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Columbus and his crew land in the Bahamas.
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Spain secures the land that was discovered by Christopher Columbus in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Ten years after Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa De Gama finally reaches India and returns home with Indian jewels and spices.
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Balboa was said to be the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. He claimed all the land touched by the sea for Spain.
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Hernan Cortes left Cuba to go to Mexico to caputre land for colonization.
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Mexico city surrendured to Cortes.
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The French king sent Verrazano to explore the eastern seaboard after the English sent Giovanni Caboto to explore the northeastern coast of North America.
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Pizarro won the Battle of Cajamarca againt the Inca.
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Jacques Cartier traveled up the St. Lawrence river ten years after Verrazano explored the eastern seaboard.
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Hernando de Soto explores the Southeast and discovers the Mississippi RIver during his exploration.
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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado explored the land of present day southwestern America.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explores the ooast of California but did not find anything of interest there.
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Catholics and Protestants fought for decades, but after Elizabeth was crowned queen, Protestantism became dominant in England.
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In an attempt top block out the French and protect the sea-lanes to the Caribbean, the Spanish established a fortess at St. Augustine.
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The Irish wanted to over-rule Queen Elizabeth, but England put a stop to all attempts of that happening.
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Francis Drake set sail in 1577 and returned back to England in 1580.
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In the Battle of Acoma, the Spanish cut off a foot from each Pueblo survivor.
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After conquering the Pueblos, Don Juan de Onate proclaimed their area of land to be the province of New Mexico.
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There was a need for cheap labor to cultivate all of the sugar crops, so the West Indies people imported thousands of African slaves.
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The natives rebelled against the Roman Catholic missionares. The Pueblos destroyed every Catholic church in the area. They also killed a number of priests and Spanish settlers.
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Edwards was believed to be the man who began the Great Awakening. He preached that your destiny was determined by God's grace.
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John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, had printed a newspaper that assulted the royal governor. The result of the trial was an achievement because by him pleading not guilty, it was one of the first examples of freedom of the press.
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George's ways of preaching revolutionized the spiritual life of the colonies. Whitefield toured the colonies to preach and defended the Awakening for its role in the American religion.
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The Great Awakening began in the 1730s and lasted through the early 1740s. It was a large change in the religious aspects of life for the colonies.
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This act passed by Parliment forced colonists to house British soldiers. Most soldiers were heavy drinkers and tobacco users.
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Drunk colonists began to harass a tax collector. The tax collector called British soldiers for help. a soldier believed he heard someone say "fire" and he shot and killed a man.
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The colonists decided to show their anger of the tea tax to Britain by not allowing any ships to dock in the Boston Harbor. One nights a group of colonists went out onto a ship that was docked under the governor of Boston's permission. They dumped all of the tea that was on the ship in the sea.
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In response to the Boston Tea Party, the Massachusetts chartier was revoked. In addition, the Boston Harbor was shut down until the damages were paid back.
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The Second Continental Congress adopted this to show American loyalty to the king and begged to the king to stop further hostilities. The petition was rejected by the king and the Americans were forced to fight to become independent.
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Lee was the first man to urge for complete indepence from Britian.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonials to stop pretending to be loyal to the king and just fight.
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This documentation was written by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams. It was approved by Congress on July 2,1776, but it wasn't finally approved until two days later.
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George Washington led his troops across the Delaware RIver to Trenton. They surprised and captured a thousand Hessian soldiers.
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General John Burgoyne's troops were forced to surrender becasue he was unable to advance or retreat. After this, France came out to officialy aid America.
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Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, met in Paris to make a peace deal. Britian formally recognized U.S. independence and granted generious boundaries of land stretching to the Mississippi River to the west.
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This law helped anser the question of how the our new land would fairly be divided.
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This law clarified how a state would go through the process of statehood.
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Written by James Madison, the Bill of Rights insured all peoples rights in the Constitution. It was finally ratified in 1791 by Congress and the states.
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As a part of Hamiltonls financial plan, the bank was built in Philedelphia.
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Hamilton added a tax on whiskey as a part of his financial plan and this greatly upset farmers or other who used their whiskey as a form of currency.
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Because Washinton did not wish to begin another war with Britain, he sent John Jay over there to settle things with them. War was avioded, Britain helped pay for their damages from impressment, and the agreed to stay off AMerican frontier posts.
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During this time Britain was trading furs and other goods with the Indians. Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne led American troops to fight the Indians because he did not want to continue bad relations with either Britain or the Indians.
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Washington left office after serving two terms. He left his country with the messages of staying away from strong political parties and to strive to keep neutraility no matter what.
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The French were very upset at us for Jay's Treaty and the Neutrality Proclamation, so to aviod a war with them Adams sent delegates to France to resolve all conflicts.
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The Alien Acts set regulations for people who wished to become a U.S. citizen. Sedition Acts said that anyone who criticized the government could be fined or jailed.
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Jefferson and Madison created these resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. They both stated that the states were given too much power to pass these acts.
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Federalist, John Adams and Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson went head to head in this election. In the end, Jefferson won the vote 73 to 65.
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At the end of Adams term, this act was passed which appointed 16 new federal judges. This later caused major controversy.
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Federalist and newly appointed federal judge Marbury took Madison to court when he wouldnt sign his papers to make everything official. Marshall, the judge of this case, ruled under the new "judicial review" that the Courts are able to review the constitutionality of laws.
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Although Jefferson went against his "strict construction" he gained a lot more land than he intended to buy more only five million more dollars than he originally planned to spend. This offer was given to him by Napolean.
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They traveled from St. Louis up the Missouri River to its headwaters, hiked over the Rocky Mountains, then traveled down the Snake and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific Ocean.
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London issued this stating that any foreign US ship going to France must first check-in at a British port for inspection.
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Outlawed all exporting to any foreign nation.
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This act outlawed all trading with England and France only.
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William Henry Harrison attacked the Shawnee because they felt they were a threat.
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Delegates from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island all met in Hartford to decide what to do about war.
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Economic panic caused by over speculation of the land.
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America paid $5 million to Spain for Florida.
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Gave people permission to purchase 80 acres of land for $1.25 per acre.
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Tariff on imports raised significantly and caused lots of heated debate.
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Military pushed all eastern Indian tribes to the west.
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As a result of the tariff of 1828, Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Expedition that stated some states could nullify the tariff.
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Santa Anna led 6,000 troops into Texas and killed over 200 Texans.
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Ireland suffered huge drought causing their potato crops which were a staple crop in their diet to fail.
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This case resulted in the legalization of labor unions.
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Several immgrants flourished California in seach for gold to gain personal riches.
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President Zachary Taylor suddenly died in office so Vice-President Millard Fillmore took over.
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It stated neither the U.S. or Britain would take over the area without the other's agreement.
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Both the North and the South benefited from this compromise.
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This law supposed to "round up" runaways in the North and ship them back to the South.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin opened the eyes of several people and Lincoln said it was one of the causes of war.
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This bought the southern part of present Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million,
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The Republican Party was newlly formed. This party still remains today.
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It repealed the Missouri Compromise, and opened Kansas and Nebraska to popular sovereignty.
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This said the U.S. would offer $120 million for Cuba, and if Spain rejected it, the U.S. would be justified in taking Cuba by force.
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Preston Brooks whacked Charles Sumner over the head on the floor of Congress with a walking cane because he was offened by his comments about slavery.
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Financial panic caused by inflation caused by California gold,over-production of grain, and over-speculation in land and railroads.
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Dred-Scott lost because he was not a U.S. citizen and therefore did not have the right to vote.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
