Politics and Power Timeline

By dezikpa
  • Period: Jan 1, 1491 to

    Politics and Power

  • A whole new world
    Jan 1, 1492

    A whole new world

    Christopher Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492 under the Portuguese flag even though the trip was funded by Spain
  • Colombian Exchange
    Jan 1, 1492

    Colombian Exchange

    Thsi exhange of goods gave resources to the new world while also killing its inhabitants through the spread of disease
  • Encomienda System
    Jan 1, 1512

    Encomienda System

    This system was established to enslave indian's and take their land, but it was disguised as a way to christianize them
  • Protestant Reformation
    Oct 31, 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    Split the catholic church and created the protestant religions...most of our presidents are protestant
  • Conquest of Mexico
    Jan 1, 1521

    Conquest of Mexico

    Conquistadors like Hernando Cortez lie about traveling to spread the word of god, so that they maty be funded by the pope.
  • Mercantilism

    Mercantilism

    This was an economic system set in place to make the colonies rely more on the host country
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    The first legislative assembly in america established democracy in our government
  • West India Company

    West India Company

    A joint-stock company established in a Denmark controlled area of New York. This established New York as an economic power house
  • Fur Trade

    Fur Trade

    Fench befriend indians to find animals for fur trade. This partnership also translated to alliance in war
  • Bacon's rebellion

    Bacon's rebellion

    Indentured Servants rebelled which ended that labor source
  • Start of the Revolutionary War

    Start of the Revolutionary War

    The battle of Lexington and Concord also known as "The Shots Heard 'round the world" is the first battle of Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War is a between the british colonies in the Americas and Great Britian. Taxation of the colonist without reprersentation started the war
  • Articles of Confederations

    Articles of Confederations

    America's first constitution it failed because it gave the states too mcub power
  • End of Revolutionar War

    End of Revolutionar War

    While fighting stopped in 1782 and britain signed peace terms in november of 1783, The war was officially over September 3 1783 when Britain officially gave the United States its independence with signing of the Treaty of Paris.
  • Constitution

    Constitution

    Present day constitution established
  • 1st Election

    1st Election

    George Washington set many expectations of for future presidents
  • 12th admendment

    12th admendment

    12th admendment was added to have a better way to choose vice president
  • Hartford convention

    Hartford convention

    Federalist viewed as traitorous and lost a lot of influence
  • Gibbins vs Ogden

    Gibbins vs Ogden

    Decided that only the fdereal governement has control of interstate commerce
  • Election of 1828

    Election of 1828

    First election in which opponents slandered eachother. This is also the election in which a common man one
  • whig

    whig

    William James Harrison is the first whig president
  • Free Soil Party

    Free Soil Party

    Party agaisnt slaver in the new states
  • Know-Nothing Party

    Know-Nothing Party

    creation of party against immigrants
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    Series of resolutions to give pro and anti slavery equal opportunity
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Allowed voters to determine if kansas and nebraska should allow slavery or not even though the missouri compromise allowed
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    1st successful republican president
  • Jim Crow

    Jim Crow

    Promoted segregation declared consitutional in the plessy v ferguson case
  • Election of 1878

    Election of 1878

    Ended Reconstruction
  • Women's Christian Temperance Union

    Women's Christian Temperance Union

    Most Influtential women's group of the 19th century
  • National American Women Suffrage Associtation

    National American Women Suffrage Associtation

    Group fighting for women's right to vote
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    1st Federal action agaisn monopolies
  • Comittee on Public Information

    Comittee on Public Information

    Created propoganda
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Prohibited sale of alcohol
  • Election of 1932

    Election of 1932

    This flipped the parties regional base and gave democrats the minorities
  • election of 1940

    election of 1940

    FDR is the only president to have more than 2 terms
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Give aid to turkey and greece
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    give aid to western europe
  • NATO

    NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a group of contries joining together to protect their interest. This Organization was founded during the cold war which was a time where we were always on the brink of war and you would want as much people on your side as possible.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    This pact is a direct result of Nato and is created as a soviet response to the threat of democratic countries creating an alliance
  • Communist control act of 1954

    Communist control act of 1954

    illegal to be a member of a communist group
  • 24th admendement

    24th admendement

    every citizen can vote
  • Nixon Resigned

    Nixon Resigned

    only president to resign
  • election of 2008

    election of 2008

    First minority president
  • 20 dollar bill

    20 dollar bill

    Harriet Tubman will be the first woman on the 20 dollar bill
  • HUAC

    HUAC

    searched for communist in america