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20 BCE
Compass
The compass was invented over 2000 years ago in Han dynasty China. They were made of lodestone which is a naturally magnetized stone. -
722
The Battle of Covadonga
Catholics take Iberian Peninsula -
850
Gunpowder
Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and was originally used for fireworks. Until around 50 years later when people realized it could also be used as a weapon. -
1200
The Iroquois Confederacy is formed
Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk became 5 nations united under the "Great Tree of Peace"
Mohawk - "People of the Great Flint"
Oneida - "People of the Standing Stone"
Onondaga - "People of the Hills"
Cayuga - "People of the Great Swamp”
Seneca - "People of the Great Hill" -
1440
The Printing Press
The printing press was invented in Germany by Goldsmith Johannes Gutenburg. It allowed us to share large amounts of information quickly. -
1442
Christopher Columbus
Lands in the Bahamas -
1450
The Iroquois League was established
Prior to the Europeans contact with the new world 5(which later became 6) indigenous tribes came together to form the Iroquois nation in what is now upstate NY Created by the nations Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, Oneida, and Cayuga -
1492
The Columbian Exchange
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Period: 1499 to
Early America
Pre-contact
Native American origin and cultures
Early Exploration
The Spanish
The French
The English
Roanoke Island
Jamestown
Christopher Columbus -
Roanoke
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Founding of Jamestown
The English colonies first permanent settlement in America. It was established in Virginia. It was name after their current King James I. -
Virginia- No not me silly the state
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
The Great Epidemic
North American small pox epidemic was responsible for 50-90% of native American deaths.
Took place from 1617-19. -
Land of the Free? Slavery Begins
The development of tobacco as a cash crop created a huge demand for labor and 1619 two dozen African slaves were brought to Virginia. The slave population continued to increase rapidly as it boosted the American colonial economy. It’s hard to understand what specifly was conceiderd a slave at the time since there were not laws regarding slavery until the 1660’s. The shift to these laws was caused by the problems of rebellion among the white indentured servants. -
Massachusetts
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies
Maine was originally a part of Massachusetts -
Mayflower Landed in Plymouth
The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts Before leaving their ship 41 male passengers signed The Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. (It was originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth) -
Dutch New Amsterdam (NYC)
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New York
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
New Hampshire
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Period: to
The colonial period original inhabitants
King Phillips war
Bacons rebellion
Mayflower compact
First thanksgiving
Plymouth colony
Massachusetts Bay colony
Benjamin Franklin
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Maryland
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Freedom of Worship—Roger Williams
The first 20 enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, Virginia -
Rhode Island
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Connecticut
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Swedish colonies in Delaware
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Pequot war
The Europeans teamed up with other native tribes against the Pequot. It ended in the Mystic Massacre in which the Pequots had been completely wiped out. It took place from 1636-37. The Mystic Massacre was a rehearsal for, 40 years later, King Phillips war. -
Delaware
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
North Carolina
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Yearning to Breathe Free—Immigration
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New Jersey
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
South Carolina
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Near Disaster—King Philip’s War
(Aka the Great Narragansett War or Metacomet) It was the Narragansetts last effort to stop English settlement on their native lands. It took place from 1675-76. It was a war that set the Native Americans and the British against each other. -
Pennsylvania
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
The Iroquois Nation/Six Nations
The Tuscarora joined the Iroquois Nation making it become more commonly known as the Six Nations -
Georgia
Founded as part of the original 13 colonies -
Freedom of the Press—The Zenger Trial
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Bering Strait ‘discovered’
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French and Indian war
This war breaks out in north America and would pit the British and the natives their allied with and the French and their native allies this war would merge with a greater conflict known as the seven years war. -
Seven Years War
The French, British, and Spanish battled over colonies in the New World that lasted for 9 years. The french lost to the british and in 1763 with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris it was finally over. -
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Revolutionary America
Stamp act published-1765
Boston massacre-March 5, 1770
Sons of Liberty a loosely organized secret society-1765 to 1776
Boston tea party-1773
Taxation and representation-1776
First continental congress-October 22, 1774
Common sense by Tomas Paine-1775 to 1776
American revolution-1775
Second continental Congress-May 10, 1775
Paul revers ride-1775
War of independence-1775 to 1783
Yorktown-1781
Treaty of Paris-1783 -
Liberty! The Boston Tea Party
Why don't the British pronounce their t's?
