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Jan 1, 1095
Crusades
Was a reigious war between the christian and the muslims and they was fighting for the holy land. The euopeans were introduced to new things from asia some things like food,spiecs,and instruments -
Mar 20, 1345
Black Death
people believed it was a punishment from god. The black death killed over 25 million people in 5 years. The Black death killed 1/3 of the european population. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dais
In 1488 an exploere named Bartolomeu Dais became the first european mariner to round the sough of Africa. Befor he became an explorer he was a royal warehouses. Dais had sailed 2 ships in 1488. Storms had blew them away from the coast. A few years labor 4 ships had got wrecked and Dais and his crew was never found. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus
Some belived if you sail west you can reach the east. King Ferdiand and queen Isabell gave money and supplies to columbus. 3 ships landed in the caribbian Nina,Pant,Sapte,Maria. He had never landed in the u.s. He helped trade goods to europe and back this is important becuase he had found the u.s and if he would of never sailed the united staes would have been found sevaral years later and maybe not be the same untied staes it is today. -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco De Gama
De gama has a famous portuses explore. He wanted to find a route. From europe to Asia so europe could trade with them. King john 2 helped De Gama on his travel. On his travel he captained 4 ships. He point his ships south. The trip took sevral months. On his first voyage only 54 out of 170 crew members survived. -
Apr 2, 1513
ponce de leon
Ponce DE Loen led a Europe expedition to discoverd the mythical fountain of youth. He is the man that gace flordia its name. He was also born into a poor family. On his first voyage he had thought he landeed on another island but landed in Floida. He also discoverd the Gulf stream. -
Oct 31, 1517
posting 95 these
Beofr Martin Lurther posted the 95 these the only christian religion in Europe was catholism. Peoplde called for a return of all the churchs. Martin luther became a monk and began to question the church. On october 31,1517 Martin luther posted the 95 these on the door of the wittenburg church.
This is important becasue no we have more religions in the world. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn beheaded
King Henry beheaded his wife Anne Boleyn his second wife becuase he thought she was with othe people. King henry thought that Anne waas going behind his back and talking with the enemy. He thoought she was giving out information to others so he cut of her head. -
Jan 1, 1537
King Henry gets a son
King Henry recirved a baby boy.He had a baby boy by his love of his life Jane Symeur. He really loved Jane. But she died during childbrith .Henry son death lead to Mary being a queen and she started to explore america. -
Jan 1, 1565
St. Augustine
SAn Agustin was found in september of 1565 by spanish admiral and floridas first government pedro menendez de Avilles. It served as the capital of spanish florda for over 200 years. -
Jmaestown
Jamestown was founded in 1607. They help today because they was the first english serrlment. Jamestown was bulit like a triangular palisade with 3 bulwarks. -
New York
IN 1664 the english took control of the area and reneamed it new york. Between 1892 and 1954,millions of immaigrants arrived in new york harbor and passed through Ellis island to become an u.s. citzent. New york city was the first capital of the u.s. After the constition was reaified in 1788. On April 30,1789,Geogre Washington was inaugrated as the nation first presindent at federal hall. This is important because no new york city is one of the most busyest states. -
Maryland
On April 1649,colonists voted into laww an act condering relgion granted freedom of a pounshmment for all christans.Marland was founded by Geogre Calvert.Maryland was the 7 out of 13 colonists to become a state. Maryland was founded as a heaven for those who were catholic. -
Rhode island
Rhode island was first founded in 1636 by Roger Willams.On may 4,1776 Rhode islan became the fisrt colony to renouce allegiance to king Geogre the third. In 1908 the general assembly istablished may 4 as Rhode island Independence day. -
Delware
delware was founded on 1638 by Peter Minuit. Delware river and bay were first exploredby Henery Hudson in 1609. The first settlement on Delware of members of the dutch west india company in 1638. This state is important because is where most of our trading started without this some of the things we have now we wont have -
Proclamation Act
The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists. The French had effectively hemmed in the British settlers and had, from the perspective of the settlers, played the "Indians" against them. -
Sugar act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. But because of corruption, they mostly evaded the taxes and undercut the intention of the tax — that the English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes -
battle of Lexington-concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
battle of Saratoga
Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
battle of yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles) by the United States from France in 1803. -
war of 1812
n the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory. -
Trail of tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. -
Donner Party
In the spring of 1846, a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west. Led by brothers Jacob and George Donner, the group attempted to take a new and supposedly shorter route to California. They soon encountered rough terrain and numerous delays, and they eventually became trapped by heavy snowfall high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. -
CALI gold rush
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco.
