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Oct 9, 1492
Columbus Lands in the Bahamas
Colombus was a skilled Italian seafarer that had convinced Spanish monarchs to come with him to the new land with three small but good ships. His seamen were all very worried about the unknown and if there was something even out there but 6 weeks into sailing on October 12, 1492 they cause sight of land and those were the Bahamas. This discovery was the turning point in history and future America -
Sep 1, 1513
Balboa claims all lands traveled by the Pacific Ocean for Spain
The spanish were very dominante explorers and colonizers so for their past notable deeds they conquered the land traveled by the Pacific Ocean for Spain. They did this for the king and claimed all lands "washed by the sea" -
Jun 9, 1534
Cartier jourenys up the St. Lawrence River
The king made him go up the river to find gold spices and other water paths from France to Asia. -
Raleigh founds Roanoke colony
Raleigh organized an expedition that was inspired by the failure of his half brothers failure to colonize in Newfoundland. After many false starts Roanoke just faded away -
Queen Elizabeth 1st becomes Queen of England
When the launching of the English Protestant Reformation Elizabeth came to power and that made Protestant became the dominant religion in rivalry with catholic spain. Many said elizabeth engergized England and she was very ambitious. -
James 1st becomes king of England
King James didn't like tobacco smoking which is why he loved the idea for the Virginia experiment. He came to power when the Virginia company of London received a charter from him for land in New York. -
Spain and England sign peace treaty
The English stopped adventuring and were not too worried about the unknown anymore so everything grew in a positive way. This peace and growth of the colonies led up to the signing of the treaty of peace. -
Virginia colony founded at Jamestown
Jamestown was the settlement of the Virginia Colony. -
Spanish found New Mexico
The story of Coranado expedition to Rio Grande and Colorado River with his men in 80 wagons traveling to these places. Then led by Don Juan de Oñate the Spanish misused the pueblo people. So in the battle of Acoma in 1599 the Spanish severed one foot of each survive. They then claimed the land for themselves and its capital was named Santa Fe the next year. -
First Africans arrive in Jamestown Virginia House of Burgesses established
The Virginias brought the first Africans to help grow the rice and harvest and work with the crops because they understood the climate and were more fitted for the job. Also it wasn't expensive labor at all so they used the Africans. -
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
The Indians made their last fight to remove the Virginians off their land. In the end the Indians were defeated again. -
Barbados slave code adopted
This code was made to control and tame the slaves so they would not go up into a revolt and informed the people the slave's legal status. -
Popes Rebellion in New Mexico
The Roman Catholics did not like the religion that the natives had so their effort to stop their beliefs and customs was called popes rebellion -
North Carolina formally seperates from South Carolina
The once called "Carolina" split into 2 colonies North and South Carolina. They spilt because disputes with their governors and the different characteristics thought the different reigions. -
Georgia colony founded
Georgia was to be the last 13th colony and it was only to serve as a buffer. Georgia was the launched by smart philanthropists. Georgia grew very slowly but ended up getting an almost upper hand. -
Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency
Jefferson and Admas ran a great election together. Jefferson won the electoral college vote and Adams won the popular vote. Although there was a tie between the two having 73 votes each but someone in the college revoted and Jefferson won his place as president. -
Judiciary Act of 1801
The Judiciary Act of 1801 reduced the size of the Supreme Court from six justices to five and eliminated the justices' circuit duties. To replace the justices on circuit, the act created sixteen judgeships for six judicial circuits. -
Naval War with Tripoli
When the pasha of Tripoli cut down the Amerian consulate's flagstaff in a sign of warfare. Jefferson then sent naval forces to the tripoli shores and the results were in the favor of the U.S -
Revised naturalization law
That directed the clerk of the court to record the entry of all aliens into the United States.citizens residency requirement was moved back to 5 years. Also this removed the excise tax on whiskey thinking it unfair. -
Macon's Bill No.2
Macon's Bill Number 2, which became law in the United States on May 14, 1810, was intended to motivate Great Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars. -
Marbury v. Madison
The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury, who had been appointed Justice of the Peace in by President John Adams but whose commission was not subsequently delivered. Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court to force the new Secretary of State, James Madison, to deliver the documents. The Court, with John Marshall as Chief Justice, found firstly that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was both illegal and correctible. Nonetheless, the -
Louisianna Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond. -
Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase
When Republicans under Thomas Jefferson led an impeachment attack against Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the agenda was clearly political. The outcome of Chase's trial would largely determine whether the judiciary could remain independent. -
Pikes exploration
Sent out by President Thomas Jefferson, to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana territory and to find the headwaters of the Red River, during which he recorded the discovery of what later was called Pikes Peak. -
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general Embargo that made any and all exports from the United States illegal. It was sponsored by President Thomas Jefferson and enacted by Congress. The goal was to force Britain and France to respect American rights during the Napoleonic Wars. -
Madison elected president
The United States presidential election of 1808 was the 6th presidential election. The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively. -
Non-Intercourse Act replaces Embargo
In the last sixteen days of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
A conflict between the confederacy of native warriors led by Tecumseh, a Shawnee tribe member, and United States armed forces under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison. -
U.S declares war on Britian
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its American Indian allies. -
Missouri Compromise
This reuglated slavery in the country's western territories by not allowing it in the former Louisianna Territory north of the parallel 36 degree 30 minuete, exept the boundaries in the state of Missouri -
Caroline incident
The Caroline incident was an event in where the U.S. ship the Caroline was attacked above Niagra Falls by Canadians, and America was not pleased because the picture was the ship falling over Niagra and the incident happened above the Niagra. -
Harrison dies four weeks in office/Tyler assumes Presidency
