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Nathaniel Bacon organized a militia to attack the Native Americans to get additional land in western Virginia. This was the start of his rise to power (which did not last very long).
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Nathaniel Bacon dies of dysentery shortly after the burning of Jamestown, and the Bacon Rebellion fizzled out. However, its impact was to increase support for western farmers against the Native Americans. It also caused the leaders in the Southern Colonies to try to prevent the poor white people from teaming up with slaves (basically by promoting racism), and also to prevent the slaves from teaming up with Native Americans.
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Bacon was not satisfied with the lack of support of the House of Burgesses (the Virginia state government) for the fight against the Native Americans, and he also thought Governor Berkeley was corrupt. So he organized a militia and attacked Jamestown, burning it to the ground, which demonstrated to many wealthy farmers the danger of ignoring the western Virginia farmers' desire to expand.
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Over one hundred people in Salem, Massachusetts are accused of witchcraft. It was driven by the strong religious beliefs of the Puritans in Salem, and by the pastor who thought he was protecting his daughters.
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Bridget Bishop was hanged in Salem, Massachusetts. This showed that the accusations of witchcraft were going to result in death, and the danger of religious fanatics.
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4 men (and 1 woman) were hung. The men's names were George Burroughs, George Jacobs, John Proctor, and John Willard. Many people think the Salem Witch Trials targeted only women, and was driven by misogyny. However, men were targeted and executed as well.
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81 year old Giles Cory was pressed to death for refusing to testify in the Salem Witch Trials. So it was not just people accused of witchcraft who were executed. It shows how obsessed the accusers were.
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A mass hanging of 8 people. There were 6 women and 2 men hung. However, the executions ended when the mayor's wife was accused - all of the accused were then released. (It is sort of like reverse nepotism.)
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In the early 1740s in the Southern Colonies, Eliza Lucas discovered that indigo grew well on high ground and sandy soil. That resulted in indigo becoming another cash crop, providing additional wealth to southern farmers. It probably also led to more slavery (very bad).
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The British government put a tax on goods such as sugar and molasses to pay for the war they just had. The colonists were very unhappy
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The government put a tax on paper (newspapers, posters, playing cards, etc...) The colonists were very angry about having to pay more money because they did not get to vote on the act
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The Painting was "Protesting the Stamp Act". It was of the colonists burning up stamps in protest.
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A man makes a letter addressed to the "Countrymen". He was saying that as Americans it was their "duty to fight this tax". He was explaining how he thought that the tax the British put on American goods was unfair.
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William Pitt made a speech to the House of Commons in England. He stated that he thought that the British had no right to tax the colonies.
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people were upset because the british imposed taxes on trade goods
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There was a shooting between the British soldiers and the colonists and 5 people were killed. The government wanted to kill people who stood up for their rights, but there is a lot of conflicting propaganda which makes it hard to know what really happened.
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Colonel Ebenezer Zane founded Wheeling, West Virginia.
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The Bloody Massacre in King-Street Engraving was made by Paul Revere. He was a silversmith. The event in the engraving was on March 5, 1770. Looks like it is Anti-British Propaganda
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150 men snuck into a dock and dumped all the the tea in a ship overboard in protest of the British Parliament
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150 men snuck into a dock and dumped all the the tea in a ship overboard in protest of the British Parliament
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150 men snuck on board of British ships in a dock and dumped all of the tea overboard in protest of the British Parliament
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In 1775, tobacco and rice were exported to England in an equal amount. This showed the importance of the rice trade to Southern Colonies farmers. And exports of rice rose very steeply after 1760. Tobacco had always been important, but rice was becoming very important as well.
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"Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms" was created by the Second Continental Congress.
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The Declaration of Independence was created after the American Revolution.
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3,500 British troops took over Savannah, Georgia. They took over Georgia's backcountry. The British Loyal Governor regained power
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When Clinton attacked Charles Town, his soldiers closed in on the town and trapped the Americans inside. He had 14,000. Then the Americans surrendered.
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Ferguson destroyed the army of the over-mountain men. This angered southern farmers.
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Cornwallis marched into Virginia. He believed that new troops and supplies would come in if the Americans had control over Virginia.
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The United States was recognized by the British as a new nations. The Mississippi River was the western border.
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In Massachusetts, there was a rebellion because of the government. They raised taxes and no longer allowed paper money to pay off debts.
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The farmers were angry with the government. The closed down courthouses and marched into the state supreme court.
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Delegates of the Constitutional Convention attempted to change the Articles of Confederation. They started to make a new constitution from a new national government.
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There were problems with the politics and economics in the United States. It worried american leaders. There was a weak central government
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Wheeling, West Virginia was officially established as a town.
