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Columbus landed in the Bahamas with the Nina, Pinta, & Santa Maria.
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Treaty between Spain & Portugal. Spain got one half of the world & Portugal got another.
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Da Gama reaches India & Cabot explored northwestern coast of North America for England.
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All lands touching the Pacific Ocean belonged to Spain.
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Ponce de Leon was the first spanish explorer to arrive in Florida.
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Cortes tricked the Aztecs into believing that he was a god & he conquered the Aztec kingdom.
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Ferdinand Magellan's vessel completed its circumnavigation of the world.
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Giovanni de Vennazano was an italian explorer who explored the eastern seaboard of North America for Fance.
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Pizzaro went to Coxamaraca & captured the Inca's ruler. He said they could pay randsom but when they did, Pizzaro executed Atahuallpa.
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Cartier journied up the St. Lawrence River in hopes of finding spices, gold, & a passage from France to Asia.
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Hernando de Soto explored the southeast. He discovered the Mississippi River.
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Coronado explored present day southwest. He settled there & became governor of an important Mexican province.
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Cabrillo explored California coast for Spain to prove that it was not an island.
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The spanish built a fortress at St. Augustine to protect them.
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The Iroquois Confederacy was founded, according to an Iroquois Lengend.
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The Spanish conquer the Pueblo peoples of the Rio Grande Valley, under command of Ornate.
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Exploration of the southwest were a series of religious outposts. The Spanish discovered New Mexico.
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The pope's rebellion was an uprising of several pueblos & people against Spain in New Mexico.
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La Salle ordered the French lead an expedition down the Mississippi River.
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New York editor, John Peter Zenger, was aquited of libel in New York and established freedom of the press.
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Captian Vitus Bering discovered Alaska.
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Joseph the second of Austria was born.
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The British captured Louisburgh in Canada.
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King George's War ended and this was the American phase of the war of the Austrian succession.
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The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war of the Austrian Succession.
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American frontiersman, Christopher Gist explored the Ohio River region.
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The capital of Martha Confederacy in India became Poona.
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The Conestoga Wagon is developed in Pennsylvania.
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The Waltz became a popular dance form in Europe.
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The first encyclopedia was established at this time.
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The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker was written by the English novelist, Tobias Smollet.
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The Worcester Royal Porcelain Company was founded in england.
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The Liberty Bell was ordered from an english bell foundry to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pennsylvania.
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Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.
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Samuel Johnson's dictionary was first published in 1755. It was established by the U.S. postal service.
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This was was between the French and Indians in America. France loses the North American colonies and Spain cedes from Florida in exchange for Cuba.
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The British comander defeats Nawab of Bengel at Passey.
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The British captured Quebec from the French.
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The industrial revolution began in in Englan and lasted from 1760-1851.
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The Stamp Act was repeaked because of all of the trouble with taxes in the colonies.
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Dartmouth College was founded by Eleazar Wheelock. He was a Congregational minister.
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Junipero Serra was a friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California in the Las Californias province in New Spain.
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Four British troops, many women, cildren, & men were shot in Boston.
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Massachutsetts patriots dressed as Mowhawk indians & protested against the british tea act. Then they dumped massive amounts of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The First Continental Congress called for the abolition of slave trade.
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By 1775, Britain ruled thirty two colonies in North America. This includes Canada, the Floridas, and various Caribbean islands.
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The Philadelphia Quakers found the world's first antislavery society.
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The English Parliament declared Massachutsetts a state of rebellion.
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There were shots fired at Lexington & Concord & the "minute men" forced the british troops back to boston. George Washington also took comand of the Continental Army.
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News of the Declaration of Independance reached Charlestown from Philidelphia twenty nine days after the fourth of July.
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The New Jersey Constitution temporarily gave women the right to vote.
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The Articles of Confederation was adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
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The merchants in Boston & New York started to boycott British goods.
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The Peruvian Indians revolted against Spain.
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Massachutsetts adopted the first constitution drafted in convention & radified by popular vote.
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William Harschel discovered the planet of Uranus.
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Cornwallis surrendered to Yorktown after war,
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Robert Morris became the superintendant of finance in the Continental Congress.
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This was first successful hot -air balloon flight.
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The founder of the Shakers, "mother" Ann Lee, died.
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The "Daily Unniversal Register" or Times of London publishes their first issue.
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The first play was perfessionally performed in America.
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Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
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Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency
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The Fletcher vs. Peck ruling asserted the right of the Supreme Court to invalidate state deemed unconstitutional.
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The United States declared war with Britain & Madison was reelected as President.
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The invasians of Canada fail.
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Battle of the Thames.
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Battle of Lake Erie.
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Battle of Plattsburgh.
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The British burned Washington.
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The Battle of Horseshoe Bend,
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The Treaty of Ghent was signed.
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The Hartford Convention was held.
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compromise treaty in america
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Maine became a state.
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James Monroe was reelected as president.
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Missouri became a state.
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The Monroe Doctrine was proclaimed.
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affirms federal over state authority in interstate commerce
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The results were inconclusive.
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Adams elected president and John C. Calhoun as vice president
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The Erie Canal was completed.
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die within hours of each other on Independence Day
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South Carolina Exposition and Protest published during the Nullification Crisis
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad construction begun
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Andrew Jackson was elected president.
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Andrew Jackson was inaugurated.
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Largest religious revival in American history.
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Oregon Trail comes into use by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest
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Slavery debates at Lane Theological Seminary are one of the first major public discussions of the topic
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Begininng of the Texas war for independance
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Battle of the Alamo; Battle of San Jacinto
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Several states defaulted on their bonds or repudiated them.
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William Henry Harrison took oath on March fourth.
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Russia sold Fort Ross to California
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James Polk took his presidential oath as 11th president.
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Morse opened telegraphic link between Baltimore and D.C.
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U. S. Naval Academy opens at Annapolis, Maryland.
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Johnny Appleseed died
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Texas was annexed and a war with Mexico followed
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Liberty Bell cracked and couldnt ring anymore.
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New Mexico was annexed by the United States.
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Oregon Treaty fixes U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel
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U.S. declared war on Mexico to gain CA and other territory in the Southwest
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Brigham Young leaded troops to Salt Lake City in Utah.
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Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War
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Gold is found in California.
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Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that told the evils of slavery
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Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act which established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
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James Buchanen became fifteenth president of the U.S.
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Abolitionist John Brown and 21 followers captured a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry
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Sixteenth President of the US is Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
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Battle in Pennsylvania during the civil war
