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Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Ghana
Originally being named Wagadu, it was located in Africa. It was a very wealthy kingdom for many reasons one of them being trade. -
Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Mali
This was an empire in West Africa and it was known for its very wealthy leaders such as Musa Kieta. -
Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Songhai
It was centered in the middle reachers of the niger river what is now central Mali. -
Period: 1000 to 1500
Kingdom of Kongo
It was located in central west Africa and had rich gold mines. -
Period: 1492 to 1504
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was determined to find a quicker route to Asia but instead stumbled upon the Americas. -
Aug 3, 1492
First voyage of Christopher Columbus
He set on a voyage to find a quicker route to China and India but instead found the Americas which later connected the old world to the new world. This brought many good and bad things. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
It was an agreement between Spain and Portugal to settle conflicts over newly discovered land. -
1521
Cortes conquering the Aztecs
He was able to do this by having superior military weapons and techniques and also by creating alliances with Aztec enemies. -
Period: to
English settlement of Roanoke
This was a settlement in North America established by governer Ralph Lane. -
Establishment of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Pilgrams land in Plymouth
This was where the pilgrims first landed in what we know today as the united states. This was a very important part of our history -
Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore
King Charles 1 granted a charter to George Calvert -
Navigation acts
Laws passed by the English Parliament to regulate shipping and maritime commerce. -
Period: to
King Philips war
Conflict between Indians and New Englanders -
Bacons Rebellion
Armed rebellion led by Virginia settlers against the governer -
Period: to
Queen Annes war
Was the second in the series of the French and Indian war -
Period: to
The Great awakening
Religious revival -
Period: to
7 Years war
It was a global war that involved all the 5 European great powers -
Sugar Act
It was a revenue-raising act by the parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp act
A tax on any printed material -
Tea act
East India Tea company to set all its to the colonies -
Intolerable acts
Punitive laws passed by the parliament for the colonist's defiance in the Boston tea party -
Declaration of independence
America declaring its independence from Great Britain -
The battle of Saratoga
This was a decisive victory for the united states over the British -
Ratification of the articles of confederation
Making this the first constitution of the United States -
The battle of Yorktown
This was the surrender of Yorktown -
Period: to
Shays Rebellion
Armed uprising in Massachusetts among the citizens and the state gov. -
The Northwest ordinance
Chartered a Gov. for the new Northwest territory -
The US Constitution
Ratifying the new constitution of the United States -
Whiskey Rebellion
Tax protest in the united states -
Alien and Sedition acts
Laws passed by the gov. that made it harder for new immigrants to vote and gave new powers to deport foreigners -
Louisiana purchase
The purchase of Louisiana territory that nearly doubled the size of America -
Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports -
Period: to
War of 1812
Conflict between the united states and the united kingdom with their respective allies -
The battle of HorseShoe Bend
A US victory over natives in Alabama for white expansion -
Missouri compromise
Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state -
Mexican independence
Mexico gaining its independence from Spain -
Texas declares independence
Declares independence from Mexico -
Period: to
Mexican American war
A war fought between Mexico and the United States -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty ending ear in favor of the US -
The compromise of 1850
5 bills passed by the United States that defused a conflict between slave and free states -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
allowed people in those territories to decide for themselves if they want to be a slave or free state -
The Dred Scott decision
Declaring that he was property and not able to sue his master -
Secession of North Carolina
N. C. succeeded from the U.S. -
Period: to
The Civil war
War between the confederate states and the U.S. -
The battle of Bull Run
First major battle in the Civil war -
Emancipation Proclamation
This freed all slaves -
The battle of Gettysburg
This had the largest number of casualties in the war -
Shermans march
Marched burning everything in its way, this confirmed the victory of the U.S. -
Lincoln's assassination
President. was murdered in a theatre