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Jan 1, 1000
The First Americans
Between 20,000 and 30,000 year ago, the first Americas came from Aisa in large caoes and eventually learned to farm. -
Jan 1, 1400
Three Civilizations
There were three civilizations, Mayas, Aztecs, Incas -
Jan 2, 1400
TraGklobal Trade in the Fifteenth Century
Merchants and traders used land and sea routes to traval between Europe, Africas, and Asia. Goal and salt moved east from Africa while silk ans spices moved west from China and India. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus lands in the West Indies
Sailing three small ships across the Atlantic in uncharted waters, Christoper Columbus opened the Americas to regular contact with the people of Europe. -
Jan 1, 1492
First Visitors From Europe
Spain agrees to fiance Christopher Columbus's voyage in find a sea rounte to Asia; finally, he finds America. -
May 1, 1497
Asia Continues to Backon
John Cabot, an Italian explorer, decided that a more northern route to Asia would be shorter and easier. This exploration was financed by English. After a couple years, his ships disappeared without a trace. -
Jan 1, 1498
An Age of Exploration Begins
Portuguese sailors began sailing southward along the western coast of Africa and continued north and east to India. -
Jan 1, 1517
The Trade in Humans
As the death toll for Native Americans continued to rise, Spanish colonists look across the atlantic Ocean for a new source of labor. They brought 4,000 Africans to the Caribbean islands and forced them to work. -
Jan 1, 1519
The Cotinuing Search for Asia
The survivors of Magella's voyage across the Paciffic were the first sailors to sail all the way around the globe. -
Jan 1, 1520
Spanish were victorious in Native American war
Aztec met with Cotes ad tried to get him to leave by offering him gold. Cortes took Moctezuma hostage and claim all of Mexico for Spain. However, the Aztecs soon rebelled and forced the Spaniards to flee. A year later a few hundred Spanish soliders defeat Native American armies. Finally, the Spainish were victorious. -
Jan 1, 1528
Spanish Explorers in North America
Spanish explorers believed that the area of what is today the United States contained cities of gold. -
Jan 1, 1530
Conflicts in Europe
Religious and economic connflicts in Europe increased tensions among the major powers on the continent. -
Jan 1, 1565
Spanish Florida
Spain established a colony in Florida decade before English settlers arrived in North America.In 1565, fearing that France might take over the area, Spain built a fort called St. Augustine in North Florida. -
English Vs Spanish
The English navy defeats the Spanish Armada. -
Exploations of North America
By the early 1600s, England, France, and Netherland had each sponsored explorations of North America. -
Founding Jamestown
The first permanent English colony in Jamestown struggled in is first year. -
New France
The major French settlements in North America were based on fur trade with Native Anericans. -
The Pilgrim Community
Seeking freedom to practice their religion, Pilgrims founded the colony of Plymouth. In time, the idea of religious freedom for all would become a cornerstone of American democracy. -
First Thanksgiving
In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims set aside a day to give thanks for their good fortune. Today's Thanksgiving holiday celebrates that occasion. -
New Colonies
Relifious disputes led some people to spread out and start new colonies in New England. -
Public Schools
Education was very important in the New England colonies. The first public schools in the colonies were started there. In 1647, Massachusetts passed a law requiring all towns with 50 or more families to hire a teacher to instruct their children how to read or write. In 1636, Harvard University was founded as a place to train ministers. It was the only college in the colonies for fifty years, until the College of William and Mary was founded in Virginia. -
Navigation Acts
The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and American colonies. Their goal was to force colonial development into lines favorable to England, and stop direct colonial trade with other European countries. There were three different acts in the years 1651, 1660, and 1663. -
Growth and Changes in the New Colonies in New England
As the number of colonists in New England grew, the region went through many changes. -
The English Take New York
In 1609, Hudson sails for the Dutch and reaches New York. And in 1664 the English take New York from the Dutch. -
Virginia Grows
The Virginia colonists fought Native Americans while sometimes quarreling among themselves. Nathaniel Bacon, the leader of the fronter settlers. In 1675, he organized a force of 1,000 westerners and began attacking and killing Native Americans. This happen because of farmers took over more land to plant tobacco. -
Exploring the Mississippi
Marquette and Joliet explore the Mississippi River for France. -
Pennsylvania Founder
William Penn founds the colony of Pensylvania. -
Bill of Rights
William and Mary sign the Bill of Rights. -
The Judeo-Christian Tradition
Judaism and Christianity became the foundation of religious beliefs in Europe. -
Georgia Founder
In 1732,James Oglethorpe found Georgia. -
13 Colonies
