HIST151

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  • The First Americans: The Olmec
    1200 BCE

    The First Americans: The Olmec

    The Olmec, or also known as the early Mesoamerican civilization, is considered to be the foundation for later civilizations like the Maya or Aztecs.
  • The Spanish Golden Age
    1492

    The Spanish Golden Age

    The Spanish Golden Age is an important historical era because it was during a time where significant cultural, political, and economic changes really affected Spain and how it contributed to their emergence to global power.
  • Colombus Day
    Oct 12, 1492

    Colombus Day

    Christopher Colombus was a navigator and an explorer. He is best known for his voyages...
  • The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment was a major moment in history and it is very significant because of its profound impacts on politics, society, and the shaping of the new modern world.
  • English Settlement in America

    English Settlement in America

    The English Settlement refers to the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia.
  • Charles II and the Restoration Colonies

    The Restoration Colonies were a group of English settlements that were established in North America. This event in history is important because it marks the significant expansion of the British Empire in North America.
  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War is important because of its impacts and how those impacts led to the American Revolution. This war ended the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France lost most of its North American territory to Britain.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    During this time taxes were being imposed directly on to colonies.
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    The American Revolution is when America officially became independent. This is when the thirteen American colonies broke free from Britain's rule.
  • Creation of the Constitution

    Creation of the Constitution

    The Creation of the Constitution occurred due to past events that helped lead up to it.
  • Antebellum Reform and Utopianism

    The Antebellum Reform and Utopianism movement was a time period of pivotal social change in the United States.
  • President Jackson and his Democracy

    President Jackson and his Democracy

    President Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States but also one of the more controversial ones.
  • Challenges to Abolitionists

    Challenges to Abolitionists

    The Abolitionist movement expanded significantly and founded organizations that stood against slavery, like the American Anti-Slavery Society (1833).
  • Antebellum South

    Antebellum South

    The Antebellum South refers to the time period in the Southern United States before the Civil War. During this time plantation agriculture and slavery were major themes that were going on in the South.
  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, and ratified in March 1848. It was a pivotal moment in history because this treaty was an agreement to end the Mexican-American War.
  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was a series of legislative measures being passed by the U.S. Congress to address any disputes after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848. The goal of a compromise was to achieve and maintain balance and Union in any future disasters or events.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    The Civil War was one of the most devastating wars in American history. It illustrated the devastation of humans, the economy at the time, and the social world.
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Republican Party

    The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a very crucial piece in the deepening of the conflict over slavery. Similar to The Compromise of 1850, the Kansas–Nebraska Act contributed to the political realignment
  • John Brown and the Election of 1860

    John Brown and the Election of 1860 was one of the many events that contributed to the tension between the North and South over slavery, this contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
  • Industrial Transformation in the North

    Industrial Transformation in the North

    In history this time period would be marked by the significant changes in manufacturing and technology. The way people worked shaped the nation's economy and social structures.