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World History 2 Timeline
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. Formed by the Virginia Company of London. -
House of Burgesses
Was the first elected assembly in the New World. It still operates today as the General Assembly -
Start of Slavery
The first slaves were brought to Jamestown where they lost all of their rights and became property of others. -
Mayflower Compact
A document signed by the Puritans where they agreed to obey laws createed for the general good and pledged loyalty to God and the Kings. -
French and Indian War
England and the American Colonists faught France and the Indians over land west of the Appalachians and in Canada -
Treaty of Paris 1763
England Gained the land west of the Appalachians and in Canada from France. -
Proclamation of 1763
England prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachians -
Stamp Act
England imposed taxes on legal documents -
Boston Massacre
British army fired into an angry mob of colonists killing 5. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists boarded tea ships in boston harbour and dumped the tea into the water. -
First Continential Congress
Meeting of representatives from all 13 colonies except Goergia in Philadelphia. Issued a statement of colonial rights and urged colonies to form militias -
Lexington & Concord
1st skermish of Revolutionary war in Massachusetts. -
Second Continential Congress
Second meeting of the colonies, created the Continential Army -
Declaration of Independence
The colonies officially seperated from England. -
Articles of Confederation
The first government of the United States -
Critical Period
The time period which the United States was under the Articles of Confederation. (John Adams Pic) -
Battle of Yorktown
Last Battle of Revolutionary War. America won with the help of France -
Treaty of Paris
England acknowledged American independence. -
Land Ordinance of 1875
Established a plan for surveying the western land -
Annapolis Convention
Called to settle disputes among states -
Constitutional Convention
Convention held in Philadelphia to discuss and improve the Articles of Confederation -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Provided the process for the creation and admission of new states -
The Great Compromise
Created a two house Congress and balanced power between small and big states -
3/5ths Compromisa
Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person when determining a states population in the House of Representation. -
Shay's Rebellion
Debt-risen farmers in Massachusetts rebel due to high taxes -
Washington's Presidency
George Washington was the first president of the US. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Set up the court system. -
Bill of Rights Signed
The Bill of Rights was signed and added to the constitution. -
Cotton Gin
A machine invented by Eli Whitmey to seperate the seeds from the cotton -
Adam's Presidency
John Adams was the second president of the US, he was a federalist -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
A Slave that had a plot to take over Richmond -
Jefferson's Presidency
The third president of the US and a Democratic-Republican -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson bought land from France and doubled the size of the US -
Marbury V Madison
Chief Marshall declared a law unconstitutional. Established the power of Judicial review -
War of 1812
U.S. V Britian -
McCulloch V Maryland
Established the doctrine of implied power -
Gibbons V Ogden
Confirmed federal governments power over commerce -
Monroe Doctrine
A warning from President Monroe to Europe -
Age of the Common Man
Time when democracy in the U.S, expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process -
Jockson's Presidency
Jackson defeated Adams in the elections of 1828 thanks to the Common Man -
Indian Removal Act
An act that forced Native Americans east of the Missisippi to the lands in the west -
Nat Turner's Revolt
Nat Turner led a band of over 80 slaves against 4 plantations in VA -
Battle of the Alamo
The battle between Texans and Mexicans the resulted in the Texans death -
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle between Texans led by Sam Houston and the Mexicans. The Texans won independence and established the Republic of Texas -
U.S. Annexes Texas
The U.S, added Texas to it's states -
Mexican War
War between U.S, and Mexico, The U.s< won the war and gained land in the southeast -
CA Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California -
Seneca Falls Convention
A women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise to settle disagreements between slave and free states -
Fugitive Slave Law
A law designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned to their owners -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that talks about the life of a slave. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A law enacted in 1854 that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right wether to allow slavery. -
Reservation System
Indians were forced off their lands onto smaller reservations -
The Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott, a slave sued for freedom after he was taken into free territory by his owner -
Elections of 1860
Abraham Lincoln became president -
Battle of Fort Sumter
First battle of the Civil War -
Homestead Act
Law that gave free public land in the west -
Battle of Antietam
First Battle in the North -
Emancipation Proclamation
Speech by Lincol that freed the slaves in rebelling states -
Battle of Vicksburg
The battle seperated the Confedaracy in two -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the Civil War -
The Gettysburg Address
Speech by Abraham Lincoln dedicating a cemetry to those who lost their lives in war -
Reconstruction
Reuniting the South into the Union -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that seperated public facilities for blacks and whites -
Lincoln's Assasination
Lincoln was assasined in a theatre -
Appomattox Court House
Final battle of Civil war -
13th Amendment
An Amendment to the US constitution the abolished slavery -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
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Elections of 1867
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14th Amendment
An Amendment to the US constitution that acknowleged African Americans as citizens -
Election of 1867
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) V Horatio Seymour (Democratic). Grant won. -
Knights of Labor
A union that stood up for workers regardless of trade -
