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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus Heads For Asia
On August 3rd, 1492 Columbus received permission and support to start a voyage to find a faster route to Asia. As we now know on this voyage Columbus ended up discovering the Americas instead of Asia. This is important because Columbus was crowned the first non native to discover the land of America. (HL Pg. 7) -
Jamestown
In 1607 a group of British merchants helped support and create the colony of Jamestown in what would later be Virginia. This is important because it was the first of the 13 colonies created along north Americas east coast. (HL Pg. 15) -
The First Boxing Match
The first recorded boxing match was held in Britain when the Duke of Albemarle challenged his butler and butcher to a fight (http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Bueneventura/history.htm) -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war between the French and Britain. France began building forts in America which Britain did not like so they retaliated. Soon the retaliation became a all out warfare known as the French and Indian war (Trouble on the Frontier subheading notes) -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line was put in by the British government to reduce the number of unnecessary fighting between the colonists and the natives. However the colonists found the line to be very restrictive and unfair. (Proclamation of 1763 WS) -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was a battle between British regulars and colonial militias and was the first battle of the war (Key Battles WS). -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was fought between America and Britain a main reason for the war was British Impressment of American Sailors (Crash Course WS). -
Invention of Baseball
Baseball was invented in Cooperstown NY by a man named Abner Doubleday. (https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-baseball) -
Underground Rail Road
The Under Ground Rail Road was a pathway for slaves to runaway to non slave states. Previous runaway slaves known as conductors helped guide the runaways. (Under Ground Rail Road WS) -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska act was that Kansas and Nebraska where to be permitted into America as popular sovereignty states. However they were located north of the line created during the Missouri city compromise which caused a lot of debate (A Dividing Nation Sub heading notes) -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was an idea that Sargent Lee of the south came up with. He thought a win in northern territory would help southern spirits but when he got there he was heavily outnumbered by the union and lost the three day battle loosing 50,000 of his 75,000 men. -
The revolution of Boxing
John Sholto Douglass was the eights marquees of Queensbury and he invented new rules for boxing that are still used today. Such as timed round and standardized boxing gloves (http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Bueneventura/history.htm) -
Push/Pull Factor for American Immigration
Many push factors such as lack of food, loss of farmable land and religious prosecution caused immigrants to leave their country. Pull factors for coming to America where, land for farmers and jobs for unskilled workers. (Why Europeans Immigrated to America Sub Heading notes) -
Boxing in the Olympics
The Olympic games in 1904 were held in St. Louis and for the first time ever hosted the sport of boxing. This began the age of fighting opponents for titles and championships (http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Bueneventura/history.htm) -
The Federal Highway Act
The Federal Highway Act was passed in 1916 and encouraged the building of roads and highways due to the increase of people using cars as their many source of transportation. -
US war draft
The US army only had 200,000 troops which prompted US leaders to enforce a war draft. 10 million men registered for the draft as prime minister of Brittain David Loyd requested more US troops (WW1 subheading notes/history alive.) -
NFL is invented
The NFL was created by a group of men in Canton Ohio who held a meeting and created the National Football League (https://www.profootballhof.com/news/nfl-founded-in-canton/) -
The National Boxing Association
The National Boxing Association (NBA) was the first "Sanctioning Body" to watch over the sport. The NBA coordinated fights appropriately between opponents (http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Bueneventura/history.htm) -
Hiroshima Bomb
With Japan refusing to back down the US was preparing for one of the biggest ground assaults on Japan, when all of the sudden a new war machine known as a nuclear bomb was finished. The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used on Hiroshima where 80,000 people were killed (History Alive/ WW2 subheading notes.) -
Yalta Confrence
Stalin, Churchill, and FDR, all met to talk about postwar Europe at a meeting now known as the Yalta conference. They agreed to split Germany into 4 parts and each said they support self-governing and free elections. Tensions rose after the Yalta conference as Stalin did not follow his promises which helped lead to the cold war (History Alive/ Cold war subheading notes) -
founding of the NBA
After WW2 ended people were able to get to there normal lives and think about the future, which is what they did for sports. The sport of basketball developed for 2 years after the war until June of 1946 when the NBA was created in NYC. 11 teams were in the league and played only 40 minute long games with 60 games. The president was Maurice Podoloff who was also president of the NHL (http://www.nba.com/heritageweek2007/newleague_071207.html) -
Jackie Robison is Drafted
Jackie Robison was signed to play major league baseball by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Jackie was the first African American to play in the MLB. Jackie won rookie of the year and later on was inducted into the MLB hall of fame (https://www.topendsports.com/athletes/baseball/robinson-jackie.htm) -
Summer and Winter Olympics return
Both winter and summer Olympics were halted for 12 years due to world war 2. However in 1948 after the war the games returned with the winter in St. Moritz, Switzerland and summer in London, United Kingdom (https://www.topendsports.com/athletes/baseball/robinson-jackie.htm) -
Raise Act
The Raise act was proposed to congress by Donald Trump and it would prioritize immigration to America based on skill and knowledge (Immigration today online document/WS)
