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Period: Jul 1, 1492 to
US History: VHS Summer: Alejandro Robledo
My Timeline will highlight the most important events from 1492- 1877. I will make sure to include important details about colonial times and injustices that took place during Pre Columbian era. -
JOIN OR DIE!
This famous “Join or Die” snake, believed to have been created by Benjamin Franklin, has long enjoyed the distinction of being the first political cartoon published in an American newspaper. Few people realize, however, that it can also be viewed as a basic map. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join,_or_Die -
Begnining of Nationalism
The term nationalism was coined by Johann Gottfried Herder (nationalismus) during the late 1770 -
What is an American?
MICHEL-GUILLAUME DE CRÈVECOEUR was a French settler in the American colonies in the 1770s. Coming from France he could not believe the incredible diversity in the American colonies. Source: Weekly Reading -
American Revolution
The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and created the modern United States of America. The Revolutionary era was both exhilarating and disturbing---a time of progress for some, dislocation for others. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ -
First Factory Built
In 1790, SAMUEL SLATER built the first factory in America, based on the secrets of textile manufacturing he brought from England. -
American slave
This is a picture that represents the tratement given to American slaves at the beginning of the 19th Century when this period of time began. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States -
High Presure Steam Engine
In 1804, OLIVER EVANS of Philadelphia developed a high-pressure steam engine that was adaptable to a great variety of industrial purposes. -
Independence of Mexico
The Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence -
Independence after Revolution
Independence had been won in the Revolution and reaffirmed in the War of 1812. The War of 1812 is commonly referred to by historians as the "Second American Revolution."http://nicholelouise.tripod.com/ -
William Ranney, Boone's First View of Kentucky
This image shows the Indians when they first arrived in Kentucky. It is clear that they have finally reached a new place that they had never really seen before and they seem o be extremely proud of their finding. I really like the way that they show the sun shining on the back and the idea of them being tired from such a long journey. Source: Weekly readings. -
Italian Unification
Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_unification -
Independence of Mexico
Chile's Indepence from Spain. This was a great conflic among the Criollos and Spanish that ended with Chile having control over Spain. -
Independence of Argentina
Independence from Spain that took place in the congress of Tucuman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Declaration_of_Independence -
The colonization
The first widely accepted solution to the slavery question in the 1820s was colonization. http://economics.about.com/od/useconomichistory/a/colonization.htm -
Independece of Peru
This was proclamation of the independence of Peru by José de San Martín on July 28, 1821. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Peru -
Independence of Brazil
As we all know the Treaty of Versalles made by the pope separated South America in two, givin Spain have and Portugal the other half. This was the time were Brazil broke free formt Portugal. http://www.123independenceday.com/brazil/ -
Independece of Bolivia
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Discovery of Gold in California
When gold was discovered in California in 1848, the number of migrants increased even more. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html -
Atlantic slave trade
Current estimates are that about 12 million slave tradings in this time period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade -
Bleeding Kansas
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre: Occurred during the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25, 1856. This was one of the many bloody episodes in Kansas preceding the American Civil War, which came to be known collectively as Bleeding Kansas.
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What to do with slavery?
At the beginning of the war, some Union commanders thought they were supposed to return escaped slaves to their masters. By 1862, when it became clear that this would be a long war, the question of what to do about slavery became more general.
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German Unification
The formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France. Princes of the German states gathered there to proclaim Wilhelm of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm of the German Empire after the French capitulation in the Franco-Prussian War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany
