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Period: Dec 24, 1492 to
US History: VHS Summer: Carter Logan
This is the timeline of my learning of US History. -
Sea Dogs
This was when the Spanish Armada fleet of 130 ships tried to attack, but failed because English ships were easier to maneuver. -
First Established Colony
When the British came to America, they established their first colony in Jamestown Virginia in 1607 -
Stamp Act Congress
The stamp act congress was a meeting of several American colonists to devise a plan of protest against British taxation. -
Townshend Acts
These were a set of acts by the British Parlaiment in 1767 relating to the colonies, which helped lead to the Declaration of Independence. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when the Loyalists shot and killed 5 colonists. This was a statement to the colonists to stop protesting or they would keep killing. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a protest against the Loyalists making a statement that the colonists were done submitting to the Loyalists, and that they did not want to pay taxes anymore. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from all colonies who met to talk about a new system of government and the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement declaring the freedom of the United states of America that was passed on July 4th 1776 -
Thirteen Colonies
In 1776 the United States consisted of thirteen strong colonies. -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was a war between the American Colonies and the United Kingdom along with help of their Northern American Indian allies. -
Garrison publishes "The Liberator"
"The Liberator", published in 1831 by William Lloyd Garrison, was an outrage over the morals of slavery, and became very popular worldwide, and reached many people. -
New England Anti-Slavery Society
The New England Anti-Slavery Society was when William Lloyd Garrison met with delegates from across the nation to establish an anti-slavery society. -
Stephen Austin Travels to Mexico City
As part of the Manifest Destiny to explore westward, Stephen Austin traveled to Mexico City hoping to find promising land, and also to ease tension that was arousing. -
Texas Declares Independance
The 1835 after Austin arrived in Mexico City, a war broke out between Santa Anna troops and Texan troops because of rising tension. Finally, on March 2nd of 1836 after the war, Texas declared their Independence. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on May 30th of 1854 by the U.S Congress, and the whole purpose of it was to allow citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they allowed slavery within their territories. -
Border Ruffians
In 1854, a Senator by the name of Atchison led a group of over 1,700 men from Missouri to Kansas to vote for their pro-slavery representative . This group later became known as the Border ruffians -
Civil War
The Civil War was a war between the Southern, and Northern States of the USA. -
Presidential Reconstruction
The presidential reconstruction was the act of re-balancing the government, and presidents so that they aren't favored towards the North nor the South. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment was a law passed to the United states Constitution as one of the Reconstruction laws, and it was a law clarifying the equal rights after the civil war, including African Americans.
