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Christopher Columbus and his crew landed on a island in the Bahamas.
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The Treaty of Todesillas was signed between Spain and Portugal, giving the east of the new world to Portugal and the west to Spain.
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Amerivo Vespucci explored South America. America was mistakenly named for him.
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Balboa claims the Pacific Ocean and all land touched by it for Spain.
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Juan Ponce de León discovers an 'island' and names it Florida.
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Cortes conquers the Aztec people, securing Mexico for Spain.
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After being killed in the Philippines, Magellan's ship make it home after the first circumnavigation of the globe.
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Jacques Cartier explores the St. Lawrence River for France.
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Hernado de Soto discovered and crossed the Mississippi River.
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Fransico Coronado discovered the Grand Canyon.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explored the California coast, but he found nothing interesting.
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Many things, incudling two universites that were founded in Mexico, a whole 85 years before Harvard.
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St. Augustine was erected in Flordia. This is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in America today.
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Walter Raleigh founds the lost colony of Roanoke Island.
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Three ships set sailed to Jamestown from England to start a new colony. 40 people had died.
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The settlers settled at Jamestown, named after King James I. The side was easy to defend, but mosquito-infested and not healthy.
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The House of Burgesses meets for the first time in Virginia
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Records show that 20 Africans were sold as slaves of servants. This started the North American slave system
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The Mayflower Compact was signed. It was the governing document of the Plymouth Colony.
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James I revoked the charted of the Virginia Company, leaving them bankrupt.
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One of two wars that put the British against the French.
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One of two wars putting the British against the French.
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The French made many forts along the Mississippi, including New Orleans.
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This treaty gave Lousibourg back to the French.
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This marks the begining of the British's full scale invasion of Canada.
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William Pitt becomes the Prime Minister for England.
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After Montreal fell, the French were defeated.
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This treaty threw the French power completely off of the continent of North America.
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This proclamation forbid settlement west of the Appalachians.
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First law ever passed for raising the tax revenue in the colonies for the mother country.
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This act required certain colonies to provide food and housing for the British troops.
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Taxation on many bills was used to fund new military force.
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The Stamp Act Congress drew up a statement of their rights and asked the ing to repeal the legislation.
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This act put a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea.
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After a crowd of 60-some townspeople began taunting 10 redcoats, they opened fire and killed 11 citizens.
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This started a chain effect of every colony setting up a similar organization.
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To save this company, the ministry decided to assist the company and award it a complete monopoly of the American tea bussiness.
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Protesting the tax on tea, 100 Bostonians boarded ships, smashed 342 chests of tea, and dumped them into the Atlantic.
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Parliament Passes many acts punishing Boson spexifically and Massachusetts in general, including:Boston Port Act, New Quartering Act, and Quebec Act.
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The purpose of this was to consider ways of redressing the colonial grievances. During this, they drew up the Declaration of Rights and sent that to the king.
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The 2nd Continental Congress asked all the colonies to draft new constitutions to become new States.
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Congress adopted the Articles of COnfederation
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This bound the U.S. to help the French defend the West Indies against the British.
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The first tariff law was passed.
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This act created federal courts and a Supreme Court.
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The British trades with an alliance of 8 Indian nations who terrorized the Americans that were in their land.
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The Congress charters for the bank of the United States.
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The first 10 amendments that safeguarded basic rights.
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This offcially proclaimed America's neutrality.
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When the French declared war on Austria and proclaimed itself a republic, this set up for some complications with the U.S.
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Occurring in southwestern PA, this rebellion over high taxes challenged the authority of the new government.
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General "Mad Anthony" Wayne routed the Miamis at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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The confederacy gave up vast tracts of the Old Northwest.
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In this printed speach, Washington strongly advised the avoidance of permanet alliances.
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In a attempt to speach to Talleyrand, crazy bribe was put forth, and nagotions were quickly over.
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This was a law prehibiting slander of the government
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The Alien Laws were created, but never enforced.
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France Agreed to anull the 22 year old treaty with America.
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The expiration of this act could be used against the Federalists if they lost the upcoming election.
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The United States bought a large section of land.
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This case asserted the right of the Supreme Court to invaliadte state deemed unconstitiuional
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Lifted the embargo. Excluded France and Britain.
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Untied states declared war with Britain.
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Madison reelected as president.
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Was to stop the Americans from settling on India land.
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The invasions failed.
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A battle occured at Lack Erie
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This battle occured.
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Battle of Plattsburgh
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The British burned Washington. The place, not the person.
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The Battles of Horseshow bend
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Treaty was signed, ending the war.
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The Hartford Convention was held
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This society was founded. They wanted to move slaves back to Africa
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Jefferson founds the University of Virginia
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Put in effect. Everything above the 36 30 was a free state and below was a slave state.
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James Monroe was reelected as president.
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Cooper publishes his first copy of The Spy. THis was his first successful book.
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Vesey started a slave rebellion in Charleston over poor working conditions.
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Republic of Liberia is formed.
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Elected as president
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The Erie Canal was completed.
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South Carolina Expedition published
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Settlers being to mirgrate using the Oregon Trail
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Religious Revival. Largest in American history.
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Texas begins war for their independance.
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Battle of the Alamo took place.
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Several states default bonds
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Harrison took oath, making him the 9th president.
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Polk took his presidential oath as the 11th president.
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Samuel F. B. Morse opened a telegraphic link between Baltimore and D.C.
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War with Mexico followed the annexation of Texas.
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U.S declared war on Mexico to gain California.
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49th parallel decided to fix the arguement between U.S. and Canada.
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Brigham Young leads Mormons to Salt Lake City
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This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
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California Gold Rush begins
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Admitted California as a free state while giving the south the Fugative Slave Law.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe told of the evils of slavery in this novel.
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The Kansas and Nebraska territories were developed.
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One of the largest battles of the war.
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The Merrimack was a wooden ship with iron railroad ties that could easily destroy wooden ships. The Monitor was a small wooden ship. These ships fought to a stand still.
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Burnsides troops were defeated by the Confederacy.
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David G. Farragut joined the Northern army to capture New Orleans and control the Mississippi
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McCellan pushed his forces to Richmond, Virginia. Yorktown fell and Lincoln diverted his renforcments.
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Grant tried to capture the junction of the main Confederate Railroads.
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Issued by the president, this declared free slaves in the Confederate States still in the rebellion.
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Union foreces drove Confederate to Chattanooga, North Carolina.
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This new state was created when members of Virginia did not want to secede.
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General Lee divided his army and sent Stonewall Jackson to attack the Union flanks. The strategy worked, but Stonewall Jackson was mistakenly shot by his own men.
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This 3 day war toook place in Gettsyburg PA.
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Gen. Lee futileyly sent 15,000 Southern troops acoss an open field
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Required 50% of voters in the South to take an oath of alligance. Lincoln vetoed this bill.
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Lincoln won this election against Andrew Johnson and George McClellan.
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This new political party was formed.
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Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant
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This amendment freed all slaves.
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He became the closest president ot becoming impeached.
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Universal Suffrage.
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Reconstruction ended and the United States was whole again.
