American History

By Brittany_MichelleG

  • Santa Fe

    Spanish found Santa Fe

  • Massachusetts

    In Massachusetts, the general court approves a law that makes religious heresy punishable by death.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island enacts the first law in the colonies declaring slavery illegal.

  • English Monarchy

    The English monarchy is restored under King Charles II.

  • Tuscarora Indian War

    Hostilities break out between Native Americans and settlers in North Carolina after the massacre of settlers there. The conflict, known as the Tuscarora Indian War will last two years.

  • Louisiana Territory

    The first group of black slaves is brought to the Louisiana territory.

  • New Orleans

    New Orleans is founded by the French.

  • King George

    King George II ascends the English throne.

  • The first American public library

    The first American public library is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin.

  • Quebec

    The Fall of Quebec - Battle of the "Plains of Abraham" - British defeat French, thus gaining control of Canada.

  • England declares war

    England declares war on Spain, which had been planning to ally itself with France and Austria. The British then successfully attack Spanish outposts in the West Indies and Cuba.

  • Quartering Act

    Also in March, the Quartering Act requires colonists to house British troops and supply them with food.

  • Thomas Hutchinson

    1765 - August 26, a mob in Boston attacks the home of Thomas Hutchinson, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, as Hutchinson and his family narrowly escape.

  • Stamp Act

    In April, news of the repeal of the Stamp Act results in celebrations in the colonies and a relaxation of the boycott of imported English trade goods.

  • New York assembly

    In January, the New York assembly refuses to completely comply with Gen. Gage's request to enforce the Quartering Act.

  • Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress. The Revolutionary War officially ends.

  • Russians Establish

    September 22, 1784 - Russians establish their first settlement in Alaska, on Kodiak Island.

  • Americans suffer

    Americans suffer from post-war economic depression including a shortage of currency, high taxes, nagging creditors, farm foreclosures and bankruptcies.

  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    The building of the Pnama Canal begins

  • France government

    France governement of Gambetta falls

  • Naval War

    Naval War
    Naval War College forms in Newport RI

  • Hitlers birthday

    Hitler is born

  • Austrian Jewish

    Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law

  • Battle of wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee – 200 Native American women and children massacred by U.S. troops. Wounde Knee

  • Christian Temperance

    Christian Temperance
    1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)

  • Silver Purchase

    Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed.

  • Gold

    Gold
    Gold discovered in the Yukons's Klondike.

  • War ends and another begins.

    War ends and another begins.
    Treaty of Paris ends Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War begins

  • Boer War

    Boer War Ends

  • Railways

    Railways
    Tran-Siberian railways completed

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Bloody Sunday, Russian revolution begins

  • Womens Rights

    Finland First European Country to Give Women the Right to Vote

  • Rules of war

    Rules of war
    Ten rules of war established at the Second Hague Peace Conference

  • Revolution

    Revolution
    Chinese Revolution

  • Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Mona Lisa is stolen

  • Traffic Light

    Traffic Light
    First Traffic Light in the united states

  • Genocide

    American Genocide

  • Self-Service

    First Self-Service Grocery Store Opens in U.S.