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Christopher Columbus discovers America
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Giovanni Caboto was sent to explore the northerastern coast of North America
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Spain became the dominant colonizing and exploring power
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Vasco Nunez Balboa discoverd the Pacific Ocean off the coats of Panama
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The Aztecs attacked causing the Spanish to go down
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Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida
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Fransico Pizarro defeated the Incas of Peru
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hernando discovered and crossed the Mississippi River
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Fransisco Coronado looking for gold came apon adobe purblos exploring their Arizona and New Mexico
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The Spanish founded a fortress at St. Augustine Florida
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The Spanish cut off one foot of each survivor
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The Europeans settled in Jamestown
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A peace settlement ended the First Anglo-Powhatan war comfirmed with the Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
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Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore who was of a English Catholic family
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More than a quarter of a million slaves were imported to work on plantations
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created by the Catholics of Maryland because of severe restrictions in England
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England clamied Jamaica and many other West Indian islands
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This code denied many rights to slaves giving masters control over their slaves
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William Penn discovered Pennsylvania in 1681
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The Carolinas were created after the king granted eight of his favorite courts which was an exspanse of wilderness
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laws that restricted American trade
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amass gold or silver that a country needs to exort more than it imports
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Both pitted British colonists against the French, with both sides recruiting whatever Indian allies they could
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All religion were less fervid in the early 18th century
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British captain Jenkins, encountering Spanish revenue authorities
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Handed Louisbourg back to their French foe
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the British launched a full-scale invasion of Canada
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prohibited settlement in the area beyond the Appalachians and that Native Americans owned the land
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first law passed for raising tax revenue in the colonies for the crown
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was to raise venues to support the new military force
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requirered colonists to provide food and shelter for British troops
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this law was passed after the failure of the stamp act
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was a light import duty on tea, paper, paint, glass, and white lead
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60 townspeople taunted a squad of redcoats because of the death of an eleven year old boy
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342 chests of tea were dumped into the Atlantic
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was not intended to punish Boston
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to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances
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different acts to punish Boston, all except one
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closed the harbor untill damages were paid
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Philly quakers found worlds first antislavery society
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temporarily gives women the vote
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adopted by second Continential Congress
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ratification of nine states guarantees a new government under the constituion
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Massachusetts adopts the first constition drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote
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the articles of confederation were put into effect
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this society was formed by military officers
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the land ordinance of 1785 was adopted
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northwest ordinance constitutional convention in philadelphia
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the first offical census
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bill of rights adopted vermont and becomes the 14th state bank and the U.S created Excise taxing
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George washington was reelected as president
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the Whiskey rebellion, battle of fallen timbers, and jays treaty with Britain occured
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indiands cede ohio Pinckney/s treaty with spain
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washington's farewell address was signed
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the creation of the alien and sedition acts
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the virginia and kentucky resolutions were created
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created peace with france
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jefferson defeats adams for president
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judiciary act of 1801 was created
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lewis and clark expedition
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peace treaty with tripoli
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pikes expedition that took two years
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burrs treason trial
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chesapeake affair Embargo Act
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madison was elected president
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non-intercourse act replaces embargo act
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Napoleon invaded Russia with 500,000 men; Madison tried to invade Canada with 5,000
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The War of 1812 caused a heightened sense of nationalism, It came together as one nation afterwards
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The War of 1812 caused a heightened sense of nationalism, It came together as one nation afterwards
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Napoleon was defeated and exiled to the Mediterranean isle of Elba
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Final defeat at Waterloo in 1815
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discuss their grievances and to seek redress for their wrongs in the convention
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the first tariff in American history for protection, not revenue
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Rush-Bagot agreement between Britain and the U.S. severely limited naval armament on the lakes
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Was a combination of the age of the Founding Fathers and the new age of nationalism
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The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Maryland courts. It held that: The Constitution doesn’t need to give Congress an expressed power to create a bank
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economic panic that was a setback to nationalism
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Missouri was admitted as a slave State, while Maine was admitted as a free State
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James Monroe was very popular, despite the Panic of 1819 and the Missouri compromis and received every electoral vote but one
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this community is established lol
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when this society was established
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the society was established
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when Webster published his famous dictionary
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Joseph Smith established the Mornon Church
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the canadian rebellion and the caroline incident occured then
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Tyler becomes president after Harrison dies after four weeks in office
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the community Brook Farm was established
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the Aroostock war over Maine boundary Webster-Ashburton treaty occured
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petitions the Massachuetts Legislature for the mentally insane
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the United States Annexes Texas
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this tariff lowered rates and a revenue producer
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when the 49h parallel was first introduced to the united states
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Polk caused the war to gain California
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Mormans migrate to Utah
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the United States pays Mexico for California and wins the war
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the onieda community is established
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where the Womens Rights Convention took place
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a political party that was created to opose slavery
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Many people head to California to find gold
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Buchanan defeats Fremont and Fillmore for presidency. Sumer beaten by Brooks in Senate chamber. Browns Pottawatomie Massacre
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The Dred Scott decision took place and Lecompton Consitution rejected it
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The Tariff of 1857 was created, which was a major tax reduction
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Writen by Hinton R. Helper, that was a attack against slavery
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The Civil War occuring in Kanasa created the "bleeding Kansas"
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The Panic of 1857 took place
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a serious of debates between Lincoln and Douglas occured during this time
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John Brown raids thid ferry to try to start armed revolt against slavery
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Lincolln was in a race for president, including three other candidates. South Carolina also secedes from the Union
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Seven states seced from the United States forming the Confederate States of America
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A critical battle that was lost by the South
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the final emacipation proclumation was made. It only freed some slaves
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Lasted three days. The South won the first two days while the North won the last day.
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Srerman led a march through the state of Georgia
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Lincoln defeats McClellan for president
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Vetoed by Lincoln.
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Congress refuses to seat Southern congressmen
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He surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
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Johnson issues reconstruction proclumation
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Lincoln was shot and killed
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Southern States passed black codes
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Congress passes Civil Rights Bill over Johnsons veto
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Was founded to discriminate blacks
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14th Amendment was passed to help pass the Civil Rights Bill
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Johnson backed candidates and loses
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Reconstruction act was passes to divide the South into five military districts
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Was passed to show that the president needs the senates okay to fire anyone who was preaviously appointed by him and approved by the senate
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Johnson is impeached for committing many crimes and was acquitted
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confederate leaders are pardoned by johnson
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Force acts only lasted two years 1870-1871
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Was passed to guarenteed black sufffrage
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Freedmens Bureau ends
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Reconstruction Ends
