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First Americans Enter North America First Americans Enter North America
This is the whole base of how America was built. The people that first came made so much history happen, they are the reason why the world works the way it does. Life would never be the same. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did.
-without this the Native American population would increase
-The Columbus exchange would not exist.
-The people in America would not be here. -
Mercantilism
the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. -
Navigation Act of 1651
The 1651 Navigation Act was passed in the English Parliament. It was used to drive English shipping from the seas. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Period: Feb 22, 1732 to Dec 14, 1799 George Washington
He was the one who fought for the freedom of America, and is mostly known for being the first president of American. -
Thomas Jefferson Period: Mar 13, 1743 to Jul 4, 1826
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. -
French and Indian war Period: 1754 to 1763
Both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain or France would have stronger power in North America. -
French and Indian War
The war was between the Britain and France and they brought in the Native Americans. The war started because of the fighting of land and who was going to get what. Without this event some of the land owned would not be the same. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. -
Stamp Act
This is adds to why the people in America were fighting back to the people in Europe. This was really the start of it. When the king was charging the people in America tax for items that have to do with paper. -
Andrew Jackson Period: Feb 15, 1767 to Jun 8, 1845
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. He defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson grew up poor and lacked formal education. He was also the first president to be impeached. -
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Boston Massacre
This was another reason why America started to fight back after the guards got into a fight when the colonist and people died. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was where 342 boxes of tea, that was the British, were thrown off the ships by American Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians -
American Revolution Period: 1775 to 1783
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
The declaration of independence
The declaration of independence is finalizing the most of the colonist wishes in being freed from the rulings of Great Britain. They are now their own country. Without this event American as we know it could possibly be apart of Europe. -
United States Constitution Signed
The Constitution was signed at the same place the Declaration of Independence was signed. It established America's government, laws and basic rights to it's citizens. -
The Enlightenment
It was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century. -
Westward Expansion Period: 1803 to 1853
The United States almost tripled in size after the Louisiana purchase and continued to increase westward. Without this we would not have the land that we have to day. -
Louisiana Purchase
It was a land deal between the US and France. The US bought the land for 15 million dollars. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition Period: 1804 to 1806
Thomas Jefferson funded this trip with explores Louis and Clark, the mission was to explore the west of the United states. This trip provided money and lots of land, and helped them. -
Abraham Lincoln Period: Jan 12, 1809 to Mar 15, 1865
This is one of the most known President, he is the 16th president. Slavery was still alive and he was the one who finally put his foot down and wanted to stop slavery and made a war happen. -
Frederick Douglass Period: 1818 to 1895
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. -
Abolitionist Movement Period: 1820 to 1830
Abolitionism is a general term which describes the movement to end slavery. This term can be used formally or informally. They made change happen. -
Era of Reform Period: 1890 to 1920
When they re-built the towns and combined from the civil war -
Jacksonian Democracy
During this period, it gave more power to the people, more specifically the poor. This was because of President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man -
Election of 1828
This United States presidential election was a match between Andrew Jackson and John Adam. Jackson had more electoral vote, but Adams won the election. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal act was signed by Andrew Jackson. It grant land west of the Mississippi river to the Indians tribes in order for the US to gain their land -
Mexican American War Period: Mar 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. -
Compromise of 1850
California entered the union as a free state. The Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an African American man in the United State, who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, his wife, and his children -
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the US is its their god given rights to move west.