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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
US History: VHS Summer: Eva-Maria Rudler
This is a timeline of what I have learned in my summer 2015 vhs course. It is focased on U.S. History. It is ment to express what I have learned throughout the course. -
House of Burgesses
linkThe House of Burgesses was an assembly of elected representatives from Virginia that met from 1643 to 1776. This democratically elected legislative body was the first of its kind in English North America. -
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Virginia established Slavery
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Virginia becomes the first British colony to establish slavery. This was a major event since it led to the establishment of slavery in many other states. -
Treaty of Paris
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The Treaty of Paris was signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain. France and Spain with Portugal in agreement, after Britains victory over France adn Spain during the Seven Years' War. -
Decloration of Independence
linkA formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. An example of the Declaration of Independence was the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. -
Equality
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The state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability. Americans needed to think of everyone as theri equal! -
Articles of Confederation
linkThe Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The present United States Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation on March 4, 1789. -
Shays' Rebellion
linkShays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
Democracy
linkThe Constitution of the United States of America, adopted in 1788, provides the world's first formal blueprint for a modern democracy. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
linkIn 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
War of 1812
linkIn the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future. -
Election of 1828
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The Election of 1828 was unique in that nominations were no longer made by Congressional caucuses. But by conventions and the state legislatures. John Quincy Adams was re-nominated. -
Publication of The Liberator
linkn 1831, Garrison published the first edition of The Liberator. His words, "I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD," clarified the position of the NEW ABOLITIONISTS. -
Texas Independace
linkThe Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount, because while it was being prepared, the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Anna's army of Mexico. -
Free Soil Party
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Free-Soil Party,
Free-Soil Party minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories. In 1848 the Free-Soil Party nominated the former U.S. president Martin Van Buren to head its ticket. -
Decloration of Sentiments
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On the morning of the 19th, the Convention assembled at 11 o'clock. . . . The Declaration of Sentiments, offered for the acceptance of the Convention, was then read by E. C. Stanton. A proposition was made to have it re-read by paragraph, and after much consideration, some changes were suggested and adopted. The propriety of obtaining the signatures of men to the Declaration was discussed in an animated manner: a vote in favor was gi -
The final debate
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The 7th and final debate between Senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas was held on October 15, 1858, in Alton, Illinois. Today bronze statues of Douglas and Lincoln stand to commemorate the event at Lincoln Douglas Square in Alton. -
South Carolina seceded from the Union
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp
The force of events moved very quickly upon the election of Lincoln. South Carolina acted first, calling for a convention to SECEDE from the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the CONFEDERACY was formed. -
Slavocracy
linkA faction of slaveholders and advocates of slavery in the South before the American Civil War. Johnson railied agaisnt them in his speeches. -
Supremecy
linkThe state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status. During htis time period it was whites acting superior to blacks.
