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Feb 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztecs
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Hernan Cortes set out to rule the people of the Aztecs. He encountered a group called the Tlaxcalans, that were the enemies of the Aztec. They banded together to take over the Aztec people -
Jan 1, 1552
Bartolome de Las Casas Criticizes the Spanish
Explorer that sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, but failed to reach India. -
Founding of Jamestown
The first London Company colonists arrived in Virginia and named their town Jamestown. -
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King Philip’s War
This war was the last effort for the Indians to remove the English settlers. The war destroyed twelve frontier towns. -
Bacon’s Rebellion
This rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon and some Virginia settlers against Indian colonist and to rebel against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. -
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French and Indian War
This war was faught to decied who would have the strongest power in North America. The was started with a dispute over who would own what land. -
Pontiac’s War
The war was started by the Ottawa Indians against the British and the settlers. They felt that the British had no rights to give up their land. -
Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation was written by King George III, it allowed people only to settle on the land drawn before the applachian mountians, they could not settle past that land. -
Treaty of Paris
treaty
The treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
Treaty of Greenville
treaty
It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west. -
Louisiana Purchase
Pruchase
The pruchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory, by the United States from France in 1803. -
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1808 to 1812 Tecumseh and The Prophet
these were a series of wars that were fought in kentucky and tennesse. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
They were the first to complete and exposdition through the western part of the U.S. -
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1813 to 1814 Creek War
War amoung opposing Creek group, Euorpean empires, and the U.S. these wars took place in Alabama and along the Gulf Coast. -
Indian Removal Act
Law
The law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
Trail of Tears
Cherokee tribes were forced to give up their land east of the mississippi river and migrate to Ohkahomla. -
Oregon Trail
transportation route for emigrants traveling from Missouri to Oregon and other points west during the mid-1800s -
Gold discovered in California
James W. Marshall was the first to discover gold while doing construction on the American River. -
Passage of the Homestead Act
any aldult over the age of 21 was able to claim 160 acres of land from public domain -
Sand Creek Massacre
700 men set an attack on Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian villages. -
Diminished Buffalo Herds
Many people started to hunt the Buffalo which caused them to decrease in number. -
Battle of Little big horm
battle \
an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
Nez Perce War
war
was an armed conflict between several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies. -
Columbus discovers the New World
Christoper Columbus
Chirstoper Columbus lead many voyages around the world. on these voyages he discorved islands, gulf of mexico, north and south american mainlands. this gave native americans new lands. -
Worcester v. Georgia
CaseUnited States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.