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Roanoke
First colony founded in the New World -
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Maflower Lands
On this date the Mayflower lands in Cape Cod, Massachusetts with 101 colonists -
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact signed by 41 men. The compact established a local form of government. -
John Winthrop
John Winthrop leads a puritan migration of 900 colonists to Massachusetts Bay. -
Harvard Founded
Roger Williams founds Providence and Rhode Island. Williams had been banished from Massachusetts for "new and dangerous opinions" calling for religious and political freedoms, including separation of church and state, not granted under the Puritan rules. -
French settlement
French establish a settlement in Detroit -
Tea
Tea is first introduced to the colonies -
Black Slave population
The population of black slaves reaches 75,000 -
The Pennsylvania Gazette
Benjamin Franklin publishes The Pennsylvania Gazette which becomes most popular in the colonies -
First Public Library
Benjamin Franklin founds the first public library in Philadelphia -
Iron Act
Iron Act is passed limiting the production of American iron industries so English industries can proper -
Currency Act
Banned issue of paper money in the New England colonies -
French and Indian War
The start of the French and Indian War -
The Proclamation of 1763
King George III of England signed this to move settlements west of the Appalachians to ease tensions with the Native Americans -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is passed by the English Parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America. -
The Quartering Act
This act requires colonists to house British troops. -
Thomas Hutchinson
A mob in Boston attacks the home of Thomas Hutchinson, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, as Hutchinson and his family narrowly escape -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurs as a mob harasses British soldiers who then fire their muskets pointblank into the crowd, killing three instantly, mortally wounding two others and injuring six. -
Adams Presidency
Adams is inagurated as President and Jefferson is inagurated as Vice President -
Capital moved
The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory from France -
Commissioners to GB
Jefferson nominates James Monroe and William Pinckney as joint commissioners to Great Britain -
Maddison's Presidency
James Maddison is elected to President of the U.S. -
The War of 1812
32-month military conflict -
Burning the Capital
The British burn the Capital in Washington -
Alabama Slave State
Alabama is admitted as a slave state -
Missouri Compromise
This admits Missouri as a slave state -
Slavery in NY
Slavery is made illegal in New York -
Andrew Jackson Presidency
Andrew Jackson is elected as President -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad is established -
Texas Independence
Texas declares its independence from Mexico -
Beginning of Depression
The Depression begins with "The Panic of 1837" -
Overthrown Presidency
Santa Anna Presidency is overthrown in Mexico -
Mexico War
The U.S. declares war with Mexico -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Peace Treaty between Mexican Republic and The U.S. -
Gadsden Treaty
America and Mexico the Gadsden Treaty -
Henry Bessemer
Makes a process that allows the mass production of steel -
Theodore
Theodore Roosevelt is born -
Lincoln Presidency
Lincoln is inagurated as President -
Lincoln shot
Lincol shot in theather and dies the next day -
Confederates surrender
The remaining confederate troops surrender -
KKK trial
KKK members are tried and convicted by federal courts in Mississippi -
Jim Crow
"Jim Crow" laws are enacted in Tenessee -
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Act is passed -
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Tuskegee
The Tuskegee institute was founded by Booker T. Washington -
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is opened to the public -
Hitler born
The leader of the Nazi's is born this day -
Johnstown
Johnstown floods and kills an estimated 5,000 people -
Washington
Washington is Admitted as a state -
Sioux
Two hundred Sioux are killed by soldiers at Wounded Knee, South Dakota -
Queen Liliuokalani's
Hawaii becomes U.S. protectorate even against President Cleveland's opposition after Queen Liliuokalani's government is overthrown -
White City
World's Columbian Exhibition opens in Chicago and is nicknamed the "White City" for its lights and architecture -
Breast Cancer
The first use of X-rays to cure breast cancer -
Pacific fleet
Assisstant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt sends the Pacific fleet to the Philippines -
McKinley
President McKinley was assasinated this day -
License Plate
The first state-issued license plates were issued in Massachusetts, beginning in 1903. The very first plate, featuring the number "1," was issued to Frederick Tudor -
Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers made the first flight at Kitty Hawk -
San Fran Earthquake
A large earthquake hit San Francisco. Even greater than the damage caused directly by the earthquake, the city was ravaged by fire for four days. -
SOS
The SOS signal becomes the universal distress symbol. -
Mona Lisa Stolen
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the world, was stolen right off the wall of the Louvre -
Oreo
The first Oreo cookie looked very similar to the Oreo cookie of today, with only a slight difference in the design on the chocolate disks -
The Titanic
The Titanic or "Unsinkable Ship" sinks after hitting an iceburg -
World War 1
World War 1 begins with the assasination of Austia's Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution starts with International Woman's Day when woman entered the streets to protest
