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Period: Jan 1, 1491 to
US History
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Jan 1, 1492
European Discovery of America
Chrisstopher Columbus 'discovers' America, specifically Hispaniola, and concludes the world is not flat with an edge. He saw the native people and coined the term Indians, because he thought he had sailed to India instead of the Americas. -
Apr 24, 1497
John Cabot finds Canada
British explorer, John Cabot, sailed to Canada not too long after Christopher Columbus' 'discovery' of Hispaniola. He mistook Canada for Asia, too. -
Period: Apr 22, 1500 to
Enlightment
People began thinking differently and they advance the human race. -
Jan 25, 1512
Encomienda System established
The Spanish government created a system meant to get colonists to Christianize the natives in exchange for land, but it resulted in the mistreatment and slavery of the natives instead. -
Nov 20, 1542
New Laws of 1542
These were laws put in place by Spain to eliminate the using of the native people by Spanish landowners. It was mostly unsuccessful because the natives remsined enslaved anyway. -
Jamestown
First successful English settlement in America. Thrived in the tobacco business. -
Start of Harvard University
One of the best schools in the U.S. was created in MA. It was the first college in America. This was big example, of the New English colonies' value on education. -
King Phillip's War
It was a war between the Wamponoag and English colonists and their Native American allies in New England. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials had more than 200 people were accused of using witchcraft and 20 were executed. People were wronfully accused, and the colony recognized that eventually. -
Self-sustaining Slavery
By this time, slaves were self-sustained in America. Meaning slaves in the U.S. had offspring that were also considered slaves by iheritance. It was a big plus for slave-owners. -
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French and Indian War
This was a war between the English and the allied French and Native Americans over the Ohio River Valley area. The French lost and the English gained all French territory in North America expanding the British empire. -
Proclomation Line of 1763
British government bans American settlers from settling west into theor new gained territory. This angers colonists. -
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American Revolutionary War
After the Proclamation of 1763 and the passing of the Intolerable Acts in the colonies, colonists finally got into war with their mother country, Great Britian. They won with the help of George Washington. -
U.S Constitution
U.S law document created after the defeat of the British in the American Revolution and the failed Articles of Confederation. It still valued valued states' rights and had a balance of power. -
First Political Parties Arise
After George Washington's presidency, the first political parties arrived. There were Democratic-Republicans who favored strict interpretation of the constitution, and Federalists who wanted a looser constitution interpretation. -
Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Case
Court case that gave Supreme Court judicial review power, and that strengthened the federal government. -
Missouri Compromise
A biill allowed Missouri to be a slave state but slavery had to be prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase and north of the 36th parallel. Maine enters as a free state. This was an effort to control tensions. -
Monroe Doctrine
A doctrine ordering the Europeans to stay out of Latin America for the exchange of America keeping out of European sffairs. -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson signed that remaining Native Americans of the eastern United States should be moved to OK and lands west of the Mississippi River. This resulted in the painful Trail of Tears. -
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Mexican American War
War fought between Mexico and America due to the American belief of "manifest destiny". It resulted in Mexico's loss of all of the president-day United States' west and Texas. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that opened the eyes of many, mostly Northerners, to the horrors of slavery. This further fueled the tensions between the north and south. -
Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry
U.S. military arsenal at Harpers Ferry was the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown. The raid was intended to be the first stage in aplan to get a stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia. Brown was captured, tried for treason, and hanged. He was allegedly sponsered by white abolitionists and this pushed the fear that abolitionists were targeting southern, white slave supporters. -
Election of 1860
Tensions between the North and South were very high. People were on the brink of war. Abraham Lincoln was elected president, and that was the last straw. Shortly after Soth Carolina seceeded, and the Confederation of the United States was born. -
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American Civil War
After several decades of the North and South's clashing views on slavery, there was a civil war. The South, starting with South Carolina, seceede and formed the Confederate States of America. They did lose, and slavery was abolished. -
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Reconstruction
The south was admitted back into the Union. They had a period of rebuilding from destruction and adopting the Union laws. -
The Great Railroad Strike
trains stopped from WV to CA. Hundred dies, and the president ordered federal troops to end the violence. -
Rise of Monopolies
Business moguls like Carnegie and Rockefeller controlled whole sections of the economy. They were very powerful, and they controlled many prices and employees of items. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Act that excluded Chinese from entering the U.S. It was fueled by nativism. -
Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
Andre Carnegie, a business super mogul, urges the wealthy to give back to the communtiy rather than bask in their wealth themselves. -
Pullman Strike
It was a widespread strike and boycott on the railroad system in the midwest. It called for the first ever injuction, and the president made Labor Day. -
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World War I
Started due to imperialism, alliances, militarism, and the assasination of Archduke Ferdinand. U.S did not get involved until 1917. -
Women's Suffrage - 19th Amendment
With the help of Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Lucretia Mott, the 19th amendment was passed that gave women the right to vote. This makes it true that now everyone can vote in the U.S. -
Black Tuesday
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, awas the most devastating stock market crash in the history. The Roaring Twenties ended and the Great Depression rolled in. -
FDR Elected
President FDR was elected for four terms of U.S. presidency, and he was the creator of the New Deal. He led the counrty out of the Great Depression. -
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World War II
Started because Germany invaded Poland. During this time, the Holocaust thrived along with Asian genocide. U.S did not get involved until 1942 with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. -
Brown v. The Board of Education
Supreme Court case called for the desegregation of all public schools. People opened private schools and shut down public schools to avoid following this law. -
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Vietnam War
America's first unsuccessful war. Very unpopular amongst Americans. Vietnam fell to communism -
Miranda v. Arizona
All rights must be read to you if your being arrested, and you have right to a lawyer during your trial. -
Roe v. Wade
Court upheld abortion rights for women. Court based its decision in part on the right to privacy of the individual citizen. -
9/11 Terror Attacks
Two high-jacked, commercial planes crashed into the Twin Towers of NYC killing about 2,000. Then another plane crashed purposefully into the Pentagon. A fourth failed to reach the White House before it crashed.
