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Jamestown
Jamestown was formed by the Virginia Company of London in 1607, it was the first permanent settlement in North America and became present day Virginia. -
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World History 2 Timeline
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Start of Slavery
Indentured servants were first used before slaves. However, by the 1700s, most labor needs were filled by the forceible importation of Africans. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact is a document where they agreed to obey laws created for the general good. It pledged loyalty to God and the king, it also created a "community covenant" - a community based on the promises found in the Mayflower Compact. -
French and Indian War
English (Anglo) - French rivalry led to the conflit. Both countries wanted the land west of the Appalachians and in Canada. -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
England gained the land west of the Appalachins and in Canada from France. -
Proclamation of 1763
England prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachians, because it cost a lot to protect the colonists from Indian attacks there. This angered colonist that wanted to move out. -
Stamp Act
Placed a tax on legal documents. -
Cotton Gin
Inventor: Eli Whitney, made cotton growing very profitable. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists and British soliders in Boston competed over jobs, one evening, a mob of anti-british demonstrators formed. British troops fired into the mob, 5 colonists died. -
Boston Tea Party
England put restrictions on tea. Colonists boarded tea ships in Boston and threw the tea in the water. -
1st Continental Congress
A meeting took place in Philadelphia from all 13 colonies except Georgia, it issued a statement of Colonial Rights, urging colonies to form militias. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops attacked a colonial weapon stockpile, minutemen were assembled and the fight erupted. -
2nd Continental Congress
Created a Continental Army, George Washington was the general. It issued the "Olive Branch Petition" it was the final peace offering and it was rejected. -
Declaration of Independence
It was issued by the Continental Congress and was written by Thomas Jefferson. The colonies officially seperated from England. -
Articles of Confederation
13 newly independent states united into one country (United States of America). American political leaders adopted a weak national government at the end of the Revolutionary War. -
Critical Period (1781-1788)
Time period during which the U.S. was under the Articles of Confederation. -
Yorktown
French general Marquis de Lafayette developed a plan. The French blocked the exit of the Chesapeake Bay. Americans and French surround Cornwallis/The British, Cornwallis surrendered. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Established a plan for surveying the western lands. -
Annapolis Convention
Called to settle disputes among states over commerce, only 5 states showed up, They decided to hold another meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation, next meeting took place in Philadelphia. -
Constitutional Convention
George Washington was president over the convention, seldom took part in the debates, his presence brought prestige to the meeting. -
The Great Compromise
Created 2-house congress, one Senate (each state gets 2 senators) two House of Representatives (representation based on population, balanced power between large and small states) -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Provided the process for the creation and admission of New States. -
3/5ths Compromise
Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person when determining a state's representation in the House Representatives. Placated southern states. -
Shay's Rebellion 1787
Debt-ridden farmers in Massachusetts Rebel due to high taxes. -
Judiciary Act of 1787
Set up the court system. -
Washington's Presidency
Washington was the first president (1789-1797) -
Bill of Rights Signed
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Adam's Presidency
John Adams (Federalist) defeated Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican). -
Jefferson's Presidency
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) deated John Adams (Federalist). 1st peaceful transfer of power from one party to another. -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
Gabe Prosser was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson brought this land from France, it doubled the size of the U.S. Also included land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. -
Marbury v. Madison
Marshell declared a law unconstitutional, it established the power of the Judicial Review. -
War of 1812
British interference with American shipping, British aid to Indians in the west. -
McCulloh v. Maryland
Marshall upheld the federal governments right to establish a bank, he said a state couldn't tax the bank due to national supermacy. -
Missouri Compromise
This divided the Lousiana Purchase at 36 - 30 degrees. North of the line was free and South of the line was slave, Missouri was a slave state and Maine was free. -
Missiouri Compromise
Divided LA Purchase at 36,30 degrees. North of the line was free, South of the line was slave. Admitted Maine as a free state, Missiouri as a slave state, maintained balance of slave and free states. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The court overturned a steamboat monoply, it confirmed the federal governments power over commerce. -
Monroe Doctorine
Warned Europe against, future colonization in America, interference in any independent country in the Western Hemisphere. -
Age of the Common Man
Time when democracy in the U.S. expanded. More people got involved in the electoral process. -
Jackson's Presidency
Andrew Jackson personified the "democratic" spirit of the age. -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
This law was passed at Jackson's request. It forced all indians east of the Mississippi River to move to indian territory. (Present-day Oklahoma) -
Nat Turner Revolt
From South Hampton, VA in 1832. Nat Turner led 80 slaves against 4 plantations. He was caught and hung. -
Battle of the Alamo
It was called the Old Mission House. Texans fortified themselves there, Mexican General Santa Anna attacked with superior forces. They fought until their last man died. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans won independence, they were led by Sam Houston. The battle established the republic of Texas. -
