American history

plymouth rock

Dec 26, 1620

plymouth rock is a large coastal point where the pilgrims landed

salem witch trials

Feb 15, 1692

a group of young girls blamed their frightening visions and strange behavior on whichcraft. the girls named the people who were bewitching them and they were brought to trial.
it still isnt clear what had started all of this strange behavior but there are some theories such as connections with ergot and being isolated

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

Britain placed a tax on all printed material. soon The Sons Of Liberty, colonists who took the streets to protest the new taxes, forced britain to repeal.

Boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

the boston massacre showed the rebel patriots that the struggle for independence would require bloodshed

battle of bunker hill

Jun 17, 1775

actually took place at breeds hill.
amereican soldiers were mainly volunteers who were not well trained or diciplined while british soldier went through a lot of training

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine on how to manage better relations with the british

declaration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

thomas jefferson offered the congressional resolution that led to the creation fo the declaration of independence. it didnt include blacks, indians, and women in the new freedoms of the united states of america

white plains, new york

Oct 28, 1776

after genera george washington got his troops to white plains, new york, he was attacked by the british general howe

american troops mutiny

Jan 1, 1781

1,500 soldiers in pennsylvania and new jersey seized artillary, cannon balls, and filed out of camp intending to march to philidalphia and lay their grievences in front of the council

after the revolutionary war

Sep 3, 1783

henry knox became americas first secretary of war, le marquis de lafayette led the french revolution, and george washington lived quietly at home

buffalo souldiers

Jul 17, 1800

-african american souldiers
-fought with tenacity and determination, like buffalo
-wanted to show they were worthy

Louisiana Purchace

Apr 30, 1803

-purhcased by thomas jefferson
-doubled the size of the U.S.
-encouraged westward movement

lewis and clark

May 21, 1804

-thomas jefferson sent them out to search for new routes
-gave tobacco to indians to make them happy
-used old french maps

james monroe

Mar 4, 1817

won the presidential election of 1816 with help from james madison and thomas jefferson

missouri compromise

Mar 3, 1820

adressed the issue of equality in the number of slave states and free states.
entered maine as a free state and missouri as a slave state

industrial revolution

Jul 17, 1820

-city grew most
-social darwinism
-fallow is a field that has been left empty for a year

oregon trail

Jul 17, 1823

-led early pioneers overland
-almost 2,000 miles
-dangerous journey
-death could come from indians, starvation, or dehydration

panic of 1837

May 10, 1837

caused by the closing of a large number of american banks

trail of tears

Jul 8, 1838

the route traveled by the cherokee people when they were forcibly removed from their homelands

bear flag revolt

Jun 14, 1846

calfornia decared independence from mexico

gold rush

Jul 17, 1849

-took place in california
-brought settlers looking for gold
-opened up the west for even greater settlement

fugitive slave law

Sep 18, 1850

forced northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners

dred scott decision

Mar 6, 1857

slave brought to a free state by his owner fights for his freedom.

civil war

Apr 12, 1861

norths troops outnumnered the souths.
most soldiers were killed by surgery.

Lincolns death

Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to die of assassination. He was shot in the back of his head by John Wilkes Booth

andrew johnson

Feb 24, 1868

congress impeached andrew johnson because he was accused of interfering with congress's plan for reconstructions

urban growth in america

Jul 17, 1900

• new york= "city that never sleeps'
• immigrants turn to crime and gangs -growth of agricultural inventions did not change

america in the 20th century

Jul 17, 1901

• alaska joined the U.S.
• explotion of the U.S.S maine occured in the havana harbor
• yellow journalism = orinting stories designed to sell

war in europe

Jul 17, 1914

• developing military strength consisted of increasing resources
• tripple entente= britian, france, russia -the black hand tried to reunite all serbs

homefront

Jul 17, 1914

• more than a million women in workforce
• german immigrants were often physically attacked
• treaty of versailles was not signed by senate

great plains

Jul 17, 1930

-forced to abandon farms due to drought
-cattle gave much needed fertilizer
-vegetables were preserved in glass jars or cool cellars

roosevelt

Mar 4, 1933

• withdrew 148 million acres of forest form real estate
• established over 50 wildlife sanctuaries
• designed areas as national parks and monuments

gangsters

Jul 17, 1960

• quick way to make money
• mainley italian and russian immigrants
• comfort of protection and respect