Because we spilled all of it!
The colonist were unhappy with being taxed and felt they had a lack of representation in the law making but the tax put on tea was the last straw and in response dumped 342 chests of tea that was imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Fort Boonesborough
Fort Boonesborough was founded by Daniel Boone in Kentucky -
We’re Outta Here—Declaring Independence
The Declaration of Independence solidified the 13 American colonies separation from Great Britain. The Declaration was made almost in form of a breakup letter explaining why they were seeking independence and gave the colonists a base to build they're new government off of. -
Game Changer—The Battle of Saratoga
It was a huge turning point in the American revolution the outcome persuaded the French, Spanish and Dutch to join the colonists cause against a common enemy giving the colonist the upper hand for the first time. -
Attack on Boonesville by the Shawnee
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Battle of Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
Peace was achieved in the Treaty of Paris (1783) with Benjamin Franklin playing a prominent role. -
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The Young Republic
Articles of confederation-1777
Constitutional convention-1787
Washington
Hamilton and the federalist
She’s rebellion-1786
Jefferson and Republicans
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Alien and sedition acts
Louisiana purchase
Lewis and Clark
War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
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Toward a Constitution—Shays’ Rebellion
Shay’s Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts made up of angry farmers led by Daniel Shay. They marched on local courthouses to prevent foreclosures on people’s farms and were easily defeated by state militia. Took place in and around Springfield and went on from 1786 and 1787. -
The Constitutional Convention
Desire for a strong central government led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The completed document was submitted to the states for ratification. The Federalist Papers, largely the work of Alexander Hamilton, remains the most cogent analysis of the U.S. Constitution. -
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers was series of 85 essays written by John Jay(5), James Madison(29), and Alexander Hamilton(51) in 1788, urging the ratification of the United States Constitution, which had been debated and drafted at the Constitutional Convention. -
Samuel Slater—The Industrial Revolution
Samuel Slater aka the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" though he was in UK better known as "Slater the Traitor" for introducing the first water-powered cotton mill to the American colonies. This was a big deal because at the time Britain had banned the export of any industrial machinery or designs which he got around by memorizing the machine schematics before traveling to America in 1789. What he did boosted the textile industry which was important for the Industrial Revolution. -
Peaceful Transfer—The Election of 1800
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Louisiana Purchase
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Supreme Authority—Marbury v. Madison
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On the Move—Transportation Revolution
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Expansion,Political Reform, and Turmoil
First industrial revolution
Andrew Jackson
Nat Turner rebellion
Emerson
Longfellow
Whitman
Manifest destiny
The Alamo
Frederick Douglass
California gold rush
Compromise of 1850
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One Man, One Vote—Expanding Suffrage
The state of Indiana abolished all restrictions on voting rights for white men inspiring other states to ditch the property requirements as well. -
Reborn—The Second Great Awakening
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Sectional controversy, War, and Recunstruction
Slavery
Underground Railroad
Lincoln
Civil war
Gettysburg
13th amendment Radical Republicans
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The Righteous Crusade—Abolition
August 22,1831 the bloodiest slave revolt in American history took place. This event cause much controversy about the abolishment of slavery not that there wasn't a lot already but inspired the south to hold a harsher stance against abolitionists. -
What’s New? The Communication Revolution
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The Ultimate American Game—Baseball
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Land and Gold—The Mexican War
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Go West, Young Man! The Homestead Act
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Terrible Reality—The Battle of Antietam
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Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was a prominent journalist, civil-rights activist, and researcher. -
Mary Church Terrell
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Equal Protection—The 14th Amendment
The 14th amendment was ratified.
