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600 BCE
Crusades
This was many attempts by European Christians to recover the Holy Land (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 500 BCE to 1450
Middle Ages
About A.D. 500 to A.D. 1450 the period in European history between ancient and modern times occured. (Ignitia.com Editors.) -
1400
The Renaissance
Gutenberg made the movable type press. This let adventures be written by other adventures. (Ignitia.com Editors.) This idea was discovered fast and it helped the Renaissance. (Ignitia.com Editors.) -
1450
Medieval Society
Where Christians and other shaped the way we have society. (ignitia.com Editors.) -
1497
CHANGES IN ENGLAND LED TO COLONIZATION
John Cabot he sailed around the New World. He talked about barren shores, forested coastlines, and mountains of ice. (Ignitia.com Editors.) -
The Massachusetts Bay Company
they first settled in the city of Salem they large number made the spread out over cities and towns. -
Toleration Act
This helped Protestants out number Catholics to be able to worship. this helped grand freedom to praise and worship. -
Navigation act
The first Navigation Act required that all ships carrying goods between England and America be English-built or owned. Articles such as tobacco, sugar, indigo, and naval stores, could be sold only to England by the colonists. These laws, however, were not strictly enforced because England hoped to keep the colonists friendly in case of a war between England and France. (ignitiaeditors.com) -
French and Indian war
most of the Braddock were handicap and hurt because they did not know how the Indian troops would fight. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Treaty of Paris
The peace from the French and Indian war was from the Treaty of Paris. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Boston Massacre
The British troops were causing problems and then a giant riot happens in March It was a group of soldiers and town workers. ( ignitia.com editors) -
First Continental Congress
This was a movement spread among the colonies to call a general congress. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Olive Branch Petition
If the congress had accepted the Olive Branch Petition then it could have led to a compromise. But the king rejected it and he was very mad about it. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Second Continental Congress
The news of the fighting at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts greeted the delegates as they assembled in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress ( ignitia.com editors) -
German Immigrants coming to America.
They cam to America because they had warfare among many states. They were persecution people for the religion. They had high taxation property. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Scot-Irish coming to America
They came to America because the Parliament forbade the ships to the dairy products, linens, and wool. the Economic was ruined. -
Huguenots
The Huguenots were going around killing people for there faith in God. They were not allowed to settle in France so they stayed in the country of Europe. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Deceleration of Independence
The adoption of the Deceleration of Independence marked a huge turning point in the fight between England and all the other colonies. The were being forced to make a choice on which side they pick. (ignitia.com editors) -
Articles of Confederation
The government committee drawed up a constitution for the untied states. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Antebellum South
Was During the American Civil War. -
U.S Constitution
the meeting was called by George Washington to talk about Maryland and Virginia talking about what to do about the fighting going on. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Supreme court
The Judiciary Act of 1789, provided for Supreme Court made up of a Chief Justice. this act helped to strength the government. -
Foreign affairs
Problems of foreign affairs facing the new nation were the French Revolution, British seizure of American ships, a treaty with England, and a treaty with Spain.(ignitia.com editors) -
Naturalization Act
required a foreigner to live in the United States for fourteen years, rather than for five years, before he could become a citizen and vote. (ignitia.com editors) -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Republican Party was gaining new members rapidly. Many of the immigrants who came to this country in the 1790s joined the Republican Party. Alarmed by this development, the Federalists decided to use the quarrel with France as an excuse for striking out at the Republicans. (ignitia.com editors) -
Creation of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin and many slaves worked for it to help out. The Cotton Gin was used for removing the seeds from cotton fibers. -
Treaty of Spain
he Spanish government was afraid that the United States, with its British troubles settled, might threaten the safety of Spanish Florida or Louisiana. (ignitia.com editors ) -
Farewell address
In 1796, his "Farewell Address" warning American citizens of the evils of sectional jealousy and "the baneful effects of the spirit of party" was published in the newspapers. (ignitia.com editors) -
The XYZ affairs
The Americans proudly refused to pay what they felt was a bribe and wrote to the President to tell him what had happened. In their letters, however, they did not use the real names of the three French representatives, referring to them instead as X, Y, and Z. For this reason, the event is known as the XYZ Affair.(ignitia.com editors) -
Bill of Rights
Congress adopted the first ten amendments to the Constitution. (ignitia.com editors) -
The Election of 1800
two Republican candidates, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, each had seventy-three electoral votes. This tie meant that the House of Representatives had to choose between Jefferson and Burr for the Presidency. ( ignitia.com editors) -
Marbury v. Madison.
