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Period: Jan 11, 1095 to Jan 11, 1290
The crusades begining to end
The crusades were religious wars fought under the pople to reclain jersusalem, the holy land. -
Apr 10, 1292
Marco Polo returns to Europe
Marco polo has returned from his adventures in China and bring back his writing of this and books. -
Jan 7, 1448
The printing press came into use in Europe
The printing press was a machine that mecanicly typed on paper not on wooden blocks. -
Jan 11, 1453
End of wars between kings of England and France
The kings finally stopped waring with each other and France began to follow England afterward. -
Jan 11, 1474
King Ferdinand marries queen Isabella of Castile
After this marriage King Ferdinand began to conquer and rule smaller kingdoms around him. -
Jan 11, 1483
France one of the most powerful states in England
Now after siding with England gave France the time to build up and they have become one of the strongest states in England -
Jan 11, 1485
Henry VII becomes King of England
Henry has succeeded the throne and is now the King of England and will eventually greatly increase his powers. -
Jan 11, 1492
Spain, Portugal, France and England wanted to explore new land
These states had become great nations under Englands rule and were now ready to expand their kindom to new lands. -
Jan 11, 1492
Colombus leaves for new lands
Colombus and 3 ships left for new lands, in 1492 colombus sailed the ocean blue. -
Jan 11, 1497
Vasco da gama sailed around cape of good gope with valuable goods.
A very hard task to sail aorund the cape of good hhope to India and returned after with a cargo on his ship of worthy goods. -
Jan 14, 1497
Cabot sailed along Canada and New Foundland
When Cabot did this he claimed all of that land for England. -
Jan 11, 1500
The majority of the exploration age ends
After 1500 most of all the new land has been discovered and people are now aware of its presence, although people have found it not all is uncovered and mroe explorations of land willl take place. -
Jan 14, 1513
Ponce De Leon explored Florida/ Balboa discovered the Pacific
Ponce de Leon landed upon the shores of florida in 1513 revealing a beautiful coast and now our state to the world.
and Balboa sailed around and found the pacific ocean with the blue ocean and clear blue water in some places. -
Jan 14, 1523
Ferdinand Magellan's ships sailed all the way around the World.
Magellan sailed all the way around the world exploring all the land that had never been seen on the other side of America. -
Jan 14, 1524
French first claims New York
The first french claimings were entrance of Verrazano into New York harbor. -
Jan 14, 1540
Spanish Empire exetended from South American north up to California
The Spanish Empire extrened its empire fromk south american up to the California and Florida. -
England claims the majority of North America
England had chosen all of the land that they wanted and that wasnt under control under someone else and they had already begun making settlements and sending people over. -
Jamestown the first english settlement in America
This was Englands first good settlement they made in America. -
Champlain finds Quebec
After sailing for a while Champlain gets lucky and stumbles upon Quebec and claims it. -
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Disaster struck the colony in America
Food was running out, people did not know how to hunt and people were living in poor houses if none at all and disease and starvation swept the colony. -
People leave England for Massachusetts
Over 1000 settlers left England un happy to move into the new colony of Massashusetts. -
Massachusetts had over fifteen thousand settlers
Everybody that left their old colonies and England were unhappy so many settlers joined with massachusetts. -
England conquers Delaware and New York
England takes over control of new york from france and takes delaware from sweden. -
Nathaniel Bacon overthrew the royal governor with his followers
Nathaniel and many upset settlers rose up led by Nathaniel and overthrew the royal governor of England and attempted to create a government of their own. -
The survivors from the colony merged with Massachussets
After a hard winter only fifty of the colony had survived and they went on to merge there people that were left with Massachussets. -
Georgia was created
Georgia was founded to prevent the spanish and indian raiders from conquering and taking over South Carolina. -
John Peter Zenger imprisoned by the royal governor
He was thorn in prison for publishing critcizing statements about the governor and was later freed by a jury because the statements were the truth. -
Settlers stopped exploring at the Appalachian Mountains
They stopped because on the other side of the mountains they knew were the Spanish and the indians. -
England agrees to move troops out of northwest territory.
England promised to move their troops out but they didnt until during the war with france and england that they actually did move when americans told them to. -
The Land ordinance of 1785
This provided the survey and sale of the land in the -west territory, the area north of the Ohio river. -
The second meeting at Annapolis Maryland.
This was the second meeting it issued for all the representatives to meet in philidalphia to edit or revive the articles of the confederation. -
The second meeting
All the states sent representatives to the meeting but Rhode Island did not take part. -
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This provided the method by which newly settled regions might be organized as territories and then as states. -
Congress passes a law to tax or tarrif incoming goods.
This tax or tarrif was the Whiskey Tax, this taxes all incoming and outgoing whiskey alchohol. -
George Washington takes the oath of office
George Washington was being sweared into office as well as his Vice president John Adams. -
Alexander Hamilton Chartered teh Bank of the United States
Hamilton created thsi charter for this bank for twenty years. -
France and England go to war.
The majority of americans wanted to help france but while someo thers wanted to help england instead. -
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America fought an undeclared naval war
This was witht the french ships that fired upon the American ships and were at undeclared war for 2 years. -
The new Predidential election begins
Thomas jefferson and John Adams are fighting to become president -
Thomas Jefferson the new President
Thomas Jefferson had defeated John Adams and became the next president of the united states. -
Louisianna purchase
The united states payed 15 million total for the land and expanded the total space of the U.S. to voer twice its original size. -
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The war of 1812
The War of 1812 between the United States of America and the British Empire, lasted from 1812 to 1815. It was fought chiefly on the Atlantic Ocean and on the land, coasts and waterways of North America. -
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy that was introduced on December 2, 1823, which stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed by the United States of America as acts of aggression requiring US intervention. -
Election of 1824
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. -
Trail of tears
The Trail of Tears was the relocation and movement of Native Americans, including many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory -
Battle of the alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal point in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under the president of Mexico General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission in San Antonio. -
Annexation of Texas
The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States of America, becoming the twenty eighth state. -
Uncle Toms cabin is published
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States. -
Dred Scott Decision
as a decision by the United States Supreme Court that ruled that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants whether or not they were slaves were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States -
Lincoln Douglas debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, and the incumbent Stephen Douglas, a Democratic Party candidate, for a seat in the United States Senate. At the time US Senators were elected by state legislatures thus Lincoln and Douglas were vying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature -
Battle of fort sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclimation
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22. -
Gettysburg adress
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best known speeches in United States history.[1] It was delivered by Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
Appomattox courthouse
The Appomattox Court House is a courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia built in 1892. It is located in the middle of the state.
It is also where Lee surrendered to Grant in the civil war. -
The voyages and exploration of new lands begin
People of Europe and Asia are starting to want to find new lands to settle or conquer for themselvs and perhaps find riches.
