History

By DH Bridges
  • 1487

    1: The Four Day Sacrifice by King Ahuitzotl

    80,400 prisoners were killed by ripping out their beating hearts and kicking their bodies down the side of the temple pyramid. 14 Victims a minute.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus Departs from Spain, on course to the Canary Islands

  • Period: 1492 to

    America Begins!

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Lands on Watling Island in the Bahamas

  • 1498

    Christopher Columbus Makes his Second trip to the New World

  • 1502

    Christopher Columbus Makes his Third to the New World

  • 1518

    Hernando Cortes Leads a 1000 man strong force to Tenochtitlan

  • 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan Begins his Journey Around the Globe

  • Period: 1519 to 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan Circumnavigates the Globe

  • 1521

    10: Hernando Cortes Captures the Aztec Capital

  • Period: to

    Still America

  • Queen Anne's War Ends

  • France Begins to get Evicted from North America

  • The Paxton Boys movement

  • England enacts the Proclamation Line of 1763

  • The Stamp Act Congress

  • Regulator Movement

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Delaware Tea Party no one Cares About

  • 20: Declaration of Rights and Grievances was adopted

  • Thomas Paine Publishes "Common Sense"

  • Lee Resolution

  • Committee of Five Appointed

  • Declaration of Independence Draft Finished

  • Lee Resolution Adopted & Consideration of Declaration

  • Declaration of Independence Adopted & Printed

  • Copies of the Declaration Dispatched

  • Congress Orders the Declaration Engrossed on Parchment

  • Declaration Signed

  • 30: The Constitution was signed

    Signed on September 17, 1787 the Constitution of the United States established the laws and government of America. It also ensured certain basic rights for all of America’s citizens. The constitution states that Congress has the ability to create new laws. It then states how the election of the president is to be proceeded and describes what qualifications and procedures a president must have and follow. The legislative and judicial actions of a state must be honored by the other states.

  • Federal Judiciary Act

  • The Cumberland Road

  • The War of 1812

  • The Treaty of Ghent

  • End of the War of 1812

  • Monroe Solves conflicts with the Northern and Southern Borders

  • James Monroe is elected as president

  • James Monroe takes office

  • The Rush-Bargot Treaty

  • 40: The Erie Canal

  • Jackson Invades Florida

  • Convention of 1818

  • Adams-Onis Treaty

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Monroe is Re-elected into for president

  • The Monroe Doctrine

  • American System

  • The Erie Canal is finished