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Columbus went across the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in America.
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Columbus returned to present day Haiti with 1200 men, pigs, and horses.
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Vasco da Gama reached India and took home jewels and spices.
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Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spaniard, explored Florida seeking gold.
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Hernan Cortes traveled to Cuba with hundreds of men and many horses.
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King Henry broke himself from the Roman Catholics, which was the start of the English Protestant Reformation.
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Fransico Pizzaro defeated the Incas in Peru.
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The Spaniards abused the Pueblo peoples.
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The Virginia Company arrive at Chesapeake Bay and are attacked by Indians.
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Smith is kidnapped by Powhatan and saved by his daughter Pocahontas.
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The Spanish founded New Mexico and its capital Santa Fe the next year.
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La Warr brought orders from the Virginia Company which caused wars against the Indians.
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In the same year, self government nad slavery were both created.
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The Indians finally attacked and left 347 settlers dead.
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Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore, from an English Catholic family.
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In this war, the Indians once again tried to overtake the Virginians but were defeated.
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The Pueblos destroyed all of the Catholic churches and killed many priests and settlers.
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Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a Proprietary by William Penn.
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By 1700, the black slaves very well out numbered the amount of white settlers in the new world.
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The Savannah Indians ended the alliance they had with the Carolinians and traveled north to Maryland and Pennsylvania. Here, a new colony had been founded; the Quakers.
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Johnathan Edwards beings the Great Awakening. The Great Awakening was for a rousing religious revival.
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The John Peter Zenger case arose in New York reflecting the give and take of politics in the middle colonies, where there were so many ethnic groups fighting against one another.
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George Whitefield spreads the Great Awakening by providing a different style of evangelical preaching on America and touched off a conflagration of religious ardor that revolutionized the spiritual life of colonies.
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South Carolina slave revolt
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English declares war on Spain.
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Fifty black slaves are hung because they planned to perform another revolt.
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Princeton college, originially the College of New Jersey, was founded in Princeton, New Jersey.
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The Iron Act is passed by the English Parliament which limited the growth of the iron industry.
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Pennsylvania, originally The Academy, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Currency Act is passed by English Parliament banning the issue of paper money in the New England colonies.
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Columbia, originally King's College, was founded in New York City, New York.
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George Washington surrenders the fort and retreats during the French and Indian War.
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General Edward Braddock arrives in Virginia with two regiments of English troops.
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The English declares war on the French.
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William Pitt becomes England's Secretary of State.
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British defeat the French and gain control of Canada.
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French Fort Niagra is captured by the English.
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Britain vetoes South Carolina anti-slave trade measures.
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The population of the colonists in America reaches 1,500,000.
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The French and Indian War ends with the Treaty of Paris.
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The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War.
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Merchants begin to boycott the British goods.
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Over 200 Boston merchants refuse to pay the Stamp Tax
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The Stamp Act was passed by British.
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The Sons of Liberty were formed, a group against the Stamp Act.
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New York assembly refuses to fully enforce the Quartering Act.
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The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766.
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English warships sail into Boston Harbor leaving two regiments of English troops to keep order.
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The Boston Massacre occured and four people were shot.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill occured.
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Minute Men force British troops back to Boston.
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The American revolution gains support from King Louis XVI of France.
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Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Congress is made sole authority of the new national government.
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Congress is made sole authority of the new national government
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States
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Benjamin Franklin appointed American representative in France
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France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war
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John Adams is appointed to negotiate peace with England
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Benedict Arnold joins the British
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American victory at Yorktown
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The British army surrenders at Yorktown.
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English Parliament votes against further war in America
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Preliminary peace treaty signed in Paris recognising American independence
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The final battle of the Revolutionary War when Americans retaliate by attacking a Shawnee village in Ohio.
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Preliminary peace treaty signed in Paris recognising American independence and the British withdrawal from America.
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English Parliament votes against further war in America
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Great Britain.
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The American Revolutionary War officially ends
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George Washington becomes the first president of the United States
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Bill of Rights is ratified
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Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the United States
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John Adams becomes the second president of the United States
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Library of Congress founded
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explore the Louisiana Territory
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United States end the slave trade with Africa
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James Madison becomes the fourth president of the United States
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War of 1812 begins with the United States
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The Creek War broke out, but soon ended in 1814.
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Harvard Law School was founded
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James Monroe became the fifth president of the United States
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The Jackson Purchase occured in Kentucky
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Several states were admitted to the United States including Tennessee, Ohio, Lousiana, Indiana, and Mississippi.
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Illinois was admitted to the US
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Alabama and Maine were admitted to the US
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Missouris was admitted to the US
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The sixth president of the United States became John Quincy Adams.
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The seventh president of the US became Andrew Jackson
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The Indian Removal Act occured
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The Oregon Trail was opened
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Nat Turner's revolt occured
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The Trail of Tears began in 1838 and enden in 1839.
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The Seminole War began
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The Department of Indian Affairs was established
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The Black Hawk War began.
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Texas War for independence began
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Arkansas was admitted to the US
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The Battle of the Alamo began
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John Tyler becomes the tenth president of the US.
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James Polk becomes the eleventh president of the US.
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Texas is admitted to the US
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Florida is admitted to the US.
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The Mexican War begins.
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Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War
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The Mexican War ends.
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Twelfth President of the US is Zachary Taylor
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Thirteenth President of the US is Millard Fillmore
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Fourteenth President of the US is Franklin Pierce
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Fifteenth President of the US is James Buchanan
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The Pony Express, the first fast mailing service that goes to the west coast, begins in the US.
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The first battle of the Civil War takes place, the first battle of Bull Run
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Sixteenth President of the US is Abraham Lincoln
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American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter
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Another battle of the Civil War takes place, the Battle of Gettysburg
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The Sand Creek Massacre takes place
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre.
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Seventeenth President of the US is Andrew Johnson
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United States Civil War ends