U.S. Annexes Texas
The U.S. annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. -
Mexican War
President James K. Polk urged war. He wanted the Southwest. Mexico wouldn't sell it. -
CA Gold Rush
Gold was discovered "49ers" rushed to CA. -
Seneca Falls Convention
1st women's right convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY and was led by Elizabeth Cady Staton. This issued a Seneca Falls Declaration, document modeled on the Declaration of Independence and outlined women's rights and grievances. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Part of the Compromise of 1850, it made it easier to catch runaway slaves. Many Northerners refused to enforce this law. -
Compromise of 1850
CA entered as a free state, southwestern territories would decide on their own. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, protrayed the evils of slavery was widely read and increased support in the North for abolition. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Repealed by giving KN and NB "popular sovereignty", this meant they could choose. -
Dred Scott Case
A slave named Dred Scott sued for freedom after being taken into free territory by his owner. The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans aren't citizens so he had no right to sue, congress had no right to ban slavery in the territories. This case overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery. -
Election of 1860
The main issue was slavery, Abraham Lincoln, a Republican won the election. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was in South Carolina but it remained under Union (Northern) control. Confederates fired on Union ships that were to resupply Fort Sumte. This was the first battle of the Civil War. -
Homestead Act
A law that gave free public land in the West in 160 acre plots, its only condition was that settlers had to use it for at least 5 years. Its purpose was to encourage Americans to settle west. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee went North, lost at Antietam, MD. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It freed slave in the "rebelling" states. Its effects were the New Northern War aim for abolishing slavery not just restoring the Union, discouraged foreign intervention, Lincoln started using black troops (at Fredrick Douglass urging him). -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee pushed north into Pennslyvania, the battle lasted 3 days and Lee had to retreat. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg took place in Mississippi, Grant wins and the confederacy is cut in half. -
Gettysburg Address
A short speech by Abraham Lincoln, dedicating cemetery. -
Reconstruction
A process of restoring the south to the union and determining the postition of African Americans. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery. -
Appomattox Court House
Lee surrendered, he also urged southerners to accept surrender and unite as Americans. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth shortly after the war. -
Election of 1867
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel T. Tilden disputed election results. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Put south under military occupation. -
14th Amendment
Prohibited states from denying equal rights to any American, gave citizenship to African Americans. -
Knights of Labor
The founder of Knights of Labor was Uriah Stevens. -
15th Amendment
Gave African Americans the right to vote. -
Old Immigrants
Northern and Western Europe, Germany, Great Britian, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. -
New Immigrants
Southern and Eastern Europe, Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Asia, China and Japan. -
Jim Crow Laws
Established seperate facilities for whites and blacks (segregation). -
Reservation System
Indians were forced off their lands onto smaller and smaller reservations. -
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
Banned entry of almost all Chinese. -
Susan B. Anthony
A strong leader of the Women's Sufferage Movement. -
Haymarkert Square
Knights of Labor protest in Chicago, a bomb went off near the police and 8 strikers were convicted. -
American Federation of Labor
The founder was Samuel Gompers, they were a Craft Union. Only skilled workers from multiple industries, they used collective bargining. Unions and employers negotiate. -
Assimilation Policy
Is a plan under which Indians would be forced to adopt American culture. -
Dawes Act 1887
The goals of the Dawes Act was to americanize the Indians, break up reservations and divided them into individual plots, and legally abolished tribes. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This act prevented ant business structure that restrained trade. There goal was to outlaw trusts (monopolies) but it wasn't successful. -
Homestead Strike
Called the Carneige Steel Plant. Plant manager Henry Frick called the Pinkerton Detective Agency, it broke out into a major gun battle. -
American Railway Union
Their founder was Eugene V. Debs, they were railway workers. There were skilled and unskilled workers. -
Pullman Strike
This was started by Pullmans railroad workers, they started a nationwide RR boycott, the federal government ended it. -
Plessy vs Ferguson 1896
Supreme Court said "seperate but equal" did not violate the 14th amendment, it upheld Jim Crow laws of segregation. -
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese boxers, their goal was to remove foreign influence but it failed. -
Spanish-American War
Cubans rebelled against Spanish rule. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
U.S. annexed Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippines. Cuba became free. -
Open Door Policy
Was created by the Secretary of State John Hay. This gave all nations equal trading rights in China. It called for fair competition. There goal was to end U.S./European competition, it also urged foreigners to obey Chinese law. -
Progressive Movement
Early 20th century reform movement. It used the government to institute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization. -
Platt Amendment
U.S. asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. -
Roosevelt Corollary
TR added to the Monroe Doctorine, this reminded Europe not to interfere. This said U.S. would use force to protect its interest in Latin America. -
Great Migration
Period from 1910-1930 when many African-Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities. -
16th Amendment
