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James town was founded
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revolutionary war starts
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1 May 1775 - Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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15 Sep 1781 - Battle of Yorktown
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The Treaty Of paris
negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence -
louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and the French. This purchase roughly doubled the size of the United States, streching from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the start to the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. In their expedition they established contact with Native Amerians and collected valuable information about western plants and animals.I included the event in my timeline because the Lewis and Clark Expedition helped the United States at the time get a better feel for what beyond the Mississippi River. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise settled the conflict that had come up between Missouri's application for statehood. Missouris would enter the Union as a slave state, as Maine joned the state as a free state, making the free to slave states equal. Salvery would be prohibited in any new state under the Missorui southern border.I included this into my timeline because even though this compromise was made there was still fighting over slavery between the North and South.Monroe Doctrine -
Indian removal act
It was an act that moved out indians west from the mississipi river. -
The Nullification Crisis
~Southern states felt that the tarriffs were unfair and only supported the north.~John C. Calhoun said that any state could nullify an unconstitutional law.~South Carolina threatend to secede~Henry Clay came up with a compromise and lowered tarriff. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
It ended the mexican war, they gave the americans 525,000 square miles to United States territory. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Required all citizens to help catch runaways.Anyone who aided fugitive could be fined or imprisoned.Angered the north Some northerners refused to cooperate. Lead many northerners to support the underground railroad. Lead many runaway slaves to continue north to canada. -
The Compromise of 1850
Admitted California as a Free state. Everything that was to be gained from Mexio was to be declared free. Fugitive Slave Law was a part of the comprimise of 1850. Under the fugitive Slave law everybody who comes in contact with a slave is immediately deputized and must turn the slave in to the authorities or the will have to pay a fine or go to jail. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
2 governments were set up.Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery,Violance breaks out between the 2 types of governments -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
An 1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal. The court ruled against Scott because he wasn't a U.S citizen, and had no right to sue in U.S courts. He was also bound to the Missouri slave code.Southerners cheered the courts decision. Many Northerneers were outraged and looked to the Republican party to hault the growing power of Southern slaveholders. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Was one of the most important victories for the union. Lee was heading up north, but the union heard about the attack and had made the first move. The confederates attacked the union the 2nd day, and the third day Lee attacked with less then 15 thousand troops on the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge, the attack is known as Pickett’s Charge -
Civil war
the civil war starts -
Abraham Lincoin is assasinated
While watching a play, A conferderate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shoots abe in the head and runs away. -
the spanish war
the spanish war begins -
the end of the spanish war
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WW1
World war one begins -
WW1 ends
Germany was finally forced to seek an armistice with the Allies in the early days of November 1918 -
The stock market crash
The stock market crashes, marking the end of six years of unparalleled prosperity for most sectors of the American economy. The "crash" begins on October 24 (Black Thursday). By October 29, stock prices will plummet and banks will be calling in loans. An estimated $30 billion in stock values will "disappear" by mid-November. -
President Hoover is elected (the beginning of the great depression)
President Herbert Hoover says, "Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish." -
WW1 starts
Hitler attacks Poland, two days later france and britian had declared war over germany. -
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THE COLD WAR
the war against sovient russia -
Death of Hitler
The Germans were already losing the war and Hitler knew it was only a matter of time before he was captured. He would not allow himself to be captured. Suicide was his only answer so he and his wife shot themselves. Their bodies were then burned by soldiers. Hitler's power continued to diminish in the years leading up to his death. With every German defeat he lost supporters. Once he realized defeat was imminent, he knew what he had to do ("Adolf Hitler"). -
End of WW2
Gernmany surrenders -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks took her stand against segregation on a bus in montgumery, Martin Luther King Jr. took charge of the situation by encouraging African Americans to boycott against riding the transit buses. By crippling the profits of the transit buses, and the bombings and arrests that followed, MLK was able to bring an end to segregation on Montgumery busses, and brought mistreatment of African Americans to a spotlight.With this non-agressive action, civil rights progressed positively. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President B Johnson Made a law that Protects the rights of black people. It forbid Racial Discrimination in employment and education.