Americanhistory

American History 1

By RobbieBaxley17
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Columbus was going to India for spices but ends up going to America
  • 1519

    Hernando Cortez

    Claimed new colonies for Spain. Conquered the Aztec Empire.
  • 1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    Claimed new colonies for Spain. Conquered the Inca empire in Peru.
  • 1539

    Hernan de Soto

    Assisted Pizarro with the conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru. First to discover and cross the Mississippi river.
  • 1565

    Spain Settlement

    Conquered the Native Americans and established New Spain. Land was divided into states called enconmiendas.
  • 1565

    Spain settles on North America

    Spain settles on North America

  • England Settlement

    First baby born in America to English parents.

  • England settles on North America

  • France Settlement

    Became fur traders.

  • France settles on North America

  • Dutch Republic settlement

    Offered huge land tracts called patroonships.

  • Dutch Republic settles on North America

  • Pequot war

    Pequot were virtually wiped out by the English.

  • King Phillips war

    The Wampanoag indians attack the New England settlers
  • Period: to

    King Phillips war

  • The French built fort duquesne

  • The french built fort duquesne

  • French built fort duquesne

  • Boston Massacre

  • The declaration of independence is written

  • Lexington and Concord

  • Lexington and Concord

  • Revolutionary War

  • Land Ordinance

    Congress sold land to make money

  • Land Ordinance

    Created guidelines for states to be admitted

  • Judiciary act of 1789

  • Cotton Gin Invented

  • Jays treaty

  • Pickneys Treaty

  • Election of 1796

    Thomas Jefferson vs John Adams

  • Interchangable Parts

  • Convention of 1800

    Meeting between US and France over the Quasi-wars

  • Second Great Awakening

  • Corps of Discovery Left

  • Corps of discovery Returned

  • Steam Powered Boat Invented

  • Madison elected president

  • War of 1812

  • Panic of 1819

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Gibbons vs Ogden

  • Erie Canal Opened

  • New Harmony

    Share everything

  • Election of !828

    Andrew Jackson vs John Adams

  • Nat Turners Rebellion

  • The liberator founded

  • Election of 1832

    Andrew Jackson won the re-election

  • Worcester vs Georgia

  • National Republicans changed their name to the Whig Party

  • Mechanical Reaper

  • Trail of Tears

  • Declared Texas' Independence

  • Steel Plow

  • The National Road Completed

  • Brook Farm Utopia

  • Telegraph Invented

  • Texas becomes a slave state

  • Oregon became a state

  • Period: to

    Mexican War

  • Brigham Young lead the Mormons west

  • Oneida Utopia

    Every man married to every woman

  • Mexican Cession

  • California Gold Rush

  • Compromise of 1850

    Balances out Slave and Free states

  • Gadsden Purchase

  • Election of 1860

    Douglas vs Lincoln

  • SC suceeded

  • Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas succeeded

  • Ft. Sumter

  • First battle of Bull Run

  • Homestead Act

  • Morril Land Grant Act

  • Antietam

  • Vicksburg

  • Election of 1862

    Samuel Tilden vs Rutherford B. Hayes

  • Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville

    Fredrick - 1862
    Chancellorsville - 1863

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Election of 1864

    Elected George Mcclellan

  • Appomattox

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

  • Compromise of 1877

    Democrats agreed to give Hayes the presidency
    Hayes elected as President
    Republicans agreed to end Reconstruction in the South

  • Oklahoma Land Rush

  • Birthday

    Birthday
    The day I was born.