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all people "born or naturalized in the United States" and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws” -
Open Spaces—The National Parks
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Bloody Sunday—Ending Reconstruction
March 25, 1873 Easter Sunday a group of armed African Americans guarded the courthouse at which the Kellogg's administration was declaring 2 republicans the winners. A large force of armed white democrats massacred them and the court house -
How the West Was Won and Lost—Custer
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Second Industrial Revolution
Railroad Era
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Henry Ford
George Westinghouse
Immigration
Labor Movement
Sherman Antitrust Act
Closing the Frontier
Spanish American war -
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Political Reform II
Populist Party
Jim Crow laws
Mark Twain
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson -
The First Red Scare—Haymarket
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The End of Isolation—War with Spain
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The Promised Land—The Great Migration
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That Damned Cowboy! Theodore Roosevelt
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The Second Transportation Revolution
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The Scourge of the South—Hookworm
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Pauli Murray
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Bayard Rustin
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Period: to
War, Prosperity, and Depression
Big Stick Diplomacy
Panama Canal
World War I
Versailles
The Negro leagues
League of Nations
Black Sox Scandal
Harding scandals
Charles Lindbergh
Stock Market Crash
Babe Ruth
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Votes for Women! The 19th Amendment
On January 11,1917 Alice Paul founder of the National Women's Party began with the party to picket the white house. They were arrested and many went on a hunger strike and were abused and force fed. News of there mistreatment spread creating public outrage. -
Strikes and Bombs—The Year of Upheaval
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19th Amendment-Ratified
Women were given the right to vote. -
Malcolm X
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Bold Experimentation—The New Deal
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Period: to
The Mew Deal & World War II
Franklin D Roosevelt
First 100 days
Albert Einstein
Manhattan Project
J Edgar Hoover
War in Europe
Adolf Hitler
The Holocaust
Jesse Owens
Pearl Harbor
World War II
War in Pacific
Rosie the Riveter
Truman and the Bomb -
Einstein’s Letter—The Manhattan Project
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Julian Bond
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Surprise—The Battle of Midway
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The Land of Lawns—Suburbanization
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The Berlin Airlift and the Cold War
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Tuning In—The Birth of Television
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The Power to Choose—The Pill
In 1960 the FDA announced the formal approval of birth control for contraceptive use. this was a game changer for married women as they could now hold a job without the risk of becoming pregnant. -
Showdown in Birmingham—Civil Rights
A busy year...
in April Eugene "Bull" Connor ordered the Birmingham fire department to break up protesters by using the fire hoes turned on high pressure and police to bring dogs to bite and scare protesters this gain news coverage
President JFK was moved enough by the protesters that he called for a new civil rights act on June 11 he delivered a national address calling for a new federal civil rights legislation
Kennedy was assassinated in November -
Losing Vietnam—The Tet Offensive
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Disaster—The Birth of Environmentalism
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The Post: Pentagon Papers
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An Age of Crisis—Watergate
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The Digital Age—The Personal Computer
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First Female Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed by republican President Ronald Regan gaining international recognition as the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice! -
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram Xolani Kendi was born his is an American author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America. Author of "How to be an Anti-Racist" -
Collapse—The End of the Cold War
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg-2nd women to serve on the Supreme Court
The Notorious RBG was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1993 to 2020 and was a bad*** equal rights activist! -
The Age of Terror—The 9/11 Attacks
Four coordinated terrorist attacks targeting the World Trade Center (AA 11 and UA 175) The Pentagon (AA 77) U.S. Capitol/the White House by the Wahhabi Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 -
Brumblin is announced winner of the House Hunt
It was close as legendaw had gotten a hold of one of Brumblins artifacts than with Pandor stealing from ledgendaw Brumblin was push back to 3rd but the game wasn't over yet. With Lilah's amazing kick she managed to score a goal winning the soccer event and soon after aliyah's quick wit in chess would send us back into the running. Last but not least Chris's speed would gain us the last artifact of the Hunt. -
President Christopher "Chips" Carrara
President Christopher "Chips" Carrara is sworn in with VP Virginia Steen -
Line of Succession
After President Christopher "Chips" Carrara was mysteriously assassinated, with an ax... President Virginia Steen is sworn into office almost immediately.
