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Christoper colombus
Is remembered for his 1492 discovery of the 'New World,' and how his legacy of European colonization is a controversial one. he sailed across the Atlantic from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to India. -
1492
age of discovery
was an informal and loosely defined European historical period marking the time period in which extensive overseas exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture and the beginning of globalization.they got little credit because the native people already inhabited the land. -
1493
Horses in new world
It is well known that domesticated horses were introduced into North America beginning with the Spanish conquest, and that escaped horses subsequently spread throughout the American Great Plains. They were reintroduced on the continent, in modern-day Mexico -
1500
Columbian Exchange
he Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. -
1555
Tabacco
Is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them.Tobacco was first introduced to Europeans in 1492 when Columbus landed in the Americas. -
dutch colonization
After some early trading expeditions, the first Dutch settlement in the Americas was founded in 1615. They colonize new Amsterdam due to interest of commercialization. -
middle passage
The Middle Passage refers to the part of the trade where Africans, densely packed onto ships, were transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies.The voyage took three to four months and, during this time, the enslaved people mostly lay chained in rows on the floor of the hold or on shelves that ran around the inside of the ships' hulls. -
Pequot War
Pequot War, war fought in 1636–37 by the Pequot people against a coalition of English settlers from the Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Say brook colonies and their Native American allies. It was an especially brutal war and the first sustained conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America. -
Bacon rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was probably one of the most confusing yet intriguing chapters in Jamestown's history. Was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley -
Pueblo Revolt
pueblo people long divided, Spanish abandoned capital of Santa fe. Abolished encomienda and more tolerant of native culture -
the beaver war
The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars. It encompass a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in eastern North America. -
Chickasaw War
The Chickasaw Wars were fought between the Chickasaw allied with the British against the French and their allies the Choctaws and Illinois Confederation. The Province of Louisiana extended from Illinois to New Orleans, and the French fought to secure their communications along the Mississippi River. -
Molasses Act
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on imports of molasses from non-British colonies. Parliament created the act largely at the insistence of large plantation owners in the British West Indies. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed to formally end fighting in North America.As a result, the French lose the vast majority of their claims to North American lands. -
Stamp Act
Made colonists truly aware of the impact of British taxation. The funds of the tax were intended to raise a build a new colonial army. All purchased paper had to have a stamp to prove the tax had been paid -
The Fighting Begins
The Battle for Bunker Hill was a defeat for the colonials, but they celebrated the massive casualties they were able to inflict upon the most powerful army in the world. After this, the King declared the colonies in rebellion. -
Valley Forge
Washington’s skill at maintaining his force under trying conditions is best shown during the winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The Continental Army was stuck at Valley Forge with very little rations; very little food and insufficient winter attire. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolution.The United States won its independence from Great Britain and gained control of land stretching west to the Mississippi River. -
Land Ordinance
Stated that disputed land the Old Northwest was to be equally divided into townships and sold for federal income.Set up guidelines for funding education and ended confusing legal disagreements over land -
Washington as President
George Washington unanimously elected President by the Electoral College. Set many precedents that future Presidents would follow -
Industrial North vs. Agrarian South
The agriculture of the Old Northwest region sustained the industrial North by transporting crops by rail lines and canals. Cash crop economy of the South was stimulated by the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney which made work much easier. -
Market Revolution
Early 1800s, turnpikes, or toll roads, linked many towns to the eastern US.Erie Canal demonstrates the importance of canal systems in early 19th century; linked Midwest farming to cities (contributes to growth of New York) -
Louisiana Purchase
Vast amount of land purchased from France; doubled the size of the United states.Spain gained control of the territory west of the Mississippi and the British the territory to the east of the river. -
War of 1812
British refusal to lift trade restrictions and continued impressment pushed Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of War in June 1812. The war was small and disappointing economic problems from the Embargo Act, small army, small navy, invasion of Canada was a debacle. -
Monroe’s Presidency
James Monroe was elected. His presidency is known as the “Era of Good Feelings.” Tensions below the surface over tariffs, slavery, and political power and issued a 20% tariff on all imported goods. -
The Missouri Compromise
To keep the balance of slave state and free states in Congress, the Missouri Compromise was passed.Missouri entered as slave state. Maine entered as free state -
The Election of 1824
It pitted four Democratic-Republican candidates against one another for the presidency: John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and Andrew Jackson. In the end Jackson won the most popular votes, but there was no majority in the Electoral College because the vote was split four ways -
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. It took only seconds to communicate with another city -
Cult of Domesticit
Women began to develop power within reform movements. Some women even spoke out against women’s roles in society and second-class citizenship. -
The Alamo
A force led by Houston overcame the Mexican forces and captured Santa Anna at the river. Texas was declared the Republic of Texas and also entered the Union as a slave state. -
Newly Acquired Territory
Free states were beginning to outnumber slave states.Southerners were afraid that slavery would be abolished. Territorial expansion and population growth were tearing the nation apart In order to appease the two sides, Henry Clay proposed the Compromise of 1850. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott, a slave, sued for his freedom after being taken by
his master to a free state The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and ruled against Scott, claiming that slaves
were property and could be taken anywhere -
Bull Run
Federal troops marched from Washington D.C. to Bull Run Manassas. Confederate troops were ready for the attack. Soldiers led by General “Stonewall” Jackson arrived shortly, sending Union troops scrambling back to D.C. -
Transcontinental RR
Two different companies began construction of the; the Central Pacific Company began laying track eastward from California.