"William Marbury, one of the judges appointed by Adams before he left office, had not been granted his commission of office prior to the change of administration. Marbury asked the Supreme Court to compel Secretary of State James Madison to grant him his commission. Chief Justice John Marshall recognized that if he and the justices approved Marbury's request, Madison might not follow the Court's orders, thus weakening the people's respect for the judiciary." (ignitia.com editors) -
The Louisiana Purchase
Since Louisiana seemed useless, he decided to sell it.( ignitia.com editors) -
The Steamboat
Robert Fulton's invention was a great way to travel in the water it was the new age of traffic water. A bunch of people tried and created the steamboat but they ended up failing and it not working. When we have created the ship he was laughed at and made fun of because no one thought he could do it but he did. ignitiaedtiors.com -
the Embargo Act
the Embargo Act increased the growth of tons of factories in the nation. because of this, the Us was forced to become
" self-reliant". It also caused competition between most businessmen. ignitiaeditors.com -
Francis C. Lowell
built a clothing factory in Massachusetts when he was there he installed the first practical loom. This amazing device changed cotton into cloth. ignitiaeditors.com -
First Modern Depression
This was a financial crisis it slowed down the cotton belt and much more during First Modern Depression -
Missouri Compromise
This was when the American Colony helped too stop slavery. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was based on statements made by the 5th president "f any European nation interfered in the affairs of North or South American countries or tried to seize land on either American continent, President Monroe asserted that the actions would be interpreted by the United States as unfriendly ones." ignitiaedtiors.com -
Potato Famine
The Potato famine happened in Ireland. There was a huge amount of people in the North cities where they worked at factories the number of factory worked were 1.2 million. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This was when the law could catch and return slaves where they need to be when they tried to leave. -
Civil War
The Civil war was a huge awful conflict that turned into a war It began with people from the same country the civil war left scars on people and also the nation -
Dred Scott v. Sanford Decision
They were both not people of the state but they fought for there rights. -
Oil
Oil was discovered and it was a new power it was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, by Edwin L. Drake, and a new industry was born from the new oil founded. ignitiaedtiors.com -
Lincoln’s Election
Lincoln became president in 1860 and one of the biggest things that helped him was when he fought up against and tried to help slave rights. -
The Trent affairs
On November 8,1861, Charles Wilkes He was a Us Navy Officer was captured by two confederate envoys aboard the british mail ship. Britain accused the U.S force for violating British neutrality. Well because of this incident it caused a diplomatic crisis with the U.S and Britain. -
Civil War
This war was the fight of the Union and the Confederate states and the war was because of slavery. -
Union Blockade
The union Block was one of the many and most effective instillation from the war. 264 union ships got sent out to patrol the ocean. -
Telegraph
The telegraph uses lines to continue to be stretched throughout every nation. The first one was completed in the state of California in the east when it was done the news traveled everywhere it was an amazing machine. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was when President Lincoln Freed all slaves! -
Lincoln’s Death
Lincoln was killed he was attaked. -
Triple Alliance
"The countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Triple Alliance. Initially, only Germany and Austria-Hungary joined, forming a Dual Alliance." ignitiaedtiors.com -
American Federation of Labor
The purpose of the American Federation of Labor was to charter out national unions and when that happens it gives others the right to organize all people who worked jobs. ignitiaeditors.com -
Triple Entente
the Triple Alliance, Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary forced other countries to seek security through unification. France and Russia developed the type of cooperation that Bismarck had feared for so long. France and Russia formed an alliance of their own in 1894. -
Spanish-American War
"The cause of the war centered on Cuba, the West Indies Island located ninety miles south of the tip of Florida." ignitiaedtiors.com -
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Wilbur and Orville Wright created the first aircraft in 1908 the wright brothers sold the first aircraft and it was used in World War 1 ignitiaeditors.com -
assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Both he and his wife were killed on June 8th, 1914. The person who killed them were members of Serbian society. (ignitiaediotors.com) -
Wilson's fourteen points
"open covenants openly arrived at," with no secret international agreements in the future;
freedom of the seas outside territorial waters in peace and war, except in the case of international action to enforce international treaties;
removal of all possible economic barriers and establishment of equal trade conditions among nations; some of the points (ignitia.comedtiors) -
Treaty of Versailles
"The representatives of the five great powers present--England, France, Italy, the United States, and Japan--made the decisions on the treaty separately. The remaining national representatives took part in the public writing of the peace treaty." (igntiaeditors.com) -
