-
1492
Equality
The idea of people being or deserving to be the same has been around for hundreds of years. It was present when Christopher Columbus came to America and believed he was better than the Native Americans, treating them as inferiors. There have been equality movements for women and African Americans especially as well as other minority groups. The Declaration of Independence included equality as one of its core believes.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/equality-america -
Period: 1492 to
1492-1877
This is a US History timeline from 1492-1877. There will be 20 items in total; 15 events and 5 ideas. -
Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown, Virginia was settled in 1607 by 144 men and boys. This was the first permanent English settlement in the United States. This led to more and more English settlements in the New World and the eventual creation of the United States of America.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/2c.asp -
Slavery Legally Established in Virginia
Virginia was the first British colony to legally establish slavery. Other colonies followed this idea until slavery was legal in all of the Southern colonies. This led to more slaves being brought to the colonies and then the abolishment of slavery much later.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/6c.asp -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event that happened when American colonists became an angry mob towards British soldiers. They threw rocks and snowballs and soldiers shot back, killing five civilians and injuring more. This led to the American Revolution and the independence of the colonies from Britain.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/9e.asp -
The American Identity
The American Identity is a term coined to describe what it is to be an American. However, there is no exact definition for it because it can be interpreted in countless different ways. Everyone has their own idea of what it is because we all have a different identity. All people that call themselves American and are not native came from a different country.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/7f.asp
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/nature/cap2.html -
1783 Treaty of Paris is Signed
Independence was made official after the British surrendered and lost the war and then the 1783 Treaty of Paris was signed. Americans promised they would pay off debts to British merchants from before the war and stop persecuting British Loyalists. British promised to recognize the independence of Americans all the way to the Mississippi River. This led to the creation of the United States of america.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11i.asp -
Federalism
Federalism is a system with a strong central government that also includes individual state government. It lasted from about 1787 to 1815.
http://www.ushistory.org/gov/3a.asp -
Creation of the United States Constitution
The United States Constitution was a framework for a better national government. It was written in secrecy at the Philadelphia Convention. It took two years to be ratified by all thirteen states. It is the basis of the United States government, defining the separation of powers and including checks and balances to maintain and equalize the power.
http://www.ushistory.org/gov/2c.asp
http://www.ushistory.org/us/16c.asp -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney and it changed the world. Cotton production had previously been difficult, expensive, and time-consuming, but with the invention of the cotton gin, it was faster, easier, and more profitable. The amount of cotton exported increased greatly as a result as well as the concentration of slaves is the south. There was a greater demand for slaves and slavery was cherished.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/27a.asp -
Nationalism
The definition is from Noah Webster's dictionary because it was one of the first great American writing endeavors during the era that built nationalism. Merriam-Webster Definition: national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3524 -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was between the Americans and the British with their Native American allies. Nationalism was one of the main things that came from this event. The war united the Americans against a common enemy by pulling together the different regions of the United States. A peace treaty ended the war, and if there hadn't been one, New England might have left the Union.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/21e.asp -
-
Trail of Tears Begins
The Trail of Tears began in 1831 and ended in 1850.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/24f.asp -
-
-
The Book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is Published
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published as a series in 1852, but a book in 1852. Her book was quite popular in the north, but banned in most of the south. The book and reaction from it would eventually lead to the Civil War.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/28d.asp -
Civil War Begins
The Civil War was one of the most destructive wars fought between the people of America. It lasted for four years with hundreds of thousands of deaths. It caused the US to change politically, economically, and socially. Reconstruction was another result of the war.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/33.asp -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was the period of time after the Civil War in which the nation was rebuilt in different ways. Many events included in this idea helped shape the country. Reconstruction can be considered an event, but I decided it should be an idea because it was the idea and theme of Reconstruction that helped merge the northern and southern states after the Civil War.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/35.asp -
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 11 and died the next morning. Booth and his co-conspirators had been planning on killing President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and Secretary of State Seward, but they only managed to kill Lincoln. Seward was injured, as well as Major Henry Rathbone. Booth was killed two weeks later and his accomplices were hanged or placed in jail.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/34f.asp -
Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached. Impeachment is the trial and removal of any federal official from office after being accused of misconduct. Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act when he had opposed the 1867 Reconstruction Act and tried to remove a man that was supposed to enforce the act. However, Johnson was just barely found not guilty, so he was not actually removed from office.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/35c.asp