After Harrison suddenly died only one month in office,he made his slogan come true with "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" and John Tyler assumed presidency. He was the only president without a Party with him. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
This treaty peacefully ended the Aroostook War, between Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton. This treaty drew a line generally at the Aroostook River and roughly split the difference of land. The US also gained the Mesabi iron ore range. -
Aroostook War over Maine Boundary
A dispute rose over between the U.S. and Britian over the Main-Canada border. Britian wanted a roas built form the Atlantic port of Halifax through to Quebec. But the U.S. just wanted the land to themselves.This soon became violent when lumberjacks fighting on each side over who'd get to chop down the lumber. -
Polk defeats Clay in "Maifest Destiny" Election
Polk won this election soley because he was for Manifest Destiny. At the time the people wanted to expand the US so voting for Polk meant expansion. There was no real competition for Polk so Clay was the defeated in 1844. -
United States annexes Texas
This was highly supported by slave states because it would become part of the south and thus slavery could be expanded. The issue of this was that the North didnt want this because the balance of power would be questioned. So in the end Texas approved the popular bill adimtting Texas in the Union as joint resolution. -
Walker Tariff
This tariff lowered tariffs from 32% to 25%. -
Free Soil Party Organized
This group was for Anti-Slavery and consisted of several members from the Whig and Democratic party. The main purpose of this party was to oppse the expansion of slavery into the western territorties, and that slaves should be free. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexian War
This ended war with the ideals of peace , friendship, limits and settlement between the US, and Mexican Republic. Also America gained land from the Mexican Cession ,entailling valifornia but also future states of NV. AZ, MN, CO,UT. The US would pay 15 million for the land and ssume 3.5 in dbets from Mexico to the US. -
Taylor defeats Cass and Vann Buren for Presidency
All of the canadaites of this election fought very vigroudly for the first time. But in the end, the Whigs party strategy of a popular war hero ,who wanted national untity came out on top. -
Mexican War
A war bewteen the US and Mexico over the land of where the Mexican American border should be. This issues started with disputes of the Texas Annexation. Mexico wanted the border higher and the US wanted the border lower. So either way someone would have more land. In the end the US came out on top with having more land and the line lower than Mexico. -
California Gold Rush
When gold was found by James Marshall, the news brought hundreds of thousands of people there looking for gold, but most of the time the people that came late werent going to find anything most of it was gone by then. -
Fugitive Slave Law
A pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the US. -
Pierce defeats Scott for Presidency
While the Whigs voted for Scott because of his military hero status ,the voters ended up picking Pierce because of him being a well known general ,by Pierce being elected it brought an end to the Whig Party. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Toms Cabin
Is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. This sotry explained the splitting up of a salve and family and the mistreatment of likable Uncle om by a cruel slave master. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
This allowed people in the territories of Kansa and Nebraska to decide for themselves wether or not to allow slavery within their boreders. This act would repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of 36 degree 30'. -
Republican Party forms
Created when the Whig party died out because of the Kansa-Nebraska Acts of 1854. The Republicans rapildly gained supports in the North for their presidentioal campaign. The Republicans were then identified as the party of the victorious North. -
Sumner beaten by Brooks in Senate chamber
Charles Sumner a northern abolitionist made graphic comments on a southern congress man and that bothered Preston Brooks. When the two were at the senate Preston brutally beat Sumner with a cane just because of Sumner's comments. -
Buchanan beats Fremont and Fillmore for presidency
Buchanan won the election of 1856 because Freemont's position and judgment had come into question and since his loss opened the door for a much more capable Able Lincoln four years later. Fillmore just didn't have the experience or support in the political sense and wasn't trusted. -
Hinton Helper publishes :Impending Crisis of the South
Was written at the same time and also criticized slavery. its criticism was not moral basis. Hinton thought slavery hurt poor whites rather than the slaves and those oppressed. -
Civil war Bleeding Kansas
When John Brown and his men committed the massacre at Pottawatomie Creek and most of the violence going on, Kansas was becoming known as "Bleeding Kansas" because of how much blood shed a violence was going on. It kept this name throughout the whole Civil War. -
Pottawatomie Massacre
John Brown killed 5 pro-slavery men and chopped them up for revenge because of the arsonin Lawrence. -
Dred Scott decision
A slave Douglas wanted to sue for his freedom in the court. His statement was that because his owner let him live and traveled with him through free states that he's technically a free man. The decision came to that Dred wasn't an actual citizen and no slave was and couldn't sue in the court so he wasn't a free man. -
Lecompton Constittion rejected
This constitution was a statement that states it could be approved with or without slavery but even without slavery being chosen slave-owners already present would still be protected. Buchanan gave his approval but the Senate denied because Stephen Douglas felt the election wouldn't be true popular sovereignty. -
Painc of 1857
This economic drop was caused because inflation caused by gold , over production of grain, and over speculation of land and railroads. The north was hit the hardest with this economic crisis and the South was solely relying on King Cotton which is why they were unaffected. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
This was a series of 7 Dbeates to compete for the Illinois senate. Linclon was considered an undersog but proved that he could stand toe to toe with Douglas. Discussions included conversation about slavery and popular sovereignty. All in the end Stephen Douglas beat Lincoln. -
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
John Browns plan to abolish slavery by taking over the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry and then to pass of weapons out to slaves to cause a rebellion and the slaves can free themselves. In the end the plan didn't succed and Brown was quickly captured and convicted , sentenced to death and finally hanged. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
South Carolina vowed that if Lincoln would become president they would succeed from the Union and then create the CSA(Confederate Sates of America). They were the first state to succeed from the Union. -
Crittedon Compromise falls
This Compromise porposed to extend the old Missouri Compromise line of the 36 degree 30' north of the line would be free , south of the line would be slave. It failed because it didn't have lincoln's support because Lincoln had to run on free-soil pledge and wasn't goingto back down on the pledge
