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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
In 1492 Columbus sail the alantic ocean with three ships and spain on his side. Queen isabella gave him these ships along with an army of men. -
Education
In Massachusetts the law required that every town own a school. The year that the first american college, harvard, was build was 1636. Typically only whites went to school, not blacks or indians. -
Bacon's Rebellion
In 1675 a conflict between Nathaniel Bacon and William Berkeley erupted. Bacon didn't agree with Berkely, he refused Bacon a piece of the Indian fur trade. -
The Enlightenment
The product of great scientific and intellectual discoveries. This time period encouraged men and women to look to themselves and there own intellect, not just God. -
Spread of Science
In this year Benjamin Franklin demonstrated using a kite, that lightning and electricity were the same thing. The spread of science was one of the greatest influences in the enlightenment. At this time Puritans believed by infecting people deliberately with a mild case of small pox they would become immuned. -
Revolutionary War
This date was the date of Bunker Hill which is one of the battles of the war. This war start with a small battle at Lexington between the British and american settlers in 1775. At the war at Bunker Hill the patriots suffered severe casualties and retreated. -
The Great Compromise
This was the date the convention created a grand comittee. This compromise created a two house legislature. They agreed that slaves would only be represented by 3/5's aperson. -
The Constitution of 1787
On this date in history, thirty-nine delgates signed the Constitution. This document included the idea of checks and balances and popular sovereignty. James Mason was the biggest influence towards the Constitution. -
The Louisiana Purchase
On this day Livingston and Monroe signed an agreement with Napoleon over the Louisiana Territory. The United States agreed to pay $15 Million for the land. -
The War of 1812
On this date American forces seized control of Lake Erie. This was all thanks to Oliver Hazard Perry who engaged and dispersed a British fleet at Put-in Bay. In the summer of 1812 American forces invaded canada through Detroit. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse began experimenting with the telegraph and was fascinated by the possibilities so he developed the Morse Code. The telegraph was a dramatic advancement over other traditional methods of communication. -
Salvery
In this year about 400 slaves were freed from John Randolph. Over 250,000 free blacks lived in the slaveholding states by the beginning of the civil war. -
The Reconstruction Period
The month the Freedmen' Bureau was established. To many white southerners the reconstruction period was a viscious and destructive experience. The northerners believed that without this reconstruction period the south would go back to the same society it was before the war. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Joint Committee on Reconstruction proposed the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constituton. It offered the first Constitutional definition of citizenship.