Thematic Timeline (Politics and Power)

Columbian Exchange

Apr 22, 1492

Exhange of goods, ideas, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Dieases from Europeans killed many Natives.
Significant to US is that it connected America and Europe

Shift in Europe

Apr 22, 1500

Europe shifts from a feudism to capitalism
Significate is that Europe will eventually send more traders too the Americas

Encomienda system

Apr 22, 1512

Royal grants of land from Spanish crown to Spainards.
Spanish settlers promised to Christianize Natives
Spnish treated the Natives harshly

White superiority

Apr 22, 1513

Europeans began to think that they are better than Natives and Africans and begins the dsicrimination in the Americas

trades with Natives

Apr 22, 1515

Hores and guns caused Natives to cause conflict with one another because they wanted to trade with the Europeans more

Africans in the New World

Apr 22, 1619

Africans' status as slaves or indentured servants is unclear
Begins slaves in the US and racism

Mayflower

Nov 11, 1620

first governing document of the plymouth colony
Established America's government

Jamestown

Apr 22, 1622

First english colonists wanted gold and silver
First estbalished english colony

Boston-City on the Hill

Apr 22, 1629

Puritans left to American to escape from religious persecution and created Boston which is called "A model of christian Charity"
Gave the power being religiously diversed

Anne Hutchinson banished

Apr 22, 1637

challeneged political authority

French and Indian War

Apr 22, 1754

First war where the colonists and British fought along side with each other, and then after the war the colonists felt betrayed Start of the idea of separating

Proclamation of 1763

Apr 22, 1763

colonists were'nt allowed to settle in the newly conquered land Made the colonists made and another reason to separate from England

Sugar Act

Apr 22, 1764

Tax on wines,coffee to pay off the war debt

Stamp Act

Apr 22, 1765

Tax on various forms of paper Another reason for colonist to separate

Boston Massacre

Apr 22, 1770

crowd of commoners harassed Birtish soliders and cause soliders to shoot and kill 5 persons Sparked the idea of revolting

Jefferson elected

Apr 22, 1800

First common man in president created Article of Conferate

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 22, 1803

Double the size of the U.S New terriortories and debates of slavery in the WEst

Congress votes to end the slave trade

Jan 1, 1807

Congress ban the international slave trade America starts to politcally care AFrican Americans

Embargo of 1807

Apr 22, 1807

To avert war, U.S imposed embargo on forgein trade, but failed and danaged the American economy Made America look weak in power

Missouri Compromise

Apr 22, 1820

prohibited slavery above the 36,30 N line Cause the spilt of North and South

Manifest Destiny

Apr 22, 1845

Americans wanted ot expand to the Pacific More political debates about slavery in the west

Mexican American War

Apr 22, 1846

Mexican killed 16 Americans Cause Mexican American War, which showed America's power after they win the war

California gold rush

Apr 22, 1848

Gold rush in california Caused immirgation and migration to Caliofrnia

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Apr 22, 1848

Ended Mexican American War American gained California, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico

Compromise of 1850

Apr 22, 1850

California to Unions Help balance out the slave states and free states

Purchase of Alaska

Apr 22, 1867

Seward bought Alaska from Russia increase US size and has natural resourcces.

Transcontinental R.R finsihed

Apr 22, 1869

mostly immigrants build it Increase trade and connection within the U.S

Indian Appropriation Act

Apr 22, 1871

Try to assimilate Natives Treated tribres as independent, soveregin nations

Granger Laws and Munn v. Illinois

Apr 22, 1872

Advance methods of agriculture Helped social and economic of famers

Yellowstone National Park

Apr 22, 1872

Set areas for the wilderness to not be touched Helped converism

Spanish American War

Apr 22, 1898

America wanted to go to war after a "bombing" of a boat It showed America's domiance in the world

U.S senate debates imperialism

Apr 22, 1899

Worry that america is becoming an empire Cause the debate to take territory in Asia

Open Door Policy

Apr 22, 1899

Help china by not letting other contruies walk over it Showed America power by helping other countries

NAtional Child labor committee formed

Apr 22, 1904

stopping child labor America would soon pass the Child Labor laws

Panama Canal

Apr 22, 1904

starts panama canal to have faster trade America would later give the canal back to Panama

Truman defeated Dewey

Apr 22, 1946

Truman won started Fair Deal

Containment and The Iron Curtain

Apr 22, 1946

Communism is spreading Shaped the foreign policy of the US for the entire Cold War

Trueman Dcotrine and Marshall Plan

Apr 22, 1947

Help non-communist countries Helped support the containment policy

Taft-Hartley Act

Apr 22, 1947

prohibited somre strikes and closed shops Made changes to the Wagner Act

Berlin Blockade

Apr 22, 1948

Soviet forces occupy germany Reagan delivered his speech to tear the wall later

Roland REagan elected president

Apr 22, 1980

President reduced taxes and changed american vaules to more materalristic

Boland Amendment

Apr 22, 1982

not allow americans to help communists Later made more acts for humanitarians aid to stop helping communists

Intermediate rande nuclear forces Treaty

Apr 22, 1987

agreed to destroy all U.S and Soviet intermediate-range nuclear and conventional helped stop the cold war

NAFTA

Apr 22, 1993

eliminated most trade barriers among the three countires in North America increased trade and gave more support to CLinton

Welfare reform

Apr 22, 1996

Reforms in welfare assistance and ended Aid to Families with Dependent children program instituted workfare, which required work for relief