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Period: Apr 22, 1491 to
American and National Identity
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Apr 23, 1492
Columbian Exchange
It was a flow of goods between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. It was significant because people, animals, plants, and diseases passed from continent to continent. -
Oct 12, 1492
Landing of Columbus
This was Christopher Columbus’s first landing in the New World. It is significant because this how the New World was discovered -
Apr 23, 1512
Encomienda system established
Conquistadors recieved grants for a number of Native Americans in exchange for gold or labour. It was significant because the Native Americans were enslaved and land was taken from them. -
Apr 23, 1540
Spain authorizes Coronado's conquest
Because of King Charles V of Spain, they authorized Coronado to explore norhtern lands in search for wealth and resources -
Apr 23, 1555
The rise of the Atlantic slave trade
It was the first slave trade voyage from Africa to the Americas -
Jamestown, Virginia, founded
The first English colonists wanted gold and silver, but got sickness and disease. So for a cure, they built Jamestown to help the sick. -
The Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo peoples did a surprise attack on the Spanish. The Indians destroyed buildings and killed more than 400 Spaniards -
The Middle Passage
It was a voyage from New York to Africa. They brought back Africans and were enslaved. -
Slave revolt in the West Indies
Slavery was predominated and was important for trade in colonies. This created slave revolts because of the unfair treatments -
Indentured Servitude
This was a way of seervice to give legal agreements to those in need of a servant. This was a way for families to send their kids to the new world. -
The French and Indian War
It was conflict between Britain and France over North American land. It was also known as the Seven Years' War. Fur traders wanted access to the Ohio River valley. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was a way to end the French and Indian war. It also created a line past the Appalachian Mountains -
The Sugar Act
It was a law that imposed imported wine, coddee, and textiles into the coloinies. -
The Stamp Act
It was passed so that British troops were stationed in colonies during the Seven Years' War. This required colonists to pay a tax on all forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Declaration of Independence
This document was signed so there was new free and independent states to print and distribute -
Articles of Confederation
It was used to define the relationship of the 13 new states. -
The Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe wanted Western Hemisphere closed to further European colonization and threatened to use force to stop further European interventions in the Americas. -
Indian Removal Act
It was signed by President Andrew Jackson to argressivelly remove Indians from their lands in order to make resettlements -
Nullification Crisis
Leaders of South Carolina advanced the idea that a state did not have to follow a federal law and could, in effect, "nullify" the law. -
Whig Party formed
Because of President Andrew Jackson's abuse of presidental power, a group of anti-Jackson political parties formed the Whig party. -
Trail of Tears
Cherokees were removed from their land by troops and were sent to Oklahoma. More than 4,000 Cherokees died en route -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln declared that African Americans could be recruited into the military -
Abraham Lincoln assassinated
President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC. -
Ku Klux Klan organised
It was a group that was organised to scare/kill black people -
Fifteenth Amendment
It was providing that the “right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Transcontinental railroad completed
It was completed when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met. Chinese and European labourers were recruited to help lay 1800 miles of track -
First African American in Congress
Hiram Revels became the first African American to serve in Congress. During 1865 and 1977 many African Americans served in state and local politics -
Immigration increases
Immigrants, primarily from Europe, arrived in the United States. -
Wounded Knee
US troops slaughtered about 200 Sioux, many of them women and children. -
Populist Party Convention
It held its first convention and ratified the Omaha Platform documenting the tenets of the party. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Louisiana passed th Separate Car Act. Homer Plessy boarded a train and announced that neither white nor inclined to move to a section for African Americans. He was arrested for violating the act. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
Start of World War II
Germany invaded Poland -
Battle of Midway
American forces were able to destroy much of the Japanese air fleet. It was the most important battle of the war in the Pacific. It destroyed 248 Japanese planes and four Japanese carriers -
D-Day
Plans were developed by Dwight Eisenhower to attack German troops. US troops sent down more than 160,000 troops and was supported more with 5,000 ships and 13,00 aircrafts -
Bombing of Hiroshima
United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It killed and destroyed about 30 percent of the population immediately. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Segregation of public school children based on race was unconsitutional -
First sit-ins
Four black college students sat down at lunch counter and were refused service -
Voting Rights Act
It prohibits literacy tests as a requirement for voting -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
MLK was shot and killed by James Earl Ray outside of King's hotel room -
Equal Rights Amendment approved in Congress
Gender equality for all rights -
September 11 Attacks
Terrorists executed a series of attacks by Al-Queda leader, Osama bin Laden -
USA Patriot Act
Enforcement agencies and the justice department more power in investigating and dealing with suspected terrorists.
