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1492
Christopher Columbus “Founds” New World
Christopher went on a voyage to collect resources for Spain and discover the America with people already on it by accident. -
1492
Columbian Exchange Begins
It was an exchange of resources between colonies -
Period: 1492 to
European Exploration Era
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1500
Spanish Casta System Begins
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1500
Spanish Encomienda System Begins
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Period: 1500 to
Triangular Trade
Was a a trading system for the exchange of goods -
Period: 1500 to
Middle Passage
the stage of the triangular trade were Africans were brought to the New World for the Atlantic slave trade. -
1520
Small Pox Begins Spreading to Native Americans
When people start coming from their homes to colonize the the America the native Americans got small pox because they never had the diseases before and their immune system was weak killing many off -
1521
Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire
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1534
England Splits from the Catholic Church
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London Company Gains Charter for Set Up English Colony
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Jamestown, Virginia Colony Founded
It was the first successful English colony. -
Period: to
Colonial Era
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French found Quebec on the St. Lawrence River and Engage in the Fur Trade
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Tobacco introduced to Virginia Colony by John Rolfe
Tobacco in the English was a big deal in Virgnia because they mad alot of profit off it -
First African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown, Virginia Colony
Jamestown and the rest of the southern colonies depended on slaves to help them with their large plantations, they made them alot of money. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
It was the representative of colonist imposing certain laws and restrictions -
Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony Founded
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Mayflower Compact
Was the first self government created. -
New Hampshire Founded
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Dutch New Amsterdam Becomes Capital of New Netherland
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“City Upon a Hill” John Winthrop
The Purtains were consider the city upon the hill, and thought they were the examples other colonist should follow. Mainly in religion -
The Great Migration to Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Maryland Founded
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Thomas Hooker Founds Connecticut
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Pequot War
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Roger Williams Founds Rhode Island
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Harvard College Founded in Massachusetts
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Delaware Founded
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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Maryland Toleration Act
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North Carolina Founded
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Iroquois Confederacy Formed
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Navigation Acts and Mercantilism
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South Carolina Founded
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New York Funded
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New Jersey Founded
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King Phillips War
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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Pueblo Revolt
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Quaker William Penn Founds Pennsylvania
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Enlightenment Era
Got philospher and other colonist to think and understand they were being treated unfair -
John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government Published
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English Bill of Rights
The rights and laws of colonist and what Britian will do for it colonist. -
Salem Witch Trials
The executing of people because they thought they were apart and doing witchcraft mainly in Massachusetts -
Period: to
Salutary Neglect Policy
It gave colonist basically the right to govern themselves as long as they stayed loyal -
The Great Awakening
Was giving colonist of free religion rights and able to practice their laws the way they wanted. -
Georgia Founded as a Debtors Colony
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Stono Rebellion
it was a slave rebellion -
French and Indian War Begins
The French and English never like eachother but they had a dispute over terriorty and began to fight a war -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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French and Indian War Ends
French lost lots of terriorty while the England went into debt -
Proclamation Line of 1763
Prevention of colonist moving westward after the seven years war -
Period: to
Revolutionary Era
It was the era which colonist fought for equal rights and independence -
Period: to
Republican Motherhood
Gave women more rights like education to teach their children -
Sugar Act
revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp Act
The act was the taxing colonist on direct goods -
Quartering Act
Acts of British Parliament requiring American colonists to house British soldiers -
Townshend Acts
raise revenues among the colonies and use them to pay the salaries -
Boston Massacre
the fight between colonist and Britian over disagreement of rights and being taxed -
Tea Act
ship its tea directly to the colonies for direct taxing -
Boston Tea Party
The over throwing of tea off a ship because colonist felt their was being over taxed -
Intolerable Acts
punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest -
First Continental Congress
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Published
A pamphlet written to share to colonist that were being treated unfair and they should up for their rights -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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Continental Army Lead by General George Washington
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Declaration of Independence
A document that states they will no longer they will abide by Great Britain rules and they are independent -
Benjamin Franklin Becomes French Ambassador
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Adam Smith Publishes “The Wealth of Nations”
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Winter at Valley Forge
During this battle of America Independence it was a hard time because the winter brought little to no food plus deaths, but they will over come it at the end -
Battle of Saratoga
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Articles of Confederation
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Period: to
Abolition Movement
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Battle of Yorktown
was the last battle that America fought for independence with the help of France winning the battle -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
it set boudaries between britain and America giving them the right to be independent -
Shays’ Rebellion
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Federalist Papers
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U.S. Constitution
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The Great Compromise
