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Columbus sailed and found New World
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Spain claimed Columbus's discovery with the Treaty of Tordesillas, this divided Portugal
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Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida, he first thought it was an island, he was seeking gold
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Hernan Cortes went from Cuba with 16 horses and a couple hundred men on 11 ships to Mexico
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Ferdinand Magellan went from Spain with 5 ships, was killed in the Phillippines, then his remaining ship came back in 1522, completing the first circumnavigation of the globe
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The Aztecs attacked the Spanish, it was a frantic, bloody, retreat for the Spanish
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A smallpox epidemic wiped out the Valley of Mexico
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Cortes laid seige to Tenochtitlan and it was capitulated
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Francisco Pizarro crushed the Incas in Peru
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Hernando de Soto took 600 men on a gold-seeking expedition
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explored the California coast but failed to discover anything interesting
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Because Protestant Elizabeth took the English throne, Protestanism became the main religion in England
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The Battle of Acoma, the Spanish severed one foot of each survivor
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England and Spain signed a treaty of peace
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English settlers got off their ship and called the place they sailed to Jamestown
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Area of the Battle of Acoma was given to New Mexico
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Pocahontas married John Rolfe which made peace and ended the First Angelo-Powhatan War
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Missionaries effort to decrease native religous customs, angered the Indians which caused the Pope's Rebellion
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Powhatan people were extinct to the English
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Spanish began to establish settlements in Texas
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Great Awakening was going on which was a rousing religion revival
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Georgia was formally founded, was the last of the 13 colonies
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Johnathan Edwards's preaching style was learned and his doctrines reached a sympathetic reaction from his parishioners
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Zenger trial, he was charged with seditious libel and was put into court
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George Whitefield came into the picture with a different type of preaching style which helped spread the Great Awakening
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The War of Jenkins's Ear broke out between the British and the Spaniards
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South Carolina blacks along the Stono River revolted and tried to march to Spansih Florida
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Princeton was founded in Princton, N.J.
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Peace treaty of 1748 gave Louisbourg back to their French foe
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Boston had many homeless poor people, and had to wear a red P on their clothing.
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Ben Franlin played a role in launching the University of Pennsylvania, which was the first American collge free from denominational control
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Columbia was founded in New York, N.Y.
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George Washington was sent to Ohio Valley as a lieutenant colonial in command of about 150 Virginia militiamen
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General Braddock set out with 2,000 men to capture Fort Duquesne
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British launched a full invasion of Canada
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William Pitt became a foermost leader in the London government
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William Pitt disparched a powerful expedition againist Louisbourg
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New York was exporting 80,000 barreks of flour a year
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The Battle of Quebec, is one of hte most significant engagements between British and Americans
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Britian gets rid of South Carolina's anti slave trade measures
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Montreal fell, French flag fluttered in Canada for the last time
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Sugar Act passed, put a tax on sugar
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Passed the Stamp Act, put a tax on any stamps
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Quartering Act, required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops
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A mob destroyed Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson's home
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Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but weren't happy about it
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London governemtn suspended the legislature of New York for not following the Quartering Act
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Townshend persuaded Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts
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Boston Massacre, crowd of 60 townspeople went againist a squad of about 10 redcoats and shots were fired
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Virignia created the House of Burgesses
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British East India Compant faced bankruptcy because of unsold tea
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Boston Tea Party, Bostonians dressed as Indians then dumped British's tea into the harbor
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Boston Port Act, closed the tea stained harbor until damages were paid
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Quebec Act, French were allowed Catholic religion, got to keep customers and institutions and Quebec was extended southward
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First Continental Congress delibertated for 7 weeks
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British commander sent troops to Lexington and Concord
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Second Contiental Congress met in Philadelphia
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Colonists seized Bunker Hill, they manaced the enemy in Boston
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King George III proclaimed the colonies in rebellion
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Lord Dunmore issued a proclemation which promised freedom to any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British army
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Colonists fought almost the whole war before adopting the Articles of Confederation
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Spain claimed a large area north of the Gulf of Mexico, which included Florida, which was granted to the U.S. by the British
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Spain closed the river to American commerce
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Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was passed.
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12 states' delegates met for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
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Nine statesratified the new government under the Constitution
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Washington was drafted as president by the Electoral College in 1789
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Washington took the oath of office
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Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution
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Jefferson becomes president and defeats Adams
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Judiciary Act of 1801, created 16 new federal judgeships
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The Naturalization Law was created which reduced the requirement of residence from 14 to 5 years
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Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition of the Louisiana Purchase
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Embargo Act of 1807, forbid the export of all goods from the U.S.
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Non-Intercourse Act was passed to replace the Embargo Act
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Macon's Bill was passed, which reopened trade with all the world
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Battle of Tippecanoe, William Harrison gathered an army and adavanced on Tecumseh's headquarters near Tippecanoe River
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War of 1812, was disoragnized soldiers were also ill trained, but other nations found a new repsect for America after
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Hartford Convention, people thought the complaints were petty and this put an end to the Federalist party.
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Treaty of Ghent, which was an agreement to stop fighting with the British.
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Andrew Jackson becomes hero at Battle of New Orleans.
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Florida is purchased by the United States.
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James Monroe is elected president.
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Mississippi becomes a state.
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Erie Canal is built.
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Missouri was declared a slave state.
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Denmark Vesey led another ill-fated rebellion in Charleston.
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John Quincy Adams wins.
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Tariff Act of 1824 was passed and was promoted by Henry Clay to protect American Industry.
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John Quincy Adams becomes president.
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First American railroad is completed in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Andrew Jackson is elected president and Calhoun is vice president.
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Tariff of Abominations was passed, replaced the protective Tariff Act of 1824
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Was signed by President Jackson and granted authority to move Indians to Western lands.
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Was adopted by Congress, was more moderate than the Tariff of 1828, but still leaves the South unsatisfied.
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Compromise tariff written up by Henry Clay and it includes a gradual cutback in tariffs, which pleases the South.
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"Pet banks" are established which means funds from the Bank of the United States are transferred to these 23 state banks.
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The Whig Party is formed in response to Jackson's policies.
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Martin Van Buren is elected President.
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Specie Circularsays that only gold and silver be used to buy government land.
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James K. Polk is elected president
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California is now a free state
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America and Mexico sign the Gadsden Treaty
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The Free Soilers come about and ban slavery and blacks from Kansas
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Five people supporting slavery are killing during a protest led by John Brown
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Oregon is now recognized as a state
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Abraham Lincoln becomes president
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South Carolina secedes
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Shots are fired at Fort Sumter and they surrender
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Union loses the first battle of the Civil War
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Slavery is abolished in the District Of Columbia
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Union loses the Second Battle Of Bull Run
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Union loses the Battle Of Frederickburg
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The Battle Of Gettysburg was a major win for the Union
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Union wins against the Confederates at the Battle of Chancellorville
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Sherman marches through Georgia
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Lincoln is re elected for president
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
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Lincoln gets assisinated by John Wilkes Booth
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The rest of the Confederates surrender which ends the Civil War
