US/ VA History Watkins Timeline

By Ben Watkins

  • Jamestown

    Formed by the VA Company of London. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America. Later became VA.
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    US/VA History Timeline

  • Plymouth Colony

    Founded by Puritans called pilgrims. Very religious and intolerant of other religious groups. Created the Mayflower Compact which pledged loyalty to god and the king. Created a Covenant community. Became Massachussets.

  • New Hampshire Founded

    Founded by John Wheelwright.

  • Maryland was Founded

    Founded by Lord Baltimore

  • Conneticut was Founded

    Founded by Thomas Hooker

  • Rhode Island Founded

    Founded by Roger Williams

  • Delaware Established

    Founded by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company

  • North Carolina

    Founded by Virginians

  • South Carolina Founded

    Founded by Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II

  • New York was Founded

    Founded by the Duke of York

  • New Jersey was Founded

    Founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret

  • Pennsylvania was Founded

    Founded by William Penn

  • Middle Passage

    Africans were starting to be used as slaves in America to fill the needs of Americans

  • Georgia Was Founded

    Founded by James Edward Oglethorpe

  • The Great Awakening

    Growth of more Evangical Religions. Laid a foundation for the American Revolution by standing up to government for religious freedom.

  • The French and Indian War Begins

    England and american colinists fought against france and the natives,.

  • Proclomation of 1763

    England prohibits colonists from settling west of the appalachian mountains.

  • The French and Indian War Ends

    England won.

  • Treaty of Paris

    England gained land west of the appalachian mountains, and in Canada from france.

  • The Stamp Act

    England placed a tax on all legal documents.

  • Colonists Increase Resistance to British Troops

    -The Townshed Acts
    -The Boston Massacre
    -The Boston tea Party
    - The INtollerable Acts
    -The First Continental Congress.
    - Lexington and concord
    -Second Continental Congress

  • Revolutionary War begins

    Britain Dominated.

  • The Declaration Of Independence

    Issued by The Continental Congress. WRitten by Thomas Jefferson.

  • French Alliance Signed

    France enters the Revolutionary war and helps the american colonists.

  • Victory at Yorktown

    Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders

  • Critical Period Begins

    US was under the Articles of Confederation

  • Land Ordinance of 1785

    Established a plan for surveying westernlands.

  • The Annapollis Convention

    Tried to settle disputes among states over commerce.

  • The Constitutional Convention

    All 13 State representatives met in philladelphia to settle disputes among states.

  • The Constitution was signed

    Established the three branches of government, and told how ammendmants could be made by the government powers.

  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787

    Provided the process for the creation and admission of new states.

  • Shays Rebellion

    Debt ridden farmers in massechussets rebel because of taxes.

  • Critical Period Ends

  • Bill of Rights

    The First 10 ammendments were established.

  • Washington becomes the First President.

  • Judiciary act of 1789

    Set up the court system.

  • France and Britain go to war

    Washington decides to keep the US neutral

  • Election of 1796

    John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson

  • John Adams becomes President

    Beats Thomas Jefferson

  • Washingtons term ends

  • Election of 1800

    Thomas Jefferson v John Adams. Jefferson wins and is elected as third president.

  • Marbury vs Madison

    established the power of Judicial review.

  • The Louisianna Purchase

    Jefferson bought the land from France. Included land from the mississippi river to the rocky mountains.

  • The War of 1812

    President Madison calls for war because Britain was interfering with american shipping. British aid indians in the West.

  • McCullach vs Maryland

    Established the doctrine of Implied poweres.

  • Western Migration

    US had 24 states

  • Gibbons vs Ogden

    Confirmed the federal governments power over commerce

  • The Monroe Doctrine

    Cemented the US policyof isolationism towards europe until WWI

  • Industrial Revolution

    New inventions were created. Factories were created. Transportation was improved.

  • Reservation System

    Indians were forced off their lands onto smaller reservations.

  • American Railway Union

    Fouder waseugene v. debs

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Excluding chinese people from immigrating to the U.S

  • Dawes Act

    Goal to americanize the indians

  • Progressive movement

    goal was to create a government controlled by the people

  • 16th ammendment

  • Hoover was Elected

  • Great depression

  • Black Tuesday

    Stock markets crash

  • Dust Bowl

    Severe drought throughout the great plains

  • FDR was Elected as President

  • The New Deal

    FDRs plan to gett the economy back on track.

  • FDIC

  • Wagner Act

  • Social Security Act

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

  • War in Europe Begins

  • Non Agression Pact

  • Selective Service Act WW2

  • Germany Invades Russia

  • Pearl Harbor

  • US Declares War

  • Miracle of Midway

  • Korematsu vs US

  • D-Day

  • Battle of Bulge

  • Cold War

  • Division Of Germany

  • V-E Day

  • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb

  • Nuremburg Trials

  • Marshall Plan

  • NATO

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Communist Takeover China

  • Korean war

  • Eisenhower

  • Warsaw Pact

  • Sputnik

  • U2 Incident

  • JFK