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Shakespeare
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Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown, Virginia, established-first permanent English colony on American mainland. Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves life of John Smith. -
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell dies; son Richard resigns and Puritan government collapses. -
Parliament
English Parliament calls for the restoration of the monarchy; invites Charles II to return from France. -
Charles 2
Charles II is crowned King of England. Louis XIV begins personal rule as absolute monarch; starts to build Versailles. -
Newton's
Isaac Newton's experiments with gravity. The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch. The city is renamed New York -
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston. In November, South Carolina establishes the Anglican Church as its official church. -
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. After the incident, the new Royal Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, at the insistence of Sam Adams, withdraws British troops out of Boston to nearby harbor islands. The captain of the British soldiers, Thomas Preston, is then arrested along with eight of his men and charged with murder. -
Libraray
1731 - The first American public library is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin -
Molasses Act
The Molasses Act, passed by the English Parliament, imposes heavy duties on molasses, rum and sugar imported from non-British islands in the Caribbean to protect the English planters there from French and Dutch competition -
Pioneer Daniel Boone
was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. -
John Zenger
John Peter Zenger is brought to trial for seditious libel but is acquitted after his lawyer successfully convinces the jury that truth is a defense against libel. -
Frontal Attack
In July, a devastating defeat occurs for English forces at Lake George, New York, as nearly two thousand men are lost during a frontal attack against well entrenched French forces at Fort Ticonderoga. French losses are 377. In November, the French abandon Fort Duquesne in the Ohio territory. Settlers then rush into the territory to establish homes. Also in 1758, the first Indian reservation in America is founded, in New Jersey, on 3000 acres. -
virginia
In May, in Virginia, Patrick Henry presents seven Virginia Resolutions to the House of Burgesses claiming that only the Virginia assembly can legally tax Virginia residents, saying, "If this be treason, make the most of it." Also in May, the first medical school in America is founded, in Philadelphia -
Stamp Act
In March, King George III signs a bill repealing the Stamp Act after much debate in the English Parliament, which included an appearance by Ben Franklin arguing for repeal and warning of a possible revolution in the American colonies if the Stamp Act was enforced by the British military. -
Tea Act
May 10, the Tea Act takes effect. It maintains a threepenny per pound import tax on tea arriving in the colonies, which had already been in effect for six years. It also gives the near bankrupt British East India Company a virtual tea monopoly by allowing it to sell directly to colonial agents, bypassing any middlemen, thus underselling American merchants. The East India Company had successfully lobbied Parliament for such a measure. In September, Parliament authorizes the company to ship half a -
Thomas Jefferson
the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States. Just after the war ended, from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat, stationed in Paris.In May 1785, he became the United States Minister to France.Jefferson was the first United States Secretary of State (1790–1793) serving under President George Washington. -
Fled
7000 Loyalists set sail from New York for Canada, bringing a total of 100,000 Loyalists who have now fled America. -
George Washington
The first President of the United States (1789–1797).He presided over the convention that drafted the Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and established the position of President.Because of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured two major British armies at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781. -
Congress
June-July. Congress passes what are collectively known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts, the Naturalization Act, the Alien Act, the Sedition Act, and the Alien Enemies Act, are passed in the midst of a quasi-war with France and heightened public criticism of foreign policy. -
Captial
Jefferson leaves Philadelphia for Monticello, arriving there on the 8th. Throughout the coming year he devotes himself to Monticello's development. On his way to Philadelphia in November, he visits the new federal city, Washington, D.C., which he plays a key role in designing. (Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation, Library of Congress Exhibitions) -
Removal
June. The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C -
napoleon
Napoleon conquers Italy, firmly establishes himself as First Consul in France. In the U.S., federal government moves to Washington, D.C. Robert Owen's social reforms in England. William Herschel discovers infrared rays. Alessandro Volta produces electricity. Read more: 1800–1899 (A.D.) World History | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001237.html#ixzz2fHiBjBWc -
Congress
February 11. 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. The House of Representatives meets separately and continues balloting for six days. On February 17, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson is elected president and Aaron Burr becomes vice president -
Purchase
Louisiana Purchase January 18. Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis, Jefferson's private secretary, begins planning the expedition, which forms late in 1803. -
Harriett Tubmen
First passenger-carrying railroad in England. -
john tyler
U.S. President Harrison dies (April 4) one month after inauguration; John Tyler becomes first vice president to succeed to presidency Read more: 1800–1899 (A.D.) World History | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001237.html#ixzz2fHiec6N6 -
Gold Rush
California gold rush begins -
Sepoy Rebellion
Supreme Court, in Dred Scott decision, rules that a slave is not a citizen. Financial crisis in Europe and U.S. Great Mutiny (Sepoy Rebellion) begins in India. India placed under crown rule as a result. -
Elian Gonxalez
In November 1999, Elian Gonzalez, a 5-year-old Cuban boy, and his mother boarded a boat in an attempt to flee Communist Cuba and illegally enter the United States. On the way, the boat capsized, killing 11 people on board including Elian's mother. -
Scientific Accomplishment
On June 26, 2000, two rival teams of scientists announced a scientific accomplishment that was expected to greatly affect the future. Dr. J. Craig Venter, head of Celera Genomics (a private company in Rockville, MD), and Dr. Francis Collins, head of the National Human Genome Research Institute, made a first draft of the human genome. -
Democrat
Although some thought the election between Vice President Al Gore (Democrat) and Texas Governor George W. Bush (Republican) would be close, no one imagined that it would be that close -
Barents Sea
On August 12, 2000, the Russian Oscar-II class nuclear submarine, the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea during naval exercises. The world watched and waited to find out if any of the 118 crew were still alive -
Microosoft
Microsoft was the creator of the world's most popular operating system, Windows, and was accused of being a monopoly. -
Bombed
a U.S. Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, was traveling through the Red Sea to a port in Bahrain when it stopped in Aden, Yemen on October 12, 2000 to refuel. At 11:18 a.m., a 35-foot craft that was carrying explosives sidled up to the destroyer and exploded.
