US History

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  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus 'founds' New World

    Christopher Columbus 'founds' New World
    Christopher Columbus came across the New World looking for a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did.
  • 1492

    Columbian Exchange Begins

    Columbian Exchange Begins
    The Columbian exchange led to a huge transfer of wealth from the Americas to Europe and helped create some of the most powerful imperial powers of modern times.
  • Period: 1492 to

    European Exploration Era

  • 1500

    Spanish Ecomienda System Begins

    Spanish Ecomienda System Begins
    The encomienda was a Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of conquered non-Christian people.
  • 1500

    Spanish Casta System Begins

    Spanish Casta System Begins
    The Spanish Empire adopted a Casta System to classify all of the Americas' various races and racial combinations.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Triangular Trade

  • Period: 1500 to

    Middle Passage

  • 1520

    Small Pox Begins Spreading to the Native Americans

    Small Pox Begins Spreading to the Native Americans
    The native population was greatly reduced was impact smallpox had on the native populations of the Americas during European colonization.
  • 1521

    Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire

    Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire
    Hernan Cortez invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire.
  • 1534

    England Splits from Catholic Church

    England Splits from Catholic Church
    Henry VIII was the first monarch to introduce a new state religion to the English. In 1532, he wanted to have his marriage to his wife, Catherine of Aragon, annulled. When Pope Clement VII refused to consent to the annulment, Henry VIII decided to separate the entire country of England from the Roman Catholic Church.

  • London Company Gains Charter for Set Up English Colony

    London Company Gains Charter for Set Up English Colony
    The Virginia Company of London was a joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish a colony in North America. Such a venture allowed the Crown to reap the benefits of colonization—natural resources, new markets for English goods, leverage against the Spanish—without bearing the costs

  • Jamestown, Virginia Colony Founded

    Jamestown, Virginia Colony Founded
    In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
  • Period: to

    Colonial Era

  • o French found Quebec on the St. Lawrence River and Engage in the Fur Trade

  • Tobacco introduced to Virginia Colony by John Rolfe

  • First African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown, Virginia Colony

  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    Virginia House of Burgesses
    The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony Founded

  • Mayflower Compact

  • New Hampshire Founded

  • Dutch New Amsterdam Becomes Capital of New Netherland

  • "City Upon a Hill" John Winthrop

  • The Great Migration to Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • Maryland Founded

  • Thomas Hooker Founds Connecticut

  • Roger Williams Founds Rhode Isand

  • Harvard College Founded in Massachusetts

  • Delaware Founded

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • Maryland Toleration Act

  • North Carolina Founded

  • Iroquois Confederacy Formed

  • Navigation Acts and Mercantilism

  • South Carolina Founded

  • New York Founded

  • New Jersey Founded

  • Pequot War

  • King Phillips War

  • Bacon's Rebellion

  • Pueblo Revolt

  • Quaker William Penn Founds Pennsylvania

  • Period: to

    Enlightenment Era

  • John Locke's Two Treaties of Government Published

  • English Bill of Rights

  • Salem Witch Trials

  • Period: to

    Salutary Neglect Policy

  • The Great Awakening

  • Georgia Founded as a Debtors Colony

  • Stono Rebellion

  • Period: to

    French and Indian War

  • Proclamation Line of 1763

  • Period: to

    Revolutionary Era

  • Period: to

    Republican Motherhood

  • Sugar Act

  • Quartering Act

  • Stamp Act

  • Townshend Acts

  • Boston Massacre

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress

  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published

  • Battle Of Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Continental Army Lead by General George Washington

  • Declaration of Indepence

  • Benjamin Franklin Becomes French Ambassador

  • Adam Smith Publishes "The Wealth of Nations"

  • Winter at Valley Forge

  • Battle of Saratoga

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • Treaty of Paris of 1783

  • Shay's Rebellion

  • Federalist Papers

  • Constitutional Convention/Philadelphia Convention

  • U.S. Constitution

  • The Great Compromise

  • The 3/5ths Compromise

  • Bill of Rights Added to U.S. Constitution

  • The French Revolution Begins

  • Washington Elected 1st President

  • Washington Creates Presidential Cabinet

  • Washington D.C. Becomes New US Capital

  • Alexander Hamilton Gets Congress to Approve National Bank

  • Whiskey Rebellion