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Period: Aug 28, 1492 to
History Timespan
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus founded the Americas
Christopher Columbus is one of the best-known of all explorers. He is famous for his voyage in 1492, when he discovered the Americas while he was looking for a way to sail to Asia. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first set of rules and laws established by the Pilgrims. Without these set of rules, havoc would occur. This enables for safe living and the prevention of inhumane living. -
Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony
Concerned with losing their cultural identity, the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. The colony, established in 1620, became the oldest continuously inhabited British settlement and the second successful English settlement. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War is important because Britain gained a lot of territory from it. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The Treaty marked the beginning of an extensive period of British dominance outside Europe. -
Stamp Act
This act is important because it led to the development of the corecive acts, boston tea party, the creation of the 1st continetantal congress and 2nd continental congress which eventually led to the writtin document THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. -
Lexington and Concord
It was important because it marked the beginning of the American Revolution. Also it had siganled freedom for the Americans from British rule. Americans could then decide if they wanted to pay the tax for tea from the King of England. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence states that a government exists for the benefit of the people and that "all men are created equal." -
Battle of Saratoga
It was a major turning point in the American Revolution. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States. It made the union of the thirteen colonies legal and identified them as sovereign states. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown won the war for the Americans. There were approximately 8,800 Americans, 7,800 French, and 6,000 British. -
Louisiana Purchase
For less than three cents an acre, the Lousiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. The purchase not only provided an outlet for the farm products of the west, enabling the agricultural goods to be shipped to other areas of the nation with less expense, but it provided more room for the ever expanding population and economy of the United States. -
Missouri Compromise
It was a compromise on whether to allow slavery in the new territory of Missouri that pleased neither side and led to violence. It started the wheel's in motion for the Civil War. -
Nullification Crisis
It dramatised the differences between North and South - with the North trying to protect its manufacturing industry by levying import-tariffs, mostly paid by the South who had only their one main commodity - cotton - and needed many imports. -
Annexation of Texas
Well first, we got Texas! They were a slave state at first but then we added another state to even out the country. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills aimed at resolving to territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War. There were five laws which balanced the interests of the slave states of South and the free states to the North. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Civil War
The civil war was important because it set the stage for the freeing of slaves, made the nation a stronger whole, and improved many aspects of daily life i.e health care, banking systems, farming, and city life. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It redefined the goals of the North and changed them from defeating the South to freeing the slaves. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States, making it illegal to hold our own slaves.