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Robert Fulton's Steamboat travels from New York City to Albany, introducing the use of steamboats to transport people and goods.
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Andrew Jackson led a battle against the Creek Indians and killed hundreds of them. He had help from the Cherokee because he promised to treat them well.
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Congress authorizes the construction of the National Road, also known as Cumberland Road. That dramatically improved traveled between Maryland and Virginia.
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New York authorizes the construction of the Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo, NY. That helped improve trade.
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Congress passed a law that gave Maine representatives in the House of Representatives. Main became a state so it had to have congress people.
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Lewis Cass promised the Shawnee and Cherokees if they moved west of the Mississippi, the Americans would never try to take their land. Liar
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A group of businessmen form the B & O Railroad. The biggest thing in the transportation revolution. Was able to ship goods to long distances.
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Andrew Jackson won the Election of 1828
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The Seminole tribe had a long battle with American forces because they stood their ground and refused to leave. They killed many people. Eventually they were arrested and died in jail.
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A democrat from Pennsylvania named David Wilmot "proposed that in any territory that the United States gained from Mexico 'neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist"(284).
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was able to convince the delegates that one of the biggest priorities should be the right for women to vote. Technically though, women could not vote until the 1920s.
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The Wheeling Suspension Bridge was built.
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There was a debate to whether or not California should be allowed "into the Union as a free state" which resulted in the Compromise of 1850. California joined the Union.
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The US congress wanted the President to force Japan to trade with the US. They hired Mathew C. Perry to negotiate a treaty.
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Japan was a closed society and had no contact with the outside world. The Japanese had big cannons and guns, but Perry had 65 bigger guns and cannon That was a threat ti them so. Perry was bad for Japan, but good for the USA.
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Japan used to be a closed society until Perry decided to invade it. The Japanese fought for him to leave, but his ships had too many cannons. He successfully made it to Japan.
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Four American ships went under Perrys command and their advanced technology impressed the Japanese. They started to work together. That could have been part of the reason that the Japanese have some of the most impressive technological advances in history.
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"Abraham Lincoln wins national-attention during Lincoln-Douglas debates"(page 305)
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"Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania"(page 410).
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Lincoln is elected and secession begins
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Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a blockage of the confederate ports as part of an operation against the south
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Dissolution of the Union started with South Carolina. Political conflicts between the North and South. Congress finds a compromise. the secessionists ignore that congress was trying to help so they stole all of the federal property
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During Lincoln's inaugural address, he spoke directly towards the seceding states. Lincoln repeated his commitment; intended with the seceding states "hold, occupy, and possess"
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Susan B. Anthony founded a Boston-based Women Suffrage Association.
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Susan B. Anthony illegally voted for president and was arrested. Her argument was that it was her 14th Amendment right. She still lost
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Severe recession that made the American companies cut wages. That was very hard on the economy
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Christopher Sholes created the typewriter and sold it to Remington and Sons.
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Alexander Graham Bell can up with the idea for the telephone. He talked to his assistant about the idea and then he did it.
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Andrew Carnegie opened a steel company in Pittsburgh.
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The US negotiated with the Samoans to allow them to have a Naval base their to resupply and refuel so that they could travel around the Pacific Ocean
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Standard oil created its first trust which is a way for businesses to merge without violating the laws about monopoly.
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The government set laws that allowed segregation. They made is legal to prohibit black people from being in certain public places.
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"African American farmers established the Colored Farmers' National Alliance" (page 477)
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The Anglo-Saxon's started to support Imperialism and they became involved with America. They even risked war so that Germany would not take control over Samoa
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The Anglo-Saxons were doing well and so was imperialism. The US was doing well with foreign affairs. The US risked war with Germany to prevent them from stealing Samoa.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the president of the "National American Women Suffrage Association"
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Queen Liliuokalani was a long lasting Hawaiian ruler who issued the new constitution. That restored the power of the monarchy and people didn't like it so they protested the new constitution.
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Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii made a new constitution that gave power back to their monarchy and rights to the Hawaiian citizens.
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The Monarch in Hawaii created the new constitution and people didn't like that. In response, Queen Liliuokalani surrendered the position because of the reaction from the people.
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The US backed Venezuela and formed an alliance. The US protected Venezuela from Great Britain's border dispute between British Guiana. The British decided to ignore the US's peace and congress decided to go to war, but it was able to be resolved without war.
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The War Industries Board was established
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The War Industries Board was established
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There was a 3/4 vote that women should be allowed to vote. That became the 19th Amendment.
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The Great Depression started (and lasted until 1939).