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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
In, 1607, the Virginia Company sent about 100 colonists to Virginia. The colonists started a settlement about 60 miles from the mouth of the James River. The settlers called the new village Jamestown in honor of their king, James. It was America’s first permanent English colony. -
First Africans brought to North America
In late summer, a Dutch ship appears at Jamestown. The ship's cargo had twenty or so Africans whom the captain and his crew had recently robbed from a Spanish ship. The captain exchanges the Africans for food, then sets sail. It is not known for a fact if they became slaves right away or not -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
pilgrims
About 100 people, many of who wanted religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod. Then, a group was sent out, and in late December the group landed at Plymouth Harbor, where they would form the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. -
Salem Witch Trials
witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Salem Village, Massachusetts. The trials resulted in the executions of 20 people, most of them women. -
French and Indian War
1754-1763. The British and their American colonists waged it against the French and their Indian allies. 9 year conflict among the French, the British for control of eastern North America. -
Boston Massacre
Britain sent troops to Boston and on the evening of March 5,1770, a small crowd threatened a group of British soldiers. The soilders opened fire on the crowd and 5 colonists died. -
Boston Tea Party
In order to help the British East India Company, Parliament passed the Tea Act. It gave the company the right to sell its tea in America without paying the tax. The colonists protested this becuase it made the tea cheaper than smuggled tea. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. -
Revolutionary War Ends (Treaty of Paris)
The Treaty of Paris was between the United States and Great Britain and it lead to the end of the revolutionary war and it gave America its independence. The treaty was conducted by Adams, Franklin, and Jay. -
Shay's Rebellion
1786-87. Led by Daniel Shays.American farmers against the high tax enforced by the states to pay back their debt. He led a rebellion in which citizens drove off tax collecters and protested the new taxes with petitions and public meetings. -
Constitution Ratified
The Constitution was ratified beause The Bill of Rights were added and the new Federal government came into existence -
Whiskey Rebellion
In western Pennsylvania and other frontier areas, many people refused to pay the tax on whiskey. Western Pennsylvania was against the authority of the federal government. In the summer of 1794, Washington gathered an army of 12,000 men and the rebellion soon dissolved. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
1804-1806. Jefferson's call for an expedition to explore the area included in the Louisiana Purchase. The journey succeeded in filling in many of the details of the vast lands to the west. -
War of 1812
In the War of 1812, the United States took on Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an impact on the young country’s future. British had its victories but nonetheless, American troops were able to repulse British invasions in New York, Baltimore and New Orleans. -
Missouri Compromise
Allowed Missuori to enter the union as a slave state but it would make sure that the states above the 30 latitude line would come in as free states and the states below it would come in as slave states. -
Trail of Tears
In 1838, the United States Army rounded up more than 15,000 Cherokees to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River. It was a nightmare journey because men, women, and children, began a 116 day forced march westward for about 1,000 miles to Oklahoma Territory. Many Indians died during the harsh march and troops did not let them rest. -
Texas Independence
Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. At first, the United States failed to incorporate it into the union because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. -
Mexican American War (Treaty of Guadalupa Hildelgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JjjaMBoSQE
1846-1848. First U.S conflict on foreign soil,The border along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and U.S. victories followed. When the war ended Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States -
Gold Rush in California
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley started the Gold Rush. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of future gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the area surrounding it. A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was discovered from the area during the Gold Rush -
Compromise of 1850
California was allowed to enter into the union as a free state which upset the balance of free and slave states since there had previously been an equal number of both. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
With this act, popular sovereignty was inacted. This meant that territories that were previously restricted from slavery could now vote on whether or not they wanted to be a slave state or not. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Lincoln was elected president. He ran on the promise of no more slave states, prompted southerners to secede from the union to form their own nation. -
Civil War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra92M3favxs
1861-1865. North vs. South. The main issue in this war was over slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. After four years, over 600,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died and it destroyed much of the South's infrastructure, the Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and Reconstruction for the nation along with guaranteeing freed slaves rights began. -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
In 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in Utah to drive a last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This meant that ranscontinental railroad travel was possible for the first time in U.S. history. -
Reconstruction Ends
As a result of the Compromise of 1877, Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina became Democratic once again, ending the Reconstruction era. President Hayes removed federal troops from the South and this also marked the end of Reconstruction.
