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Oct 12, 1492
The discovery of America
Columbis sailed for the Queen and King of Spain to discover other lands. Columbis thought he was on the shores of Africa but eneded up discovering America. -
First English Settlement
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia -
First Government Meeting
The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia -
Town Founded by PIlgrims
The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England.Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government. -
English Take Control Of New York
English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York -
Leaders Birth
January 17, Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston. -
Revolt
Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax. -
The Ride
General Gage orders 700 British soldiers to Concord to destroy the colonists' weapons depot. That night, Paul Revere and William Dawes are sent from Boston to warn colonists. Revere reaches Lexington about midnight and warns Sam Adams and John Hancock who are hiding out there. -
Document
he Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition which expresses hope for a reconciliation with Britain, appealing directly to the King for help in achieving this. In August, King George III refuses even to look at the petition and instead issues a proclamation declaring the Americans to be in a state of open rebellion. -
First Constitution
The assembly of New Hampshire adopts the first American state constitution. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" is published in Philadelphia. The 50 page pamphlet is highly critical of King George III and attacks allegiance to Monarchy in principle while providing strong arguments for American independence. It becomes an instant best-seller in America. "We have it in our power to begin the world anew...American shall make a stand, not for herself alone, but for the world," Paine states. -
Needed Help
The American revolutionaries get the much needed foreign support they had been hoping for. King Louis XVI of France commits one million dollars in arms and munitions. Spain then also promises support. -
War
England officially declares an end to hostilities in America. -
Freedom in Mass.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state. -
Peace
The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain. Congress will ratify the treaty on January 14, 1784. -
War Freedom
In Virginia, the House of Burgesses grants freedom to slaves who served in the Continental Army. -
Dissmisal
George Washington delivers his farewell address to his army. The next day, remaining troops are discharged. -
End of War
The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress. The Revolutionary War officially ends. -
Plans
General Washington gathers his officers and talks them out of a rebellion against the authority of Congress, and in effect preserves the American democracy. -
Contact with Russia
Russians establish their first settlement in Alaska, on Kodiak Island. -
The Move
June. The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. -
Elections
The electors' votes for president are officially opened and counted in Congress, which already knows that the vote is tied between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. -
More freedom
Ohio outlaws slavery -
More War
War of 1812 with Britain -
Sabotage
British burn Capitol building in Washington -
Slave States
Alabama admitted as slave state, bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers -
Right to Vote
New York gives free Blacks the right to vote -
Death of a President
Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence -
Discrimination
Georgia prohibits the Education of Slaves -
Freedom plan
Underground Railroad” established -
Revolt
Nat Turner, a Baptist slave preacher, leads a revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, killing at least 57 whites. -
Break Off
Texas declares independence from Mexico -
Inventions
Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore -
Over Thrown
Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico -
New war
Mexican War -
Persuasion
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published -
End Of War
America and Mexico sign Gadsden Treaty; -
Production
Henry Bessemer invents process that allows mass production of steel -
War against ourselves
CIVIL WAR -
First Shot
Fort Sumter fired on, surrenders -
Assassination
Lincoln shot, dies next day -
Freedom
15th Amendment Ratified, giving Blacks but not women the right to vote -
Civil problems
Federal troops sent to Vicksburg to protect Blacks -
Blacks in power
46th Congress has one Black member -
Ilumination
Thomas Edison produces the first electric light. -
Exclusion
Chinese Exclusion Act signed by President Arthur restricting Chinese Immigrants -
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional -
All White Congress
50th Congress has no Black members. Intimidation kept Black voters from polls. -
New State
Washington admitted as state -
Massacre
December, Battle of Wounded Knee – 200 Native American women and children massacred by U.S. troops. -
Rising Up
TR HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION -
Teddy moves up
Teddy Roosevelt made Secretary of the Navy -
War
Spanish American war started -
Discrimination
SOUTHERN STATES PASS LAWS TO DISENFRANCISE BLACKS -
Elections
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT -
New President
MCKINLEY ASSONATED – THEODORE ROOSEVELT BECOMES PRESIDENT -
Flying
WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT -
first car
FORD INTRODUCES MODEL T -
Organized
NAACP FOUNDED -
Elections
TR RUNS AS PROGRESSIVE… WILSON WINS -
World War
WORLD WAR I BEGINS IN EUROPE -
US War
U.S. ENTERS WORLD WAR I -
End of War
WORLD WAR I ENDS -
President dies
TR DIES – CARNEGIE DIES
