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Oct 1, 1492
Columbus lands in the Americas
Columbus got lost but this was a 'blessing' in disguise to some people because he found America. Also the beginng of the Columbian Exchange -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation
Kicked off the change in religion in Europe. Because of this, many people left England to end religious persecution and came to America -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
England's small navy defeats the Spanish's excellent navy making England a superpower -
Jamestown
The first charter is given to Jamestown & Plymouth for the first real colonies in America after the failure of Roanoke -
Navigation Acts
England passes the Navigation Acts that makes the colonies dependent on them. Mercantalism -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion ended the lives of many Natives but also hardened the lines of slavery to make it racial slavery like we knew it. -
Enlightenment Period
This time period really influenced the colonists in America to declare independence and form their own governments -
7 Years War
War between England and her colonies vs. Spain. America really helped Britian and aided in their success. Stregthened the relationship between England and the colonies but also began the Revolution -
Writs of Assistance
A plan devised by England to stop the colonists from trading with the French. Colonists didn't like it because they felt like their rights were being violated -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed the Sugar Act, a tax on the importation of foreign sugar. The colonists also hated this and fueled the fire for Revolution -
Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a tax on all official documents which really hurt the colonist's pockets. This was the final straw for the colonists -
Declaratory Act
Repealed the Stamp Act but told the colonists that they weren't exempt from any taxes the Parliament set -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, is published and basically capapults the move for seperation from England -
American Independence
America declares independence from Britian -
Constitution
The Constitution is approved and ratified the next year -
Jefferson
Jefferson is elected and a peaceful tranisition of power from the Federalists to the Democratic Republicans happens. Ushers in the era of Jefferson -
Judicary Review
Established that the Supreme Court's job is to make sure everything going on is constitutional. Made the judicial branch powerful -
Louisana Purchase
America purchased Louisana and its territories from Napelon that doubled the size of America. -
Haitian Revolution
The slave uprising and eventual revolution in Haiti was so powerful. It obviously secured the enslaved Haitians the liberty they so longed for and it tightened the chains of slavery in the US. -
African Importation
Congress bans importing slaves from Africa, driving up the price of slaves -
War of 1812
Basically nothing really happened except that British prescence offically left America -
Missouri Compromise
Made a line that defined sectional slavery. Caused so many problems -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Tuner's uprising was very bloody but very powerful because it led to stricter restrictions of the enslaved Africans -
Panic of 1837
Andrew Jackson started the specie circular which made banks start collecting species in order for people to puchase land. This kicked off the Panic because the banks didn't have enough specie to give everyone who asked for some -
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson's foricble removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia even though the Supreme Court said that the government couldn't force them to move