The Union Pacific Company laid track westward from Nebraska -
Assassination of Abe Lincoln
It was on 14 April, 1865 at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC.
Abe Lincoln was shot in back of head by pro-Southern actor John Wilkes Booth -
1st step to imperialism
US purchase Alaska from Russia. US trade expands into pacific. -
Andrew Johnson
Became President after Lincoln died. He was a Democrat. He Continued the policy of Presidential Reconstruction similar to Lincoln -
Civil War Amendments
13th Amendment – abolished slavery
14th Amendment – granted citizenship and legal rights to all former
slaves
15th Amendment – gave all African-American men the right to vote. -
Battle of Little Big Horn
In June, the US sent General George Custer to battle the Sioux.
Custer’s 700 men were slaughtered by 7,000 Sioux Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn. The US Army retaliated, crushing the Sioux, and forcing Sitting Bull to flee to Canada. -
Compromise of 1877
Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats came to an agreement called the Compromise.Republican Hayes would be given the Presidency by 1 electoral vote. -
The Bland-Allison Act
Gold standard enraged the silverites mostly silver-mining interest and western farmers. Silverites called for free silver the unlimited
coining of silver dollars to increase the money supply.
Federal government was to purchase and coin more silver, thereby
increasing the money supply and causing inflation -
civil Rights cases
The Supreme Court decided Congress had no jurisdiction to bar private citizens from practicing discrimination. Homer Plessy refused
to give up his seat on a “whites-only” railcar in Louisiana. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Congress passed this act which
prohibited monopolies or any business that prevented fair competition. In the general sense, a trust is a centuries-old legal arrangement whereby one party conveys property to a trustee to hold for a beneficiary -
The Populist Party
Founded by James B. Weaver and Tom Watson. Omaha, NE Convention Got almost 1 million popular votes.several Congressional seats won. -
THE POPULIST REVOLT
Jacob Coxey: leader of Coxey’s Army of Massillon, Ohio, and some 20,000 men and women began a march to Washington, DC.
Demanded US Government. Public works programs, mainly railroads for the nation's unemployed -
Radio
radio barely existed.
NBC was created to reach more people with national programming. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that same country living in the United States.The Act set no limits on immigration from Latin America. -
Movies
The Jazz Singer was the first movie with sound was released. People went to the movies to try and forget about their problems. -
Hirohito in Japan
Japanese emperor Hirohito ruled Japan and took control of government.Japan began invading and conquering its neighbors: Korea, Taiwan and China -
allience response to agression
Great Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement towards these aggressive nations.British Prime Minister Chamberlain and Hitler -
Truman doctrine
the Truman Doctrine promised that the USA would support free peoples who resisted communism. This led to containment -
communist in china
Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil War.US had supported anti-communist forces in China during the war, but refused to intervened militarily. -
Brown v. Board of Education
the Supreme Court ruled unanimously and segregation in public school was unconditional -
the little Rock Nine
the battle over desegregation of the public school system; whom nine students were volunteered to enroll in central high school -
Cuban missile crisis
US discovers nuclear missiles in Cuba that would have brought mass distraction. There was a brink of nuclear war for 13 days. -
Civil Rights Act
the civil rights ensured equality fro Africans Americans in society by giving them government jobs sector, voting requirements and racial separation in public schools -
Dr. Martin Luther King
The assassination of Martin king Luther on April 4th 1968. Robert Kennedy his brother took over as president and was killed on June 6 -
Yom kippur war
War broke out the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Syria and Egypt -
WaterGate Scandal
Nixon ran for re-election as his workers were looking to steal the democrats for election but he attempted to cover and distance himself but due to public pressure, Nixon chose to resign from office -
Ronald Reagan
Elected as the president . He was a former governor in California. -
Space Shuttle Challenger
The race to the moon. Killed all seven astronauts aboard including the teacher to serve as an astronauts, Christa McAuliffe. -
Berlin wall torn down
Reagan famously encourage soviet leader to end soviet control of its satellite nation. Reunification of communist East Germany and capital West Germany. -
Tiananmen Square protests.
They demanded democratic reforms.It refers to the popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests during that period -
START I
drastically reduced number of warheads -
START II
Further reduced number of warhead. Also added promised of US aid for Russian Economy -
Oklahoma City
Murrah Federal building that was destroyed by a bomb that killed 168 people. The bombing killed 168 people, injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one-third of the building -
september 11
Attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attack by al-Qaeda upon the US.The hijackers intentionally crashed 2 of the airlines into the Twin Tower World Trade Center in NY
