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His trip was sponored by spain and didn't intend on landing in America.
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Jamestown was the first English Settlement in America and was established by a London Company in Southeast Virginia.
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The first represenative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia.
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Slaves are imported from Africa to America to start slavery in America. They came over on ships; this journey took many months, and during this month many died from starvation and diseases. This caused many problems when the slaves were delievered, because they carried diseases over with them.
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English seized New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
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Conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French over control of the eastern North America.
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British Troops ( red coats ) fire into a mob, killing 5 people and starting intense public protest.
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Group of colonist dressed as Indians, dump more then 300 crates of tea off of British Ships as a protest against the British Tax Party.
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War of independence fought between Great Britian and 13 British Colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington, Concord, Mass., between the British Army and the Colonial Minutemen marked the beginning of the war.
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Contiental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philidelphia.
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Congress approves the first U.S flag.
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Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, the U.S constitution.
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Made up of delegates from 12 of the orginial colonies; meets in Philidephia to draft the U.S Constitution.
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Voted unamiously by state electors.
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Been ratified by 9 states.
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Federall Hall in New York City
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Meets for the first time at the Merchants Exchange Building in New York City.
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First 10 Admendments, Bill of Rights, is ratified.
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Invention of first cotton gin increases the need for slavery labor.
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John Adams is Inaugrated as second U.S President.
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The U.S Capital is moved from Philidelphia to Washington, D.C.
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Pays France for the Louisiana Territory and doulbes the size of the U.S.
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Lewis and Clark set out from St.Louis, Missouri to explore the West and the route to the Pacific Ocean.
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U.S delcares war on Britian over British interferance with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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The British capture Washington, D.C. and set fire to the Capital building and White House.
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The Treaty of Ghent is signed and end the war of 1812.
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Maine is admitted as a free slave state so that Missouri can be admitted as slave state.
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An enslaved African American who had purchased his freedom, plans a slave revolt with the intent to lay siege on Charleston, South Carolina. Once discovered, Vesey and 34 other people are hung.
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Construction begins on this railroad and is the first public railroad open.
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Forced Native Americans in the eastern part of the country to move west of the Mississippi River.
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Begins publishing the Liberator, it adovated the complete abolition of slavery. (He is one of the most famous figures in the abolitionist movement)
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Texas declares independence of Mexico, and Texan soliders are killed in the siege of the Alamo by the Mexican Army.
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Texsa is annexed and the expansion on the U.S begins.
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U.S declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other territory in southwest.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed and ended the war.
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California is admitted as a free state, and Washington, D.C. slave trade is banned. It also establishes a stricter fugative slave law.
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Holds that congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and that slaves are not citizens.
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21 Aboltionisnt capture federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in attempt to spark a slave revolt.
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The North and South have a conflict over the expansion of slavery into western states. The South attacks Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina starting the Civil War.
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Issued and freeing slaves from the Southern States.
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Confederate States of America is established.
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This is ratified and gives African Americans the right to vote.
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Fire in Chicago killes 300 people and leaves 90,000 people homeless.
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President Hayes has the first Telephone installed into the White House. First line is build from Boston to Somerville, Mass.
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The United States population exceeds 50 million people.
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The French-American Union annoucned that enough money had been made to finish the Statue of Liberty.
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Prohibited immagration by Chinese laborers and limited the civil rights of chinese immagrants.
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The Brooklyn Bridge opens to the public.
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Paralyzes the east coast and causes 400 deaths.
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Helps reserve forest and limber for the future.
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American planters overthrew Queen Liliuokanalani.
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Hawaii is annexed as a U.S territory.
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Commodore George Dewey moved ships for surprise attack in Manilla Habor.
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Ended the Spanish- American War, Spain gave up Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, and they sold the Phillipines to the U.S for $20 million.
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The Wright Bothers have their first flight.
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San Fransisco has a devastaing earthquake causing many deaths and losing many homes.
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The first washing machine is invented and put into use.
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Ford introduces the Model T automobile.
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Plastic is invented.
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The oreo cookies are introduced.
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The Titanic sinks.
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The Grand Central Station Terminal in New York opens.
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World War 1 begins in Europe.
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The first traffic light is put up on a street.
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Women earn the right to vote.
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The Lincoln Memorial is deicated to Washington, D.C.
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The first film with sound is shown in New York.
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The Mississippi River floods and effects over 700,000 people.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Hubble Space Telescope is launched during the Space Shuttle Discovery mission.
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The world wide web is announced as the internet service.
