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John smith was an English adventure/soldier and was one of the founders of JamesTown and Explored many parts of Virginia including Richmond
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Hudson was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the artic ocean.4 voyages were taken on the fourth the Hudson River was discovered.
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This is when congress is made sole authority of the national government.The ratification of all 13 states didn't happen til March 1st 1781.
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Continental congress appoints Adams to go to France and negotiate peace during revolutionary war. While he was there he would write congress everyday about British and French politics.
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Land deal between the U.S and France. U.S got 827,000 square Miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
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Madison signs the declaration into law.House of Representatives voted to declare war against the British.
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Authorized by the president to give unsettled lands in exchange for Indians land. Same tribes were peaceful some were not.
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Mail service by riders on horses. Only operated for a year and a half.
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Issued the Emancipation proclamation. Declared the slaves free and led the U.S. through the Civil War.
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The name of 3 distinct movements in U.S that practiced extreme discrimination.Practiced white only nationalism and very violent.
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U.S. Federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. Law was signed by president Chester A. Author.
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A violent uprising in china. It was anti-foreign , anti-colonial, anti-Christian uprising.
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He was the "streward of the people" and very active in politics. Won Nobel peace prize for meditating the Russo-Japanese war.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the trigger for the war.It lasted from 1914-1918.
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To restrict the immigration of people from eastern and Southern Europe. Reduce the annual immigration ceiling to 165,000
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Known as the dirty thirties it was a series of severe dust storms.Started with a strong 2 day storm and damaged agriculture and many other things.
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Surprise attack by Japan on U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor.It was near Honolulu there were hundreds of Japanese Fighter Planes.
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Allied invasions of Normandy in operation overlord.It lasted from June 1944-August 1944
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Known as the October Crisis it was a 13 day conflict between U.S and Soviet Union. It was a tense political and military standoff.
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The president of the U.S. From 2009-2017. Obama is a democrat.
