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Aug 3, 1492
Three ships
On august 3rd 1492 columbus' ships set sail -
Oct 14, 1492
finding land
the ships landed on the bahamas -
Nov 2, 1500
Conquest of the aztec empire
moctezuma ruled the aztec empire which was the height of its power in early 1500s -
Nov 3, 1514
founding a new colony
jamestown is founded -
Nov 2, 1519
Hernan cortez
Hernan cortez left to sail to present day mexico -
Nov 2, 1524
Seeking northwest passage
italian captain giovanni da verrazano sought northwest passage -
Nov 2, 1534
Conquest of inca empire
Pizzaro and Native american allies conquered Inca empire -
french in new world
french began spreading out from saint lawrence river -
Captured
english fleet captured undefended colony of new amsterdam -
searching fo missippi
louis jolliet and jacques marquette searching for the missippi -
king charles the 2nd
king charles the 2nd agreed to grant penn a charter to begin a colony to begin a colony west of new jersey -
Philadelphia
philadelphia had become the largest british colonial city -
king george 3
king george 3 issued the proclomation of 1763 -
paraliament
paraliament passed the sugar act -
textile mill
englishman richard arkwright invented spinning machine -
contineltal congress
first continental congress had a meeting -
capturing montgomery
patriot troops led by general richard -
serand continental congress
12 colonies net in philadelphia for second continental congress -
independence is declared
the continental congress approved the declaration of independence -
slaves
slaves became legal in all colonies -
slavery
slavery was legal in all colonies -
new england
colonies were taking steps to end slavery -
treaty
treaty of paris came after 2 years -
closing the river
spanish officials closed lower part of the missippi river -
12 amendment
congress proposed 12 amendments -
more people
population grew ove 33,000 people -
cotton industry
demand for american cotton grew rapidly -
beheaded king
french revolutionaries behead king louis xvi -
learning how to read and write
cherokee children learned to read and write -
new orleans
spain closed new orleans to american shipping -
adventure story
an adventure story published during american revolution -
harvesting
cyrus mccormick developed harvesting machine -
spreading slavery
after rebellion slavery begin to spread -
henry clay
henry clay of kentucky had propsed a compromise that would -
political party
a new political party formed to oppose jackson -
lawmakers
massachsetts law makers created a state board of education -
PANIC!
a serve economic depression -
education
massachusetts created state board of education -
farminge
john deere invents the plow -
womens rights
sarah brimke publish a pamplet arguing for equal right for women -
whigs
the whigs united against the weekend van bauren -
dividing land
president jamey polk wanted to extend line to west dividing mexican cession -
law in town
new york city gets its first police force -
u.s territory
oregon became an organized u.s territory -
TRUTH
truth gave a speech that is often quoted to this day -
fight of fort summer
a spark occured at fort summer -
RIOTS
riots broke out when african americans were brought into new york city -
completion
completion of the transcontinental railroad -
people in demand
the demand for coal and steel grew