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10,000 BCE
First Americans Enter North America
-this is important, as the United States would not be here is this didn't happen
-Many things that changed the map over the years would not happen if this didn't happen -
1492
Christopher Columbus Lands
-Many places would not be discovered without him
-The United States may not be where it is now without him -
1506
Christopher Columbus
-Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Mercantilism
-Mercantilism is a national economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and, historically, to maximize the accumulation of gold and silver. -
Jamestown
Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States. The settlement thrived for nearly 100 years as the capital of the Virginia colony. -
Navigation Act of 1651
The Navigation Act of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652. -
Benjamin Franklin
-Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
French and Indian War
-The French and Indian War lasted seven years.
-It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France -
Proclamation of 1763
-The proclamation was issued by King George III
-It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Andrew Jackson
-Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. -
Boston Massacre
-British army soldiers and shot and killed several people when they were being attacked by a mob.
-It was known as the incident on King Street by the British. -
Boston Tea Party
-It was a political protest by The Sons of Liberty in Boston
-The protest was the people throwing a bunch of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Stamp Act
-was a tax on the legal recognition of documents
-Started in 1765, but was later repealed in 1766(just one year later). -
American Revolution
-The American Revolution was a colonial revolt.
-American patriots won independence from Great Britain and became the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
-it was a declaration of statehood by a defined territory.
-Was signed on July 4, 1776 -
United States Constitution Signed
-Was signed in the same place that the Declaration of Independence was signed
-The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention -
George Washington
-George Washington was an American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
The Enlightenment
-The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809 -
Louisiana Purchase
-The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory that the United States bought from France
-The US paid sixty-eight million francs to buy the territory from france -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
-The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first expedition to cross the Western portion of the United States -
Lewis and Clark
-The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. -
Election of 1828
-In the election of 1828 the two candidates were Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams.
-Andrew Jackson won with a total of 176 electoral votes -
Indian Removal Act
-The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson in the 1830's
-The act was to remove the Indians and make them move west of the Mississippi river in exchange for their lands. -
Abolitionist Movement
-Abolitionism is a general term which describes the movement to end slavery. This term can be used formally or informally. -
Westward Expansion
-By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. The belief that settlers were destined to expand to the west is often referred to as Manifest Destiny. -
Mexican American War
-It was an armed conflict by the United States of America and the United States of Mexico
-The location was in Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central, and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City -
Compromise of 1850
-The fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington was abolished
-California entered as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. -
Jacksonian Democracy
-Jacksonian democracy was a 18th-century political philosophy in the United States that espoused greater democracy for the common man as that term was then defined -
Dred Scott Decision
-Dred Scoot was an enslaved African American man who sued for his freedom, but was not successful.
-He had a wife and two daughters that he also fought for and they were all freed eventually when someone bought them and freed them. -
Dred Scott
-Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, also known as the Dred Scott case, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law. -
Election of 1860
-This election was the nineteenth presidential election that elected a president and vice president
-The two candidates that got the majority of the votes were Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, although Abraham Lincoln won. -
Civil War
-The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
-The war was mainly over slavery and whether or not it should be allowed -
Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
Frederick Douglass
-Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. -
Manifest Destiny
The belief in the 19th century that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Era of Reform
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned from the 1890's to the 1920's.
