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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
Jamestown Founded\ Jamestown is an English colony founded in 1607. Jamestown is located in Virginia. -
First Africans brought to North America
Origins of Slavery Slavery was first introduced to the New World when the Dutch brought the first African slaves to America. -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
Pilgrims land at Plymouth Pilgrims originally landed in Provincetown Massachusets. A month later, pilgrims crossed Cape Cod Bay to make their permaneant settlement at Plymouth. -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of colonists accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusets. The trials resulted in 20 people being executed with most of them being women. -
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French and Indian War
White Cloud the Albino Buffalo Part of the Seven Years' War, the French and Indian war is a extension to the havoc happening in Europe. The French and Indian war took over the span of nine years. -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre was a street fight between the American colonists and the British officers. Amercian colonists were gunned down in the streets by British officers. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty poured tea into the sea in protest of the Tea Act. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Delcaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was created on July 4, 1776. The original draft was written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Revolutionary War Ends (Treaty of Paris)
Treaty of ParisThe Treaty of Paris ended the American Civil War. The Treaty of Paris was signed by King George III. -
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Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was a series of protests throughout 1786 and 1787. The protests were by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections. -
Constitution Ratified
New Hampshire become the ninth state to ratify the Constitution on Jun 21, 1788. The government agreed that the U.S Constitution would begin on March 4, 1789. -
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Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest during the presidency of George Washington. The Whiskey Rebellion was also known as the Whiskey Insurrection. -
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis & Clark Expedition The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson after the Lousiana Purchace in 1803. U.S Army volunteers travelled with Lewis and Clark. -
War of 1812
War of 1812The War of 1812 lasted over the period of two and a half years. The War of 1812 had thge United States of America fight against the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was created in attempts to qualm the tensions between the anti-slavery Northern states and the slave-owning Southern states. -
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy forced the Cherokee nation from the Mississippi River to present-day Oklahoma. This is dubbed the "Trail of Tears" because of its devastating effects. -
Texan Independence
The Alamo American soldiers fought for Texas' Independence at the Alamo from Mexico. American forces were able to win desspite being heavily outnumbered. -
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Mexican American War (Treaty of Guadalupa Hildelgo)
The United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico fought over territory near Mexico and Texas. The war ended in a decisive American victory. -
Gold Rush in California
The California Gold Rush start on January 24, 1848 by James W. Marshall. Americans across the country came to California to mine for gold nuggets and riches. -
Compromise of 1850
A series of bills passed the the United States Congress in 1850 to defuse political tension. California would join as a free state and slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraksa Act would allow states to vote to have slavery or not, also known as popular sovereignty. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln, a presidential candidate against slavery, was voted into office on November 6, 1860. This caused the Southern states get closer to the point of seceding from the Union. -
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Civil War
Civil War in One WordIn the Civil War, the slave-owning Confederacy fought the anti-slavery Union for its independence from the Union. The Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865. -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
American RailroadA golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah to signal the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. -
Reconstruction Ends
in 1877, Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the south. And with the Republican governments collapsing, reconstruction ends by the end of May 1877.