England had established 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. These colonise were found a variety of reasons. -
Sugar Act
The Molasses Act of 1733 imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on imports of molasses from non-British colonies. This act was to regulate trade by making British products cheaper than those from the French West Indies. Largely opposed by colonists, the tax was rarely paid, and smuggling to avoid it was prominent. This Act was replaced by the Sugar Act in 1764. The Sugar Act, shockingly, actually lowered the tax on sugar. -
Stamp Acts
Stamp acts had been a very successful method of taxation within Great Britain. It generated over one hundred thousand pounds in tax revenue. Imposition of such a tax on the colonies had been considered twice before the Seven Years' War and once again in 1761. In April 1764 when the Sugar Acts were passed, parliament announced they would consider a stamp tax in the colonies. The act passed in March 22, 1765 and was effective in November 1, 1765. -
Declaratory Act
The approval of the Declaratory Act of 1766 accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. This act stated that Parliament had absolute power to make laws and changes to the colonial government, even though the colonists were not represented in the Parliament. -
Tea Acts
Tea Act, passed on may 10, 1773. Put in place to expand the East India company. Many Colonists opposed the act, not because it rescued the East India Company, but more because it seemed to validate the last remaining duty imposed by the Townshend Acts of 1767, the tea tax. Before the Act, smugglers imported 900,000 pounds of cheap foreign tea a year. -
Tea Party
A large crowd gathered in the harbor and disguised as Native Americans boarded the tea ship. Next hours they threw 342 cases of tea into the harbor. Than they distroyed 90,000 pounds of tea worth thousands of dollars. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The meeting was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts by Parliament. At the time, Georgia was considered a convict state and was not taken into consideration in the colonies. The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade, publishing a list of rights and griev -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.They were fought on April 19, 1775, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the England and its thirteen colonies. -
Battle of Bunker hill
The leaders of the colonial forces in Boston learned that the British generals were planning to send troops out from the city to occupy the hills surrounding the city. In response, 1,200 colonial troops under the command of William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. After two assaults on the colonial lines were repulsed with significant British casualties, the British finally captured the positions on the third assault after the Americans ran out of ammunition. -
Common Sense
Common Sense, the pro-independence monograph pamphlet, anonymously published on January 10, 1776; signed "Written by an Englishman", the pamphlet became an immediate success. It quickly spread among the literate, and, in three months, 100,000 copies sold throughout the American British colonies (with only two million free inhabitants), making it a best-selling work in eighteenth-century America. And it has the largest sale and circulation of any book in american history -
Retreat From New York
The heavy fighting shifted frome New England to the Middle States. There, the Continental army suffered through the worst days of the war. -
Declaration of Independence drafted
On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration. After discussing the general outline that the document should follow, the committee decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. The committee presented this copy to the Congress on June 28, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776 the committee of the whole adopted its final version, which fact was then reported by Harrison to the Congress with a final reading of the Declaration, and the Declaration of Independence was given unanimous approval and sent to the printer for publication and later signing. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were designed to preserve liberty by restricting the powers of the federal government. -
Help from Overseas for American Victory
France became the first nation to sign a treaty with the United States. American won the war because Patriotic Spirit, Geography, Skilled Leadership, and help from abroad. -
The Final Battle
Trapped by American and French forces, the British were forced to surrender at the Battle of Newtown. The British defeat marked the end of the fighting in the American Revolution. -
The French Revolution
Americans at first welcomed the French Revolution, but they divided over how to respond. -
First President
After leading U.S. troops to victory against the British, Washington led the new nation as its first President. His actions set precedents that future Presidents would followed. -
Nation's First Economic Crisis
The federal government owed millions of dollars but lacked money with which to pay its debts. -
Whiskey Rebellion
When Pennsylvania farmers rebelled against a federal tax on whiskey, President Washington responded with armed force.
