America into a nation running on electricity from this point on. -
Alice Paul
She founded National women’s party which pushed for gender equality. She did this by organizing a parade for women. -
Johnstown flood
The flood that killed and injured everyone in the town, it was caused due to Henry Frick’s stubbornness to realize his wagon was to wide to fit between the dam. Multiple mutilated bodies were found and even today more bodies continue to be found due to this accident -
homestead strike
Henry Frick's poor choices of how to run the factory angered the workers. The workers had enough when another guy died and they decided to rebel. This led to the homestead strike which caused some fatalities and caused Carnagie to fire Henry Frick. -
Atlanta compromise speech
Booker T. Washington spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. -
Baby Boom
The baby Boom was the sudden increase in population due to child birth every 7 second happening. It was a huge increase in human population that started after world war 2 and all the way to 1961 -
Strategic defense innovative.
The strategic defense innotiative (also nicknamed Star Wars) was basically president Reagans idea of having space rockets and lasers to show that the U.S was superior to Russia. It was criticized due to it might being a reason to start an arms race. -
Brown v board of education decision.
This was the decision of not allowing segregation to be happening anymore in the US. The brown V board of education declared it unconstitutional and goes against the 14th amendment to have segregated schools. Even though this did happen, it did not solve all of segregated problems happening still. -
W.E.B Dubois
He was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusset. He didn’t agree with Booker T’s strategy of getting equal racial rights. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was constructed to physically divide Berlin from 1961 through 1989. This Wall was conctruacted by the German Democratic Republic. Some people went to as far as shooting people just to keep people in the wall. The destruction of this wall was started in 1990 but finished in 1992 -
Cuban middle crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was the closest the US has ever gotten into war. This all started by the embarrassing atttempt for U.S to overthrow Cuban disctator Fidel Castro known as "Bay of Pigs". If it wasn't for one brave man, nuclear war would of happened. It ended 12 days later. -
Nixon resigning.
This was very unique as Nixon was the first and only president to ever resign from office. This all started with Nixon getting paranoid about the democrats as he thought they'd win, so he sent a special team to breach in to take any information they can use against the democrats. They were all caught and arrested, which lead to a lot of pressure on Nixon leading to his decision to resign from office. This event lead to Ford (Nixon's Vice President) becoming president. -
Oil crisis
The famous oil crisis was started by members of the Arab petroleum group placing an embargo on the U.S. The reason for this embargo was for the US interfering helping out Israel in the Yuma Kipur was. This event devastated the economy as the U.S was so dependent on oil. This all did end in March 1974. -
Reaganomics
Reaganomics was president Ronald Reagans attempt to pay off a debt the U.S had. This basically cut taxes from the rich and making the lower class pay more taxes. This allowed the rich to make more money with their buisnesses to increase the economy. This did help a lot, but it also hurt the U.S as it only made a rich and poor class, there was no middle class. This all did end in 1982. -
WWW
The World Wide Web became public in 1991 as this was the first time the world used the internet. This was a huge improvement and was huge for its time despite how different it was, people were able to communicate with each other around the world. -
N.A.F.T.A
This stands for North American free trade agreement, although it was signed by Clinton in 1993, it didn't go into affect until 1994. This agreement allowed free trade for the U.S between Canada and Mexico. -
Bill Clinton impeachment.
Bill Clinton was famous for his affair with another woman. They had all the evidence against him, but Bill Clinton was impeached because he lied under oath. He was the second president just after Andrew Jackson to be impeached. -
George W Bush presidency
One of the earliest things he done that benefited the U.S was the Persian Gulf war. This allowed the U.S to control Iraq's oil supply helping them U.S out. -
911
One of the most famous terrorist attack, this was planned by Al-Queda. This was planned by Al-Queda members hijacking planes and crashing them into the twin towers. Ever since, there has been improved security at airports. -
Obama elected.
Obama was elected in 2008 and developed a new program he called Obama Care. This program basically made health care affordable for the really poor at the expense of the people who made more money paying more.
