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1492
Spanish exploration
The beginning of the exploration of America -
1500
Encomiendas
Approval from the Spanish crown to allow settlers to force labor from the Indians -
1517
Religious Upheavals
The era of the protestant revolution and Martin Luther -
Powhatan war
Wars between early English settlers and the Powhatan Indians -
The First Great Awakening
Spirituality came back into the public conscience strongly -
Stono Rebellion
Slave rebellion in the southern colonies -
French & Indian War
Known as the seven years war, this was a conflict between Britain and France in America -
Stamp Act
The British government imposing a tax on printed good in the colonies -
Boston massacre
British soldiers killed multiple Americans due to tensions growing -
Boston Tea Party
American patriots throwing crates of tea into the water as protest -
First Continental Congress
Delegates from 12 colonies came together to discuss the future -
Lexington & Concord
This is where the first shots of the revolutionary war were fired -
Declaration Of Independence
Declaring that America would become a separate nation from Britain -
Treaty Of Paris
Secures the 13 colonies as American states and ends the war -
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the constitution -
XYZ Affair
Unofficial war between France and the U.S labeled as the quasi war -
Louisiana Purchase
The purchasing of the Louisiana territory by the U.S -
Bleeding Kansas
Fights that occurred in Kansas between pro and anti slave Americans -
Dred Scott v Sanford
Court case that decided descendants of slaves were not citizens -
Civil War
Tensions finally come to a head and America goes to war with itself