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Period: Dec 3, 1400 to
Timeline Hisory
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Dec 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
A man named by Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World" ( America ) in 1492. Columbus led his three ships the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492 his objective was to sail west until he reached Asia where the riches of gold, pearls and spice waits. -
Apr 27, 1497
Roanoke Colony " Lost Colony "
Nearly a century later from 1497 an english noble named Sir Raleigh tried to start a colony on Roanoke Island. The Roanoke did not work out so well. -
The Arrivals Of The First Slaves.
The start of slavery in North America was in 1619 when the slaves first arrived to America. The first slaves were first brought to the state of Virginia. -
Revolutionary War
On May 10, 1775, the second continental congress met in Philadelphia. The 13 American colonies fought for independence from British rule to become the United States.Colonists were frustrated because Britain forced them to pay taxes.The first shots rang out on the morning of April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Mass. -
French Revolution
The French revolution startedi n 1789 when the French people had rebelled against their king and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During the revolution French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape. -
The Ten Amendments
Congress of the United States
begun and held at the City of New-York, on
Wednesday the fourth of March.
I.Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition
II.Right to keep and bear arms
III.Conditions for quarters of soldiers
IV.Right of search and seizure regulated
V.Provisons concerning prosecution
VI.Right to a speedy trial, witnesses, etc.
VII.Right to a trial by jury
VIII.Excessive bail, cruel punishment
IX.Rule of construction of Constitution
X.Rights of the States under Constitution -
The War of 1812
Congress Declared War on Brittain. On 1812 Madison launched the War of 1812. In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would impact on the young country's future. -
Equal Rights For Women
On 1835 a poster appeared on wall throughout Washington D.C. 80 percent of victims of hand-held weapons in war are women. Girls are actually less likely to reach adulthood because of gender discrimination. -
Racism
By 1850 the population of the USA grew over 23 million, 3.6 million out of 23 million were African Americans. Blacks make up 57 percent of the people in state prisons for drug offenses. The police stop blacks and Latinos at rates that are much higher than whites. -
African Americans in The Civil War.
Early in The Civil War the African Americans got recruited by the congress. One-third of the soldiers who fought for the Union Army were immigrants, and nearly one in 10 were African Americans. Black soldiers were paid $10 a month. White soldiers were paid at least $13. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
In 1865 president Johnson announced that Congressional Reconstruction was over. The Civil Rights Act of 1866, enacted in April 9, 1866, is a United States federal law that was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of African-Americans, in the wake of the American Civil War.