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Constitutional Convention/ Philadelphia Convention
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The 3/5ths Compromise
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Bill of Rights Added to U.S. Constitution
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Washington Elected 1st President
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The French Revolution Begins
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Washington Creates Presidential Cabinet
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Washington D.C. Becomes New US Capital
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Period: to
The Second Great Awakening
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Alexander Hamilton Gets Congress to Approve National Bank
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts Invented by Eli Whitney
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Washington’s Farewell Address
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XYZ Affair
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First Two-Party System Created (Dem-Rep vs Federalist)
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John Adams (Federalist) Elected 2nd President
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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Cult of Domesticity Begins
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Election of 1800 and the Start of the Jeffersonian Era
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The Market Revolution Begins
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Period: to
Manifest Destiny
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Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican) Elected 3rd President
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Steam Locomotive Invented in Great Britain
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Louisiana Purchase
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Marbury v. Madison
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James Madison (Democratic Republican) Elected 4th President
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British Impressment of US Sailors
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War of 1812 Begins
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War Hawks in Congress Support War Against British
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Treaty of Ghent
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Francis Scott Key Writes the Star Spangled Banner
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Federalist Party Collapses
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Period: to
Era of Good Feelings
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Tariff of 1816
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James Monroe (Democratic Republican) Elected 5th President
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Adam- Onis Treaty/ Spain Ceded Florida to U.S.
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Compromise of 1820
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Universal Male Suffrage Begins to Rise
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Monroe Doctrine
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Henry Clay’s “American System”
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Erie Canal Built
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John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican) Elected 6th President
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Lowell, Massachusetts Textile Mill Employs Women
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Andrew Jackson (Democrat) Elected 7th President
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Second Two-Party System Created (Democrats vs Whigs)
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Indian Removal Act
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Congress Passes Preemption Acts
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Abolition Movement Begins
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Trail of Tears Begins
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William Lloyd Garrison Publishes Abolitionist Newspaper “The Liberator”
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Nullification Crisis
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Andrew Jackson Vetos National Bank
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Texas Revolution and Independence from Mexico
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Increased Irish and German Immigration to the North
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Horace Mann Advocates for Public Schools
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Federal Support Given to Samuel Morse to Construct Telegraph Lines
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Dorothea Dix Advocates for Mentally Ill and Prison Reform
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James K. Polk Elected US President (Democrat)
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Frederick Douglass writes autobiography “Narrative of the Life of an American Slave”
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Texas Annexation by the United States
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Irish Potato Famine Begins
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Frederick Douglass Publishes Autobiography “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”
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Mexican American War Begins
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Wilmot Proviso
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Oregon Territory Divided Between British and U.S.
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Mexican American War Ends
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Mexican Cession
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Free Soil Movement Begins
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California Gold Rush
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Fugitive Slave Law Passed in Compromise of 1850
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Harriet Tubman Begins Using Underground Railroad
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Compromise of 1850
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
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Gadsden Purchase
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Bleeding Kansas Begins
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Republican Party Created
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Caning of Senator Sumner
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
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Republican Abraham Lincoln Wins Presidential Election of 1860
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Democrat Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederacy
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Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
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Seven Southern States Secede from the Union, Forming the Confederate States of America
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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Period: to
The Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Gettysburg Address
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Gen. Lee Surrenders to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court House
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Period: to
Reconstruction Era
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Social Darwinism Theory Gains Popularity
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Industrialization Begins to Boom
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Period: to
Gilded Age