Urbanization
was a widespread phenomenon during the decade of the twenties. Although cities had been growing steadily, people streamed from the rural areas into towns and cities during the 1920s. This movement developed so rapidly that by the end of the decade, no more than 25 percent of the population still resided on farms.(ignitia.comeditors) -
Emergency Quota Act
restricting the admission of foreigners to three percent per year of the number of each nationality living in the United States in 1910.( igntia.com editors) -
Immigration Act
only two percent of a particular nationality residing in the United States in 1890 would be admitted each year. By establishing the quota according to the base date 1890, the law discriminated against the Southern and Eastern Europeans. At that time, very few people from that part of Europe had settled in the United States. The 1924 law also excluded all Asiatic people. Beginning in 1927, immigration was to be limited to an annual quota of only 150,000 persons. (ignita.comeditors) -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
" had the agreement of fifteen nations to renounce war in settling disagreements with one another. However, the flaw in this peace pact was that it did not cover wars for self-defense, a position taken by some nations to justify wars. The United States esteemed the Monroe Doctrine above this agreement, thus nullifying any real power by the pact." ( ignitia.comeditors) -
Herbert Hoover
" became President in the spring of 1929 under extremely good economic conditions. In his inaugural address, he stated, "Ours is a land rich in resources; stimulating in its glorious beauty; filled with millions of happy homes; blessed with comfort and opportunity. In no nation are the fruits of accomplishment more secure." ( ignitia.comeditors) -
Outlook for the Rich
0 percent of the country's total income was derived from the families in the top 10 percent financially. This elite group purchased the normal consumer goods, but it also indulged in risky speculative investments hoping to get even richer as quickly as possible. Much of people's money went into the stock market and was later lost. Some individuals became literally poor overnight. (ignitia.comeditors) -
World war II
when Germany attacked Poland by using the blitzkrieg, or lightning warfare arms. Soon after this successful attack, the German war machine defeated Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France. Surprisingly, the Germans required only three months to conquer these countries. However, Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, failed in his prolonged attempt to defeat Great Britain with bombing missions and submarine blockades. (ignitiaediorots.com) -
Pearl harbor
This was the day that the United States had no choice but to call the war on Japan. The Us was not ready and wasn't prepared for this war the United States entered the war at a distinct disadvantage, for adequate preparation often saves lives and builds both respect and confidence. ( ignitiaediotors.com) -
D- Day
Hopefully, the good vision needed so desperately by the airplanes would be available. The possibility of a successful landing, even with good weather, however, was questionable. Military experts also disputed the chosen sight of Normandy Beach, but the plans were already set. Now only time would tell the wisdom of these decisions.(ignitiaeditors.com) -
NATO
According to the NATO agreement, any attack against one of these nations would be considered an attack against all of them. Officially, the pact went into effect on August 24, 1949 with the establishment of their headquarters in Paris. (ignitiaeditors.com) -
The Bay of Pig
an island nation in the Caribbean, became an increasing problem for the United States after a revolutionary named Fidel Castro overthrew the local dictator. Ignitiaeditors.com -
Berlin Crisis
the divided capital of the defeated Third Reich, was still a major point of contention between the Soviets and their former allies when Kennedy was President. For several years, Soviet Premier Khrushchev had threatened to sign a treaty with Communist East Germany that would formally end World War II and grant that country complete independence. ignitiaeditors.com -
The civil right movement
Black Americans had been granted their freedom after the Civil War only to find themselves denied equal rights with their lighter-skinned fellow citizens. The right of black Americans to vote was hampered by literacy tests, poll taxes, and intimidation by whites. ( ignitiaeditors.com) -
The Youth Rebellion
the youth movement of the 1960s destroyed traditional morality in America, exactly as it set out to do. Many of the moral problems of our day can be traced directly back to the goals of the 1960s youth rebellion. -
SEATO
included the nations of Great Britain, Australia, France, Pakistan, New Zealand, Thailand, the Philippines, and the United States. The United States was determined to stand behind the treaty and to help it become effective internationally. -
Peace Corps
"The main purpose of this program was to send volunteers to foreign countries with United States technology, methods, and "Yankee" ingenuity. By doing so, underdeveloped countries would be able to enjoy a better lifestyle with improvements in medical and sanitary techniques. " ( ignitiaeditors.com) -
John Kennedy
John Kennedy was one of the youngest people ever to be elected to be president. Kennedy was the son of a wealthy businessman with a degree from Harvard University. He was decorated for bravery for his service in the navy during World War II. At the time of his election to the Presidency, he was serving as a Senator from his home state of Massachusetts.(ignitiaediotors.com) -
Nuclear Ban.
