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Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to find the "New World".
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In 1493, seventeen ships sailed to the Dominican Republic and unloaded twelve hundred men and a ship of cattle, swine, and horses. They also brought different kinds of agriculture too, along with different diseases.
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1494, Spain secured its claim to the New World and they signed with Portugal to divide the "heathen lands" of the New World
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Spain became dominating in exploring and colonizing power in the 1500s, they were in the search for "gold and glory"
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Vasco Nunez Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean off of the coast of Panama. He then claimed all land that was washed by the sea.
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Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida which he first thought was an island, he was searching for gold.
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Hernan Cortes set sail from Cuba to invade Mexico for gold. He ended up taking over the Aztec Empire after a long battle back and forth.
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Only one remaining vessel returned back from five of the ships that left from Spain to navigate the world by Ferdinand Magellen.
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Francisco Coronado was in a quest to find "golden cities" but he stumbled across the Pueblos through Arizona and New Mexico. He traveled as far as Kansas.
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Queen Elizabeth took the throne as a protestant queen, she was accused of being prejudice and miserly, although she proved to be a successful ruler.
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Don Juan de Onate led the Spanish into the Pueblo people and took over the land in a battle.
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A joint stock comanpy, known as the Virginia Company of London, was created.
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About 100 English settlers founded Jamestown on the James River, named after King James. Although, Jamestown was mosquito infected and unhealthy.
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Captain John Smith took over Jamestown in 1608, he worked the workers and they worked by the moto, "He who shall not work shall not eat."
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Spanish created an outpost in Santa Fe
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By 1612 John Rolfe, the husband of Pocahontas, had perfected the growing of tabacco and making it a huge demand in England.
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Sir Walter Raleigh failed as he tried to begin colonizing in the New World in present day North Carolina
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In Virginia, the Indians were getting distressed with the Europeans. They decided to attack. The killed 347 colonists including John Rolfe. After, the Virginia Company called for "a perpetual war without peace or truce".
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In 1634, Lord Baltimore founded the second plantation colony but the fourth English colony.
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The English considered the Powhatan Indiands extinct.
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This war was between the British and the Spaniards. It took place in the Carribean. Somone on the Spanish side cut off captain Jenkin's ear and said to give it to the king because if he were here, that is what he would do to him.
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King George's War was fought between the French with the Indians against Great Britain and the Colonies. It was part of the French and Indian War.
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Washington attacked the French. This war was faught between the French with the Indians, against the Colonists and Great Britain.
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The Battle of Quebec ranks as one of the most significant engagements of the fighting between the British and the Colonists.
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The Proclomation of 1763 forbade the expanision west of the Appalachian mountains for the Colonists.
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The quartering act required the colonists to provide food and shelter for the British soldiers. The soldiers showed no respect towards their family.
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The Declatory Act still called for London still ruling over American Colonies.
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The Townshend acts was passed and created multiple taxes on different things such as; glass, whilte lead, paper, paint, and tea.
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A colonial crowd were taunting British Red Coats, which eventually led to the British firing and killing some colonists.
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Samuel Adams was origanlly the ring leader, but mainly it was a protest on the tea organized by the Sons of Liberty.
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12 out of 13 colonies met in Philidelphia to discuss a list of grievences and drawing up a Declaration of Rights.
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Occured in Philidelphia, and for a second time they came together to still push for a list of grievences. They still had no desire to fight.
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Known as Breed's Hill, colonists defeated the British and George III realized there was going to be no reconciliation.
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The importance of this battle was when France realized that America could win this war and that they should give them help in the war.
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This is when Great Britain officially recognized American Colonies as independent.
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This was how the government detirmined to split up the land for sale West of the Appalachian Mountains.
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This declared how a state would become a state once a new territory was made
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This is when 55 delegates met in Philidelphia to write the Constitution.
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The French Revolution was period of upheavel in France from 1789 - 1799
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The excise tax was a tax on luxury goods. It was passed in 1791
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This is when George Washington stated that we should not intervene with the French and British war. He thought that we should stay neutral.
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This is the speech that Washington gave to our country as advice when he was leaving office.
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When three people were sent to France to solve diplomatic problems. Adams sent "X Y & Z" over to France.
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The alien acts stated that a person gaining US citizenship had to be in the US for 14 years. The sedition act was stated that it was illegal for any person to critisize the government.
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These resolutions brought up that the states should be able to freely critisize the government.
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This was the peaceful transition of power between Adams and Jefferson, the two different competing parties.
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This created 16 new federal court districts.
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"Long Tom" was inaugurated President in the villiage of Wasington, which became the new nation capitol.
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This was the first major supreme court case. The judge Marbury was upset that he was not appointed as a jude by secratary of state, Madison.
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The Louisiana PUrchase practically doubled the size of the United States for very cheap - $15 million.
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Based on Secretary of Treasure, Robert J. Walker, he devised a tariff for revenue that reduced average rates of the tariff of 1842.
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Anoter objective of Polk's was to re-establish the indenpendent treasury, and that he did in 1846
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On Polk's list was also to settle the dispute between the Oregon Dispute between the US and Great Britain.
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Mexico and the US were in quarrels over Texas. During Spanish-Mexican occupation, the Texas boundary was the Nueces River, however, later Texans wanted it to be the Rio Grande.
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The Wilmot Proviso was an act that was an event that help lead to the Civil War. It was to be that any territory that was gained after The Mexican War was to have slavery banned.
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The official end to the Mexican War. It also added about 525,000 square miles to the United States.
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President Zachary Taylor beat other candidates Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren.
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During this time, gold was discovered in California and many people started to move to California in hopes to hit it rich and find gold.
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Millard Fillmore assumed presidency after Zachary Taylor's death. He was the last Whig President.
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This was put into place in attempt to avoid tension between the North and South. It was drawn up by Henry Clay. The Fugative Slave Law was also included.
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Franklin Pierce beat Winfield Scott for the Presidency of 1852.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin that was a story of the life of a slave which was also an event that help lead to the Civil War.
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Gadsden Purchase was a treaty in which James Gadsden was affiliated with. He was able to buy almost 30,000 square miles in Arizona.
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This is when the United States was going to offer to buy Cuba from Spain, and if Spain disagreed the United States was going to take Cuba with force.
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This is when popular sovereignty allowed the population to decided whether or not Kansas and Nebraska should be admitted to the union as slave states or free states.
