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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus "Discovers" America
After Columbus's "discovery" of the Americas, European powers completed to explore and exploit the resources of the "new world" -
Jamestown Established
Jamestown was established in Chesapeake. This was the first successful English colony. -
Quebec
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec as a small trading post in 1608, They maintained a positive relationships with the Native Americans to ensure the survival of the colony. -
Spanish Colonization
The first permanent European settlement in the Americans Southwest was established at Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1610. -
New Amsterdam
The Dutch established the seaport at New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1625. New Amsterdam was tolerant of many religious practices. -
The Pequot War
Pequot tribe killed English fur traders. Then Connecticut & Massachusetts swnt soldierals in retaliation. -
New York
Due to its success as a commercial port city, the British invaded and took over New Amsterdam. It was renamed New York after the Duke of York, who organized the capture. -
Bacons Rebellion
Bacon and his supporters began slaughtered Natives in an effort to take their land and protect frontier planters. He felt Berkeley had no cobcern for the poor farmers and favored Virginia's wealthy. -
Pueblo Revolt
Destruction of Pueblo religious artifacts and attempts to force the conversion of the Native American to Catholicism led to the uprising. -
Glorious Revolution
Parliament removed King James II from the thorne. He was then replaced him with William and Mary. -
The Wool Act
This was a restriction placed upon wool production in Ireland that also forbade the export of wool from the colonies. It was intended to exert further control over production in the colonies and rise tax. -
The Chickasaw War
The French wanted to take over the Mississippi river in the province of Louisiana but the Chickasaw lived there and fought back. Chickasaw were victorious. -
The Molasses Act
This was a tax placed on imported molasses from non-British colonies. This was an attempt to regulate trade by making British products less to expensive than those from the French making -
Stono Rebellion
A group of slaves took control of a store to arm themselves with weapons then marched along the Stono River in South Carolina. They were headed to St. Augustine, where the Spanish promised freedom to slaves who escaped from British colonies. -
French and Indian War
The battle over colonies will force the British and the French to do battle for imperial control of those colonies. Part of the war was fought for colonial rights to North America. -
Aticles of Confederation
Contiental Congree adpoted the Articles of Confederation. Some powers granted to central government but most were left up to individuals. -
Shays's Rebellion
Farmers in west MA were angered at state for callinv in all debts owed and seizing land. Daniel Shays led change to violently protest these taxes, foreclosures and imprisionment. -
The North Ordinance of 1787
This oultlines the steps for a territory to apply for statehood. And this banned slavery in these territories. -
George Washington President
George Washington was elwcted President in 1789 and in 1792. He created the Presidential cabinet, which is a group of advisors. -
Cotton Gin invention
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1791, cotton gin is a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. This unintentionally led to increase of slave labor and expanded slavery. -
Whiskey Rebellion
These farmers used excess crop to produce whiskey which they also used as currency. To protest the new taxes, the farmers led a revolt agqinst tax collectors in the area. -
Bill of Rights
This intended to protect individuals and states from a strong central government and give them certain specified right. This included freedom of religion, petition, assembly, press, leagal rights, right to bear arms and much more. -
The Pesidency of John Adams
2nd President of the US. He was a federalist. And he defeated Jefferson in 1796 election. -
Election of 1800
Jefferson and Burr received the same amount of electoral votes. Hamilton had to decide who won, so he have the victory to Jefferson. -
Steamboat was inventened
Robert Fulton designed a steam engine for a steamboat that could move against the current of a river or against the wind. The steamboat created more opportunities for trade and transportation on rivers. -
James Monroe Election
James Monroe was elected in 1816. His presidency is known as the “Era of Good Feelings.” -
The Panic of 1819
This was something like the Great Depression. Many western farmers were the victim of the recession and financial crisis, as banks followed the order of the Bank of the United States and foreclosed upon their farms -
Missouri Compromise
Compromise proposed by Henry Clay. in which Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine admitted as a free state. -
The Seneca Falls Convention
this was the first women’s rights convention in U.S. history. The convention was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. -
Social Darwinism
Charles Darwin coined the phrase “natural selection” that the belief that only the strongest of a species would survive. This refers to the idea that the value of a person is determined by how much money one had. -
Freedmen's Bureau
This provided food, clothing and medical care to freed slaves and white refugees. And it also helped reunite families and provided legal representation to African Americans. And established black colleges including Morehouse in Atlanta. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
He was killed in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He was shot in the back of his head by pro-Southerner actor John Wilkes Booth. -
Andrew Johnson
