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Jan 1, 1492
The beginning of Britich exploration
Facts:
First British explorer is John Cabot
Queen Elizabeth I encouraged mariners to explore the islands north of Canada for a Northwest Passage in the 1570s and 1580s.
Effects:
Helped to create America
Helped spread different types of foods and animals around the world -
Jan 1, 1492
America Discovered
Facts:
Christopher Columbus accidentaly found america
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci
Effects:
Countries got more resources
People had a new place to go and start a new life -
Roanoke established
Facts:
John White was the governor of Roanoke.
The colonist of Roanoke didn't know how to farm or hunt.
Effects:
Eventually became the lost colony
Became a legacy for years to come -
Jamestown
Facts:
Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610.
Tobacco became Virginia’s first profitable export
Effects:
First permanent European settlement in america
Many colonists died from drinking impure water or from diseases spread by mosquitoes during the hot months. -
Plymouth/Massachusetts Bay Colony
Facts:
Started as around almost 100 English men and women, many of them members of the English Separatist Church
They traveled aboard the Mayflower
Effects:
Created the first European settlement in America
the survivors were able to secure peace treaties with neighboring Native American tribes and build a largely self-sufficient economy within five years -
French and Indian War
Facts:
Also known as the Seven Years’ War
Was a struggle between Britain and France Effects:
the British received the territories of Canada from France and Florida from Spain, opening the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion.
The treaty strengthened the American colonies significantly by removing their European rivals to the north and south and opening the Mississippi Valley to westward expansion -
Proclamation of 1763
Facts:
issued by the British King George III
made following the British victory over France in the French and Indian Wars
Effects:
it closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.
Helped contribute to the American Revolution -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Facts:
signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain
Together with the treaty of Hubertusburg, it terminated the Seven Years War. Effects:
France lost its possessions on the North American continent by ceding Canada and all its territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britain
In East India the French were permitted to return to their posts, but they were forbidden to maintain troops or build forts in Bengal -
Revolutionary War
Facts:
Colonists were frustrated because Britain forced them to pay taxes, yet did not give them any representation in the British Parliament.
Congress chose George Washington as commander and chief of America's armed forces. Effects:
The 13 states were now free to join together and become the United States of America.
Americans could now form their own government and make their own laws. -
Declaration of Independence
Facts:
The document was signed by 56 delegates to the Continental Congress
The document stated the reasons the 13 American colonies wanted to be free of Great Britain's government.
Effects:
Started the Americans quest for independence
Carved the way for American Independence -
Articles of Confederation
Facts:
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States.
Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states
Effects:
Caused America to have a weak government
Made each state independent from each other -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Facts:
Granted the U.S. significant western territories
Other important provisions established U.S. boundaries, specified certain fishing rights, allowed creditors of each country to be paid by citizens of the other, restored the rights and property of Loyalists, opened up the Mississippi River to citizens of both nations and provided for evacuation of all British forces.
Effects:
Ended the revolutionary war
America received more land -
Constitution created
Facts:
The U.S. Constitution was prepared in secret, behind locked doors that were guarded by sentries.
Of the written national constitutions, the U.S. Constitution is the oldest and shortest. Effects:
It divides the powers of government into Legislative, Judicial, and Executive powers.
It's given Americans freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom from unreasonable searches, and protections in the courts. -
John Adams elected president
Facts:
When John Adams became president the United States had a population of 4’900,000.
Adams was the first lawyer-president.
Effects:
Adams has been justifiably censured for having signed the Alien and Sedition Acts
when faced with populist defiance, such as in Fries's Rebellion, he ignored Hamilton's call for a strong show of federal force -
XYZ Affair
Facts:
The affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats
Started because France, which was at war with Great Britain, issued an order allowing for the seizure of American merchant ships in 1796
Effects:
The affair resulted in an undeclared war with France known as the Quasi-War
The affair further fanned Federalist passions for war who rallied around the slogan, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." -
Alien and Sedition Acts
series of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress in 1798 The laws placed severe restrictions upon aliens, who often supported the Democratic-Republicans, and they made it illegal to utter any statements about the government that were "false, scandalous and malicious" with the "intent to defame"
Effects:
Ten American citizens, including a U.S. Congressman were convicted of sedition acts ultimately backfired on the Federalists, playing an instrumental role in their resounding def -
Thomas Jefferson elected president
Facts:
Thomas Jefferson operated as the informal leader of what would become the nation's first opposition political party, the Democratic-Republicans
When Jefferson assumed the Presidency, the crisis in France had passed.
Effects:
He got rid of Army and Navy expenditures.
Eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the west.