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sailed from Italy to discover a new way of trade to the Asian side of the world, but instead they did they found what was the Americas but they had thought that they landed in India or Indonesia and that why they called them Indians.
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a Venetian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England was the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century
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He led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his first voyage to the area in 1513.
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a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States.
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was a Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France.
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a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542.
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an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.
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Series of clashes between the Powhatan Confederacy and English settlers in Virginia
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Series of clashes between English settlers and Pequot Indians in the Connecticut River valley. Ended in the slaughter of the Pequots by the Puritans and their Narragansett Indian allies.
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Armed conflict between royalists and parliamentarians, resulting in the victory of pro-Parliament forces and the execution of Charles I.
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Last-ditch effort by the Indians to dislodge Virginia settlements. The resulting peace treaty formally separated white and Indian areas of settlement.
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Series of assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New England. The attacks slowed the westward migration of New England settlers for several decades.
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Began with an Indian attack on Newbern, North Carolina. After the Tuscaroras were defeated, remaining Indian survivors migrated northward, eventually joining the Iroquois Confederacy as its sixth nation.
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Nine-year war between the British and the French in North America. It resulted in the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland and helped spark the Seven Years' War in Europe.
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an armed struggle for secession from the British Empire by the Thirteen Colonies that would sooner or later become the united states
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a series of armed conflicts when the Cherokee fought to prevent the encroachment of American settlers into eastern Tennessee and eastern Kentucky; under British rule, this land had been preserved as native territory.
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a continuation of the Second Cherokee War that included a larger number of native tribes attempt to halt the expansion of settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee
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a series of battles with various native tribes in present-day Ohio. The goal of the campaign was to affirm American sovereignty over the region and to create increased opportunities for settlement.
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debtor's revolt over a credit squeeze that had financially devastated many farmers. The federal government was fiscally unable to raise an army to assist the state militia in combating the uprising. the weakness of the national government bolstered the arguments in favor of replacing the Articles of Confederation
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a series of protests against the institution of a federal tax on the distillation of spirits as a revenue source for repaying the nation's war bonds. The revolt was centered upon southwestern Pennsylvania, although violence occurred throughout the Trans-Appalachian region.
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an undeclared naval war with France over American default on its war debt. An additional mitigating factor was the continuation of American trade with Britain, with whom their former French allies were at war. This contest included land actions, such as that in the Dominican Republic city of Puerto Plata, where U.S. Marines captured a French vessel under the guns of the forts. Congress authorized military action through a series of statutes
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a series of naval battles in the Mediterranean against the Kingdom of Tripoli, a quasi-independent state of the Ottoman Empire. Action was in response to the capture of numerous American ships by the infamous Barbary pirates. The federal government rejected the Tripolitan request for an annual tribute to guarantee safe passage, and an American naval blockade ensued.
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united states declared war on the united kingdom Among the issues leading to the war were British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy
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General Andrew Jackson went to New Orleans to stop the British from attacking them from the back. They hide and start shooting the British and win,even though the war of 1812 already ended. But it did boost Americans pride.
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United States forces destroyed Negro Fort, which harbored fugitive slaves making raids into United States territory.
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Brief landings in pursuit of pirates occurred April 8 near Escondido; April 16 near Cayo Blanco; July 11 at Siquapa Bay; July 21 at Cape Cruz; and October 23 at Camrioca.
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Commodore David Porter with a landing party attacked the town of Fajardo which had sheltered pirates and insulted American naval officers. He landed with 200 men in November and forced an apology. Commodore Porter was later court-martialed for overstepping his powers.
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In October and November, landing parties hunted pirates on the Mediterranean islands of Argentiere (Kimolos), Myconos, and Andros
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president tyler deployed us forces to protect texas against mexico pending senate approval of a treaty of annexation
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the united states saw that there was a state war after the annexation of texas, after not being able to resolve a boundary dispute between the 2 countries.
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after there was a massacre of foreginers a squadron of the Mediterranean were ordered to be along the Turkish coast
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us landed in nicaragua to protect american lives and during political disturbances
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us troops were landed on the coast of panama and republic of new Grenada, to protect he american interest during an insurrection
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was a dispute between Mormon settlers in the Utah territory and the government of the united states
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200 troops crossed rio grande int he chase of Mexican nationalist juan cortina
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after the civi war there were some things that lincoln wanted tp do to help the seperated sides be whole again after all the damage that the south had taken, this was called presidential reconstruction but he didnt live to see it happen.
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AA war between the south and the north of the united states, the union which was the north and the confederation which as the south. which was triggered by when the southern states started seceded from the union to keep their plantation type economy instead of industrializing
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after the war was done and the south had been demilitarized there were a lot of things that had to be done before the south could get back the freedom that they once had. They started to reconstruct the south by using the reconstruction act.
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american troops were there to protect the interests of the american people living in Hawaii during their american led revolution
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there military was stationed Buenos aris to protect the us consultant and legation
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there were some labor unions that were trying to fight for better working consitins at a steel mill and by protesting they lockef them selves in the steel mill which ended up being the worst thing for the workers because the owner decided to call in the pikertons that would do jos that were non military like and were the secret service of icoln before he died.
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the united states of america devlared war on sain after the sinking of the uss maine which later was found out that spain didnt even sink it, but this war,us gained piuerto rico, guam and Philippeines
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american troops participated in the protection of forgein lives during the boxer lives
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united states devlared war on germany after germany had participated in unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegraph to mexico proposing that if they invaded the us they would give mexico all the land that the us had taken from mexico
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united states troops were sent to russia t protect a radio station that was established in Russian territory on island Vladivostok
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american forces were established in china to protect the interests of the american government from japan fro invading Shanghai.
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the us declared war on germany japan and italy after japan bombed pearl harbor in an attempt to force the united states to join the axis powers but then joined the allies after they were bombed, allies ended up winning shortly after dropping atomic bombs on japan and shook the world with the power of the united states
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japan bombed pearl harbor which was a shock because it was a surprise attack on the residents of pearl harbor.
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us militray starts to estabish in germany after the world war to help reconstruct and keep order since they were not allowed to mobilize and create another army due to them being the responsible of the ww2
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there were some us military help in the kjaoan area after the war to help it reconstruct after the destructive atomiocs bombs that were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. marking tthe decrease of resisitence from the axis powers towards the end of the war.
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soviet put a halt to to land supplies to the east side so the us and britian started bringing supplies to the east by plane and dropping them on little parachutes.
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it was us way to respond tot he invasion of the north Koreans to the south Koreans to keep communism from spreading to country to country.
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the us tried to invade cuba to try to get communism out of cuba by assassinating fidel castro and get rid of the possible nuclear warheads that were put there by russia that had allied with cuba during the heights of the cold war
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a series of bombing of the us on north Vietnam territory that occurred on Christmas day ranging from December 18-29
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president regan started to send military help to help the refugees and wounded soldiers that was the cause of the oush back from the north Vietnamese communists.
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regan deployed 800 soldiers to lebanon to restore the lebanese government.
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to protect the american of tankers that were going for the oil in the persian gulf countries
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iraq invaded kwuait and refused to leave the area.so usa started to try to push the iraq amry out
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u.s and britian started a series of bombing throughout 4 days on iraq
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usa started to invade afganistan for the purpose in response to the 9/11 attacks from the war on terror.
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usa started to incade the iraq with other countries to try to disarm the iraqi amry
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us started drone attacks on the yemen based al-queda terrorists