Jackson became President after Lincoln died. He continued the policy of Presidential Reconstruction similar to Lincoln. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. -
14th Amendment
14th Amendment granted citizenship and legal rights to all former slaves. -
Tancontinental Railroad Complete
In 1863, the Central Pacific Companies began laying track eastward from California. The Union Pacific Company laid track westward from Nebraska. In 1869, the two tracks finally connected at Promontory Summit in Utah. -
15th Amendment
15th Amendment gave all African-American men the right to vote -
Battle of Little Big Horn
US sent General George Custer to battle the Sioux. The US Army retaliated, crushing the Sioux, and forcing Sitting Bull to flee to
Canada. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Act prohibited Chinese immigration to the US and limited the rights of the Chinese immigrants already living in the country. This was the first time a specific racial group was forbidden to enter the United States. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Troops slaughtered over 100 Native men, women and
children. The Wounded Knee Massacre effectively ended the Native attempts to push back the white settlers. -
Pullman Strike of 1894
Workers began a strike protesting wage cuts and layoffs. The strike grew violent with many protestors destroying rail lines and equipment. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Civil Right Cases of 1883 in which the Supreme Court decided Congress had no jurisdiction to bar private citizens from practicing discrimination. Homer Plessy refused to give up his seat on “whites-only” railcar in Louisiana. -
Spanish American War
Cubans rebel against Spanish rule. Due to the "yellow press" President William McKinley order the battleship, the USS Maine, to Cuba to protect American citizens in Cuba. -
USS Marine explodes
On February 1898 the USS Marine explodes in Havana Harbor, killing 266 US sailors. Spain is immediately blamed for the attack with no evidence. US declares war on Spain. -
Treaty of Paris of 1898
This officially ends the Spanish American War. The US gains control of Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and Guam in the Pacific. -
"Roosevelts Corollary"
Roosevelt issues the "Roosevelt Corollary". This Sated that the US would use its military power to prevent Europe from intervening in Latin America affairs. -
The Panama Canal
In 1914, the panama Canal officially opened. The canal cut travel times in half, instead of going around the tip of South America, boats could just cut through the canal. -
18th Amendment
Prohibition in which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned nationally. This was due to the Temperance movement. It only lasted from 1919 to 1933. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen from any sex the right to vote. This officially allowed woman the right to vote. -
Vietnam War
The US attempted to prevent the spread of communism in the world. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was democratic. -
John F. Kenndy is President
JFK was elected President on 1960. His opponent Richard Nixon was close to winning the popular vote. This was the first election to be broadcasted on television. -
Bay of Pigs
in 1959, the Cuban Revolution turns Cuba a communist. And in 1961 President JFK proceeds with CIA plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. But this attempt fails. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US discovers nuclear missiles in Cuba. Then the US positioned missiles in Turkey. The crisis was adverted when JFK and Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev agree to withdraw the missiles from respective bases. -
JFK Assasination
During a trip to Dallas, TX, JKF was shot while riding a motorcade. And then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took office. -
Civil Rights Act
Johnson politically supported the Civil Rights. So he put pressure on Congress to pass the Civil Rights legislation. He vowed to continue the work of JFK's New Frontier. -
Watergate Scandal
In 1972, Nixon ran for re-election but he was paranoid that he would lose the race. Workers from his campaign were caught breaking in to the Democratic National Headquarters located in the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. He then resigns. -
Ronald Reagan is elected for President in 1980
Reagan was a former movie star and governor of California. And as a conservative, Reagan believed that the federal government should have a smaller role in American life. He pursued an economic policy called "reagonamics" and included lower taxes, smaller government, and a stronger military/ -
Iran- Contra Scandal
In a attempt to free 7 American hostages from Iran, Regan's administration offered to sell Iran weapons for the hostage's release. The sale of arms to Iran violated acts of Congress. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Reagan encouraged Soviet leader Gobachev to end Soviet control of its satellite nations. Reunification of communist East Germany and capitalist West Germany. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" -
The End of Cold War
viet Union is dissolved into 15 individual republics including Russian, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The collapse signified the end of the 50 year rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. This all happens on Christmas day when Gorbachev resign as leader of the Soviet Union. -
9/11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of planed suicide attacks by al-Qaeda on the United states. 19 Islamist terrorist associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airlines. -
War on Terror
After 9/11 attacks, Bush announced a global War on Terrorism. Bush ordered to invade Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban regime. U.S and Australian forces initiated bombing campaigns. -
Brack Obama is elected President
Obama took office in 2009- 2017. He was the first African American to be elected as president of the United States.