15th Amendment
An Amendment to the US constitution that gave Africans Americans the right to vote -
Old Immigrants
Immigrants from Northern & Western Europe (Pre-1871) -
New Immigrants
Immigrants fron southern and eastern Europe -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Banned entry of almost all Chinese into the US -
Haymarket Square
Knights of Labor protest in Chicago -
American Federation of of Labor
A Craft Union -
Dawes Act
Goal: Americanize the Indians -
Progressive Movement
An early 20th century movement -
Assimilation Policy
Plan under which Indians would be forced to adopt American culture -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Prevented any business structure that restrained trade -
Homestead Strike
A labor strike at Carnegie steel plant -
American Railway Union
One of the first industrial unions in the United States. -
Pullman Strike
A strike of Pullman railroad workers -
Plessey V Ferguson 1896
S.C, said the "seperate but equal" did not violate the 14th amendment -
Spanish-American War
War between America and Spain over territories -
Treaty of PAris 1898
The US annexed Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippines -
Open Door Policy
Gave all nations equal trading rights in China -
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese movement to remove all foreign influence -
Platt Amendment
US asserter the right to interverne in Cuban affairs -
Roosevelt Corollary
Reminded Europe not to interfere in the western hemisphere and said the US would use force to protect its interests in Latin America -
Panama Canal
Canal built by the US connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic -
Susan B. Anthony
A key leader in the womens suffrage movement -
Great Migration
Period when many African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities -
16th Amendment
Created a federal income tax -
17th Amendment
Voters elect senators -
WW1
First global war centered in Europe -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Investigates business practices -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Expanded Shermans Anti-Trust Act. Outlawed price-fixing -
U.S, enters WW1
The US joined WW1 on the Allies side after remaining nuetral for 3 years -
14 Points
Pres. Wilson plan to eleminate the causes of war -
18th Amendment
Banned alcohol use -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty after WW1 -
Harlem Renaissance
Explosion of black intellectual and cultural life -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
Immigration Restriction Act
Put a quota of how many immigrants could come from each country -
Scopes Trial
TN teacher was tried for teaching evolution -
President Hoover
President during the Great Depression, believed in rugged individualism -
The Great Depression
A time of severe economic hardhip in the US -
Black Tuesday
Day of the stock market crash -
Dust Bowl
Severe drought in the Great Plains -
New Deal
FDR's programs to get the United States out of it's depression period -
FDR
32nd president, helped get the country out of depression -
FDIC
Federal deposit insurance corporation, insures bank deposits and regulates banks -
Wagner Act
Act the protected workers rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining -
Social Security Act
Provided safeguard for workers -
Fair Labor Stndards Act
Set maximum hours and minimum wages -
Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi-Soviet Union pact during WW2 agreeing not to attack each other. -
War in Europe Begins
Second World war begins with the German invasion of Poland -
Selective Service Act WW2
Drafting system during ww2 -
Germany invades Russia
Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise Japanese attack on American naval base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor -
U.S, Declares War
The US joins WW2 after being nuetral -
Miracle of Midway
Battle between the Japanese and the Allies, The Allies win. -
D-Day
The Allies attacked German invaded France -
Battle of the Bulge
German counteroffinse that the Allies soon recovered from. -
Korematsu V US
Court case discussing the Japanese Internment camps -
Cold War
Uneasy peace between the US and the Soviet Union -
V-E Day
The Allies Victory in Europe -
Division of Germany
Germany was divided into the democratic west and communist east -
Hiroshima A-Bomb
First Atomic bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima -
Nagasaki A-Bomb
Second Atomic bomb that ended ww2 -
Nuremburg Trials
Postwar trials of Nazis for war crimes in the Holocaust. -
Communist Takeover China
Mao Zedong led a communist revolution in China -
Marshall Plan
The US's plan to aid Europe after WW2 -
Berlin Airlift
The US flew supplies to the blockaded west Germany -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
Korean War
War between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
a couple whom was a Soviet spy. they passed nuclear secrets -
Eisenhower
The 34th president of the US -
Warsaw Pct
Alliance between the Soviet Union and communist countries of Europe -
Vietnam War
War between South anti-communist Vietnam and North communist Vietnam in which the US was involved. -
Sputnik
First Stellite launched by the Soviet Union -
U2 Incident
The Soviets shot a US spy -
JFK
35th president of the US. Was president during the cold war until assassination -
Berlin Wall
Wall separating communist Berlin (east) from democratic Berlin (west) -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets stationed nuclear missiles in Cube. JFK demanded their removal and blackaded Cuba. -
JFK Assassination
JFK was assassined by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Election of 1968
President Nixon won -
Nixon's Presidency
During his presidency, Nixon managed to get things right with china -
Detente
Temporary thaw in the Cold War tension -
Nixon in China
President Nixon visited China hoping to get it on the US's side -
Moscow Summit
Nixon met the Soviet leader, Bezhnev and signed the SALT treaty -
Watergate Scandal
5 men from Nixon's reelection comittee got caught breaking into the democratic campaign headquarters -
OPEC
The OPEC raised oil prices -
End of Vietnam War
South and North Vietnam were merged into one communist country -
Carter's Presidency
Carter's presidency was during a time of worsening economy -
Panama Canal Treaty
President Carter gave cntrol of the Panama Canal to Panama -
Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech
Speech given by President Reagan directed to the leader of the Soviet Union at the Berlin Wall -
Fall OF The Berlin Wall
The wall seperating east and west germany was destroyed