One result of the cooperation that followed the Cuban Missile Crisis was the signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. In September of 1961, the Soviets had resumed testing atomic weapons. The tests broke an unofficial test ban that had lasted nearly three years. Shortly after the Soviets resumed their tests, the United States began testing as well. At first, the American tests were conducted underground, which created no dangerous fallout. igntiaediotors.com -
Cuban Missile Crisis.
. The tensest episode of the Cold War began on October 14, 1962 when a United States U-2 spy plane taking routine photographs of Cuba discovered missile launching pads under construction. The missiles themselves were on their way to Cuba from the Soviet Union.ignitiaeditors.com -
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson became President following the assassination of John Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Johnson had worked his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers' College, earning a degree in 1927. He had a long career in Washington, D.C. serving his home state of Texas. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1937, the Senate in 1948, and served as Senate minority leader in 1953, majority leader in 1955, and Vice President under Kennedy in 1960. (ignitiaeditors.com) -
Violence in Panama.
The United States owned a ten-mile-wide zone of land around the Panama Canal under the original 1903 treaty that allowed the canal to be built. The people of Panama objected to this slice of America across their land, and they wanted to control the canal themselves. In 1964, riots broke out that resulted in the deaths of four Americans and twenty Panamanians. ignitiaediotrs.com -
Richard M. Nixon
The Nixon administration inherited many difficulties and challenging situations from the previous administration. The war in Vietnam was certainly Nixon's major challenge. Another serious challenge was inflation affecting the country's economy.( ignitiaeditors.com) -
The Right to Life
Abortion law has become a moral and political issue of the '90s. The Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. Supporters argue that the mother has the right of control over her body and that the fetus is only tissue; therefore, no moral obligations are to be attached. The opponents argue that the fetus is a child and as such has the rights belonging to human life. (ignitiaeditors.com) -
peace treaty
" by North Vietnam, the Vietcong, South Vietnam, and the United States occurred in Paris on January 27, 1973. The United States agreed to leave Vietnam within a sixty-day period. Free elections were to follow in South Vietnam, establishing a new government. After the final American pullout, however, the South Vietnamese military proved to be no match for its northern enemies." (ignitiaeditors.com) -
Moral Majority
The Moral Majority was an attempt in 1979 to organize Christian voters. It disbanded after moral scandals adversely affected some of the organization's leadership. (igntiaeditors.com) -
Lebanon
Lebanon in the Middle East is a country divided by civil war. Muslims aided by the PLO used bases in Lebanon to attack Israel. In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon to get rid of the PLO. The PLO agreed to leave, and UN forces ensured safe departure. Lebanon asked UN forces to maintain peace after the assassination of the president-elect of Lebanon and a massacre in a refugee camp threatened civil war. (igntiaeditors.com) -
Education
Teachers spend much of their class time on disruptions or on student behavioral problems. Opportunities for Christian activities have been barred from school campuses. Reform seems to be impossible without the correction of underlying moral and social problems. As a result, private education has expanded. Home schooling continues to grow and private schools are increasing in number.(ignitiaediotors.com) -
Grenada
This Caribbean island with a population of about 8,000 was the victim of a Communist coup in 1983. The United States invaded Grenada in order to restore safety and order to the island. U.S. forces departed before the end of the year.(ignitaeditors.com) -
Cold war
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had gone on since the end of World War II. In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev assumed power and began to change the Soviet Union. He called his reforms "glasnost" (openness) and "perestroika" (restructuring). Ideas and information were opened up for discussion between the two superpowers. (igntiaeditors.com) -
Gulf war
iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait. The United States, with UN support, formed a coalition to remove the Iraqis. With a force involving 39 nations, the coalition began on January 17, 1991 to drive the Iraqi military out of Kuwait. On February 24, 1991, UN forces then invaded Iraq. The fighting lasted only 100 hours. (ignitiaeditors)
