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Christopher Columbus unknowingly discovers America when he lands in the Bahamas in his quest to reach Asia
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The first successful English settlement in North America
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Bacon rebells againt governor Berkeley over relations with the Indians
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Time period in which the idea that anyone can start over with God is prevalent
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Tax on printed documents which affects and angers all colonists
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Event involving five colonists ending up shot and killed
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In response to the Tea Act, a good deal of colonists throw tea chests off of British ships and into the harbor
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Battles of Lexington and Concord signify the start of a war between the colonists and the British
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Declaration of Independence A document which claims the states free and independent and lists the alleged crimes of the king
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Daniel Shays and his followers rebel against the collection of debts, but the rebellion is borken up by troops
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A compromise among a divided convention concerning the legislature and representation of the states
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U.S. Constitution The Constitution answers questions involving sovereignty and limiting power
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Washington is the obvious choice to be the Nation's first president and is inaugurated on this day
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Bill of RightsThere is much debate about whether to even have a bill of rights, but ten ammendments are evetually ratified by the states
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A refusual by Western Pennsylvania farmers to pay the new whiskey excise tax which led to an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion
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Marbury takes Madison to the Supreme Court to hand over his commission, but the Court decides against making him do so
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Jefferson purchases Louisiana so that American trade access to the port of New Orleans will not be blocked
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A war between the U.S. and Great Britain which resulted in a U.S. victory
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James Monroe announces this policy which declares that the American colonies should not be considered for colonization by European powers
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The Erie Canal which goes from the Hudson River to Lake Erie opens and heavy traffic quickly follows
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A volient slave resistance in which sixty white southerners are killed while sleeping by Nat Turner and his followers
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A forced trek to Indian Territory out West in which thousands of Indians die
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Morse code is used to send signals along an electrical cable as a major advancement in communication
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A powerful book on abolitionism is published and becomes very popular
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An event in which abolitionist John Brown and followers kill five pro-slavery settlers in Kansas
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The Supreme Court ruling that Dred Scott would not be granted freedom from slavery, because he is not a citizen and could not bring the case to court
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An event in which John Brown and followers seize an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in order to start a slave rebellion which is unsuccessful
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The First Battle of Bull Run signifies the war's beginning which ends with a Union Victory and the freeing of slaves
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Plan to offer amnesty to white Southerners
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An agency which helped protect former slaves by providing food, schooling, and some land
