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1492
Columbus Lands in the Americas
Christopher Columbus sent out to Asia by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He set sail with his three ships The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria -
Jamestown
John Smith was set out by the Virginia Company to create a new colony. He led three ships and set out across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World. He landed later on and created "Jamestown". -
Pilgrims Land
Landed at Plymouth rock were the Pilgrims with there ship The Mayflower. -
French/Indian War
The colonies expanded west and became bigger. The colonies would eventually run into the French and both would declare that the lands was theirs. Later on, the British declared war. George Washington led the first battle. -
Lexington and Concord
As tension was building with the British and the citizens of the colonies he citizens eventually took up arms. The British were going to Concord. After hearing one shot both sides starting firing. -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress created the Declaration of independence. It removed the Colonies from any ties to the British politically. -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates from different states came together and added and took away laws from the Articles of Confederation. The even throw away articles and made some from scratch. -
Jefferson Presidency
Thomas Jefferson was elected on Feb. 17, 1801. He did many things in his life like purchase the Louisiana purchase, and sent Luis and Clark to there exploration. He also owned slaves but soon after released them. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the French and the United States. Thomas Jefferson bought the land from French. The French needed the money to repair after the war. -
Missouri compromise
Congress would admit Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. This would give both free and slave states equal power. -
Jackson Presidency
Andrew Jackson was elected on December 2, 1828. He ran for president before but failed to become one. -
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Harriet Tubman And The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman who was born a slave become a well known "conductor" of the underground railroad. The South was a slave state so she would bring slaves from the south and move them underground in a railroad to the North which is a free slave states. -
Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal Act was created by the president Andrew Jackson.The Act was a deal between the Native American tribes and the US government. The Natives have to move out of their current homelands and move west of the Mississippi for free land. Many died from this act. -
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Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner rebellion was a slave rebellion August 1831. It took place in Southampton County, Virginia. -
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Texas Revolution War
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion of colonists from the United States. The revolution began in October 1835, after a decade of political and cultural clashes between the Mexican government and the increasingly large population of American settlers in Texas. -
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Battle of the Alamo
Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing all of the Texan defenders. Which got Texan's triggered. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War that happened on April 12, 1861. Attacked by confederates forces led by General P.G.T Beauregard. -
Dredd Scott v Sanford
A slave who fought for his freedom until it reached the Supreme Court was Dredd Scott. He then moved from a slave state to a free slave state.When leaving to go to the free state he said he lost all his slave status. Then tensions grew bigger with the south and the north. -
Lincoln Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was elected on Nov 6 , 1860. He was Commander-in-Chief during the Civil War. He supported that slavery should end. His presidency left a legacy on slaver because of the reforms he proposed. Then soon later he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued by Abraham Lincoln on Jan 1, 1863. The proclamation freed slaves in slave states -
Surrender at Appomattox
On April 9 , 1865, Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. A battle broke down between them. Lee ran low on supply's and surrendered. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Four years after the Presidency of Lincoln, he was killed by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. -
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
The Thirteenth Amendment was an amendment that freed all slaves. It ended many slavery arguments and debates. -
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
The Thirteenth Amendment was an amendment that freed all slaves. It ended many slavery arguments and debates. -
Ku Klux Klan founded
Founded in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. -
Womens Christian temperance Union is formed
These women would pledge not to drink because of the harmful effects of alcohol on the human body. Also Women like Carrie Nation protested saloons and broke bar windows. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The act was one of the first immigration laws restricting people to come to the United States. It was made in 1882 -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This act would help business prevent monopolies. -
Anti-Saloon League is Founded
The Anti-Saloon league was founded in 1893 to help spread awareness of the harms of drinking and to to get it outlawed. Mosty women were in the club -
Plessy v Ferguson
This court case said that separate facilities were equal. This would play a big role in the creation of Jim Crow laws. -
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Spanish American War
Spain was taking control of Cuba, but America wanted to keep Cuba because the US had important things in it. Which lead to a war between the US and Spain. -
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T. Roosevelt Presidency
Teddy Roosevelt becomes from vice president to president after William McKinley gets assassinated. Teddy stop big bad (trust) business. He also encouraged natural wildlife -
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Coal Strike of 1902
Anthracite miners go on strike for better working conditions, better wages, and shorter workdays. -
Meat Inspection Act is passed
This act would allow people to know what animals their food is coming from and have those animals inspected before they're slaughtered. -
Food and Drug Act
It monitors drugs and controls medicines and they have to be regulated. Also prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of dangerously poisonous get into food. -
NAACP
NAACP is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. -
Women's suffrage parade
Alice Paul organized a parade about women's suffrage in Washington DC. 5 thousand woman came to protest about the right to vote. -
Wilson Presidency
Woodrow Wilson came into office in March 3, 1913. He also created the 14 points that helped end the WW1. He is also know for ¨America First¨ -
Department Of Labor Is Created
President William Taft created the Department of Labor on March 4, 1911. It was created to help workers get better wages, working conditions and other improvements in the workplace. -
WWI Begins
Austria declares war upon Serbia. Russia then declares war on Germany. The US joins the Entenete is 1917 after Russia leaves the war. -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was a project proposed by Theodore Roosevelt to get to Asia faster and more easier. -
WWI Ends
After Germany got blockaded German ports and General Ludendorff resigned, that end of the war was near. Kaiser Wilhelm would later resign from his position, both sides sign the armistice. It was signed at 6 am and went into full effect at 11am. -
Treaty of Versailles
Entente met together to create a peace treaty. Wilson tell them about the 14 points and took some information about it. Germany was forced to pay and forced to give up some of there land. -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance was mostly about black art, black music, and other black culture. Artists such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington helped create new music such as jazz. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment was a amendment that prohibited the sale, making, transport of alcohol. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment allowed women to gain the right to vote. After years of fighting for the right to vote women of the US get their right to vote. -
The Cotton Club Opens
The Club would be a famous spot for African-American artist and singers to perform. It was the heart of the music culture of African-Americans at the time. It was the time of the Harlem Renaissance -
Gitlow v New York
Gitlow v New York was a landmark case that took place on June 8, 1925. Benjamin Gitlow a socialist was spreading anti-government magazines and pamphlets. Later was put into jail for violating the 1st and 14 amendment -
Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash happened on 1929 on October. Also known as ¨Black Tuesday¨ it was the most dramatic crash in the world. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.