Creates federal income tax, is a "progressive tax" higher incomes pay higher rate. -
17th Amendment
Voters could elect senators now, not state legislatures. -
Clayton's Anti-Trust Act
This expanded the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It outlawed price fixing and exempts Unions from Sherman act. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Investigates business practices. -
WWI
War erupted in Europe in 1914. -
Panama Canal
TR encouraged Panama to break from Columbia, Panama succeeded. Panama gave the U.S. rights to build a canal. In 1914 the U.S. finished the canal, it connected to the Atlantic and Pacific. -
U.S. enters WWI
U.S. entered the war because of German Submarine Warfare, Zimmerman Telegram and U.S. had close ties to Great Britian. -
Selective Service Act WWII
Drafted 10 million men into the military. -
14 Points
Wilson's peace plan. His goal was to eliminate the causes of war. -
Harlem Renaissance
Explosion of black intellectual and cultural life. -
19th Amendment
Women gain the right to vote. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany's punishment, Mandates, National boundaries were redrawn, League of Nations and etc. -
18th Amendment
This amendment banned alcohol use. -
Immigration Restriction Act
Put a quota of how many immigrants could come from each country. It allowed more from old immigrant areas than from new immigrant area. This effect basically ended immigration for several decades. -
Scopes Trial
TN teacher John Scopes was tried for teaching evolution. Trial sparked a national debate over evolution. -
Hoover
President Herbert Hoover was elected in 1928, and he believed in "Rugged Individualism". -
Black Tuesday
The Stock Market Crash. -
Great Depression
Time of severe economic hardship in the U.S. from 1929-1941. -
Dust Bowl
Horrible on the Great Depression. -
CIO
New Union. -
New Deal
FDR's program to deal with the Depression. -
FDR
Served as the 32nd President. -
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -
Wagner Act
Protected workers rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining. -
Social Security Act
Was the biggest New Deal Program, provided safe guards for workers, disability and unemployment compensation, old age pensions. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Set maximum work hours and minmum wages. -
Non-Agression Pact
Stalin and Hitler agree not to attack each other. -
War Begins in Europe
Germany invaded Poland from the west in 1939. -
Germany Invades Russia
Germany turned on the Soviet Union in mid-1941. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th 1941. -
U.S. Declares War
Congress declares war at FDR's request. -
Miracle of Midway
The U.S. navy beat a larger Japanese force and ended the threat to Hawaii. -
D-Day
Invasion of Normandy, France. -
Battle of the Bulge
German counter offensive, the allies soon recovered. -
Korematsu vs U.S.
Supreme Court allowed internment. -
Cold War
The uneasy peace after WWII, marked by a rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, lasting from 1945-1991. -
Cold War
The uneasy peace after WWII, marked by a rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, lasting from 1945-1991. -
Division of Germany
East Germany became communist and remained under Soviet control. West Germany was temporarily under U.S., British, and French occupation, soon it resumed self gov't and became democratic. -
V-E Day
Allies from the West and Soviet Union from the East overran Germany, Germany surrendered. -
Hiroshima A Bomb
They dropped the first bomb in Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki A Bomb
The next day after bombing Hiroshima they bombed Nagasaki. -
Nuremberg Trials
Postwar trials of Naiz's for the war crimes in the Holocaust. -
Marshall Plan
Massive U.S. financial aid package to rebuild. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviets blockaded West Berlin, the U.S. flew them supplies. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a defensive alliance among the United States and Western European countries. -
Communist takeover of China
Leader was Moa Zedong. This increased U.S.'s fear of a communist world domination. -
Korean War
This divided Korea, North was Communist and South was Democratic. -
Eisenhower
He was elected in 1953 and his policy was "Massive Retaliation". -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam tried to install communism in South Vietnam by force. -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance among Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. -
Sputnik
The space race began, the Soviets launched Sputnik into space. -
U-2 Incident
Francis Gary Powers was shot down while spying over the Soviet Union. -
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, this raised oil prices. -
JFK
He was Elected in 1960. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Reagan said they could take the wall down. -
Berlin Wall
Between East and West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets stationed nuclear missiles in Cuba. JFK demanded their removal and blockaded Cuba. The world was close to nuclear war for many days, the soviets "blinked" and removed their missiles. -
JFK's Assassonation
In Dallas Texas, on 11/22/63 JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. This shocked American's confidence and this began a period of internal strife. -
Election of 1968
The presidental election was held. -
Nixon's Presidency
1968 to 1974. -
Detene
Detene collaspes, SALT II was signed but not ratified, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. -
Nixon in China
Nixon was exploting the rift between China and the Soviets, he hoped to get China on the U.S.'s side. -
Moscow Summit
Nixon met with Soviet leader Brezhnev and signed the SALT treaty. -
Watergate Scandal
5 men from Nixon's reelection committee got caught breaking into the Democratic Campagin Headquarters. -
End of the Vietnam War
In 1973 the last of the U.S. troops left. -
Carter's Presidency
1977 to 1980 -
Panama Canal Treaty
President Jimmy Carter gave control back to Panama. -
Camp David Accord
Peace talks between Egypt and Isreal. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
52 Americans were taken into hostage in Iran. -
Reagan's Presidency
1981 to 1988 -
Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech
"Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall". -
Soviet Union Collasped
Into Russia and 14 other countries, adopted market economy and democracy like the U.S. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Gave atomic secrets to the Soviets and were electrocuted.
