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Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands.
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Sir Walter Raleigh settles Roanoke, then leaves for England. Upon return he finds the entire settlement deserted.
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Anthony Johnson, a previous slave, gains immense wealth in the Colony of Virginia.
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Colonizers arrive from England and settle in the newly formed colony of Jamestown.
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Dutch traders bring slaves to America from Africa
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The settlers write the Mayflower and establish the colony of Plymouth
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A Quaker, William Penn, establishes the Pennsylvania Colony as a haven for fellow quakers.
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20 women are falsely accused of witchcraft. 25 people are killed from either hanging or in prison
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People are drawn towards spirituality and religion during this time. They begin attaining church more often.
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Benjamin Franklin creates the Albany Plan, which would untie the colonies into the start of a nation.
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The Colonists and the French fight a 7 year war that is ended by the Peace of Paris and French gaining land in North America.
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Instituted by Britain, the Stamp Act imposes British Tax upon the Colonies
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British soldiers shoot several people during a mob.
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Colonists, angry with the British taxation without representation, throw hundreds of barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor
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There is disagreements about Britain’s ability to control the colonies.
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These battles were the start of the Revolutionary War
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At this second meeting, the delegates make the decision to declare independence from Great Britain.
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British surrenders to the Colonies in Yorktown.
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The Articles of Confederation are put into motion by all 13 states.
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This was an armed rebellion that took place in Massachusetts. The rebels demanded that taxes be collected equally. It lasted about a year
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The delegates met in Philadelphia and discussed how America would be governed.
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The 13 states ratify the framework for our country.
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George Washington become the First President of the United States. He wins 100% of the electoral college votes.
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George Washington writes a letter to “Friends and Fellow Citizens” as he leaves office.
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This act limited free speech and and limited forgiven visitors to the country. It was very controversial.
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Thomas Jefferson is the elected the 3rd president of the Untied States.
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America purchases 828,000 acres of western land from France fro 15 million dollars
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Meriwether and William Clark trek across the newly bought Louisiana purchase to the west coast.
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The US, Great Britain and Ireland. It ended the ability for Native Americas to resist westward expansion.
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This declared Missouri as a slave state and Maine a free state. But it would be repealed 4 years later.
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This doctrine told Europeans nations that America would no longer tolerate anymore colonization or puppet monarchs.
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Andrew Jackson wins in a landslide of electoral votes.
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5 bills were passed to deal with the confrontation concerning free and slave states after the Mexican-American War
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This act declared that any slaves that escaped had to be returned to their masters, even if they escaped to a free state.
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A controversial(at the time) and anti-slavery book is published about the of life of a slave named Tom
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This boded war took place in Kansas territory over civil disputes
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This decision declared that living in a. are state did not entitle slave.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th president
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The Civil war starts and ends. This war was between the North and the South. Cause by the states being divided by opinions on slavery.
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Frederick Douglas leads the abolishment movement and would fight for equality until his death.
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Abraham Lincoln declares all slaves free upon this day
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Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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These amendments abolished slavery and prevented the denial of a person's vote based on color or race
