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Christopher Columbus, in an attempt to reach India by sailing West around the earth, discovered the coast of North America.
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The Spanish establish the first and oldest city in the United States area, St. Augustine.
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The English defeat the Spanish Armada against all odds, securing English dominance over Spain in the New World.
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Jamestown was an English settlement that was the first to be considered successful.
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Present day New York State is settled by the Dutch and called New Netherlands
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Puritans moved away from their homes to have religious freedom
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The first official "constitution" in the colonies, set up the government of conneticut.
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The Pueblo revolt against the Spanish colonials led by the Pueblo religious leader, Po'Pay. This was the first revolution of America.
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The largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies.
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French Settlers traveled into land owned by Great Britain, which sparked conflict, while Natives sided with France.
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Act by the British on the colonists that prohibited settlement west of the Appalachians.
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Law passed by Britain that reduced the tax on British sugar and molasses but increased enforcement of anti-smuggling laws.
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A tax on all printed goods that sparked a universal burst of outrage by the colonists.
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A tax on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead that started the circular in Massachusetts.
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British soldiers killed five angry colonists, making a huge and widely known impact of the time period, and widened the divide between the colonies and Britain.
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British ship runs aground in Rhode Island and colonists burn it.
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Creates a British monopoly on colonist tea and saves the British Tea Company.
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Several acts passed by the British at once to punish Boston for the Tea Party.
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Most colonists, aside from the rich and members of the Anglican Church, start the American Revolution
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Meeting in Philadelphia where future leaders decide on Washington as general of colonial military.
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The point at which the colonists believed that they could manage to defeat the British in war.
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The first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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A pamphlet is written urging colonists to fight against the British and sells over 15,000 copies, creating a huge impact.
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Turning point in the American Revolution due to French Alliance with the colonies.
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Washington and his men survive the harsh winter in Valley Forge
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General Cornwallis of Britain surrenders to George Washington.
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All states accepted this new form of government proposed by the Continental Congress.
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The signing of this treaty officially ends the American Revolutionary War.
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5000 delegates meet to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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Meeting of very important figures to discuss and completely new constitution for a new form of government based on a balance of power.
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George Washington is chosen as the first President of The United States.
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The first peaceful transfer of power in the history of the United States, Thomas Jefferson is elected president
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John Marshall decides that the president cannot make new jobs for judges.
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Took away the ability of Native Americans to stop the spread of the United States
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John Quincy Adams writes a doctrine that states that new democracies should be formed and that European influence on the West should be limited
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Presidential election where the loser, Henry Clay, is made vice president by the winner, John Adams.
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Andrew Jackson is elected president, starting the "Age of Jackson" and held appeals to the common man.
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Joseph Smith tries to create a religious Utopian society where a president is chosen and the lord Jesus speaks through him.
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Andrew Jackson signs the Indian removal act, starting the Trail of Tears.
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This trail was used by over 40,000 settlers as a route to the Western side of the United States.
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Nat Turners revolt involved a lot of bloodshed of white American's and so strengthened pro slavery views and created new legislation about gathering of slaves in large numbers
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The liberator was the leading anti-slavery newspaper of this time period.
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Part of the second party system and founded by Henry Clay, this party supported on the American System.
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First treaty between the United States and China.
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President James K. Polk invokes the concept of manifest destiny to expand the United States far to the West.
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Claims that any territory gained from Mexico should be free territory, but the south disagrees and grows more angry so the proposal fails.
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Attempted to mend aggression between the North and the South regarding land acquired by the US in the Mexican American War.
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The treaty stated that both the United States and Great Britain would protect the Panama Canal
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Signaled the downfall of the Whig party and the second party system, as well as divides in party between the North and South.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe writes an anti-slavery novel that sells over 300,000 copies.
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Allows a southern route for the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Naval officer goes to Tokyo with demands that Japan opens up trade with the United States, but they refuse. This is the first attempt to open Japan up to the western world in over 200 years.
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A document from the US to Spain trying to buy Cuba, which angered anti-slavery groups because Cuba was to the South and already an established slavery territory.
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Supreme Court ruled that African Americans could not sue in federal court and that congress did not have the power to ban slavery in territories.
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Economic crisis that started a panic due to overexpansion.
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John Brown and allies break into a US arsenal and free lots of slaves and move them to Canada.
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All the slavery supporting states secede from the Union and create the foundations of the Confederacy.
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Northernmost battle of the Civil War, lasted three days, huge Union victory.
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The American Civil War ends with the Union (North) victorious.
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Congress passes many bills to aid in reconstruction, including the civil rights act, the 14th amendment, and establishment of Freedman's Bureau.
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The 15th amendment allowed black men to vote after the 1868 election, which was a huge step towards racial equality.
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The panic was a financial crisis due to the over-expansion of industry that lasted four years in America.
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This compromise pulls all US Government troops out of the south, ending the reconstruction era.
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Suspended Chinese immigration into the US for ten years due to a large amount of Chinese immigrants coming to the US.
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A bureau to collect information on labor in the US, such as unemployent rates, which is still used today
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Regulates the railroads in the United States, which had been held in monopoly, and now regulates all interstate commerce.
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The US military stops the ancient tribal sun dance and kills and arrests Native Americans.
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The change from people mostly immigrating from Northern and Western Europe to mostly South and East Europe, as well as Asia.
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The first federal act to outlaw monopolies in business practices.
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The people of Chile revolt as a result of increasing US control over their country.
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In New Orleans, Italians are killed because they are suspected of killing a police chief, but they were not given fair trial and instead killed publicly.
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A very unsuccessful attempt at Labor union. Hours were increased and pay was cut, and working class individuals were outraged.
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This strike was very important because, although a failure, it made the leader of the strike, Eugene Debs, a national hero which raised awareness for the poor working conditions at the time.
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The United States intervenes on a dispute over boundaries between Venezuela and Great Britain because they hold a military base in Venezuela.
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Upheld the separate but equal doctrine, refusing to end segregation in the United States.
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White men violently overthrew a duly appointed part black government. This was a turning point in post-reconstruction NC politics.
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The United States takes in the island nation of Hawaii.
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The United States declares war on Cuba because of the uprising.
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Created to encourage the betterment of public health in America.
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A successful strike by miners in Pennsylvania where they achieved a ten percent increase in wages as well as a shorter work day.
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Said that the ICC could place heavy fines on railroads for providing rebates.
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One of the most influential presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is elected.
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The Jungle is a book about an investigation into the crooked meat industry in Chicago, which was a huge deal at the time in America.
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An association with the goal to improve public education and keep the future of America alive.
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Gives the president the power to declare national monuments and parks, part of the progressive movement.
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Stated that the ICC could establish maximum railroad rates and extended its jurisdiction.
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An informal agreement that the United States would not have restrictions on Japanese immigration if Japan would not allow emigration to the United States
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Meetings for groups of businesses who advocated for laws to be made, passed, or blocked.
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Bar exams are tests to see if lawyers qualify for their jobs. Before this, anyone could be a lawyer without attending any schooling for it.
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Created by Woodrow Wilson, the national park service was made to protect national parks and monuments that were important to keep the environment safe.
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World War One ends.
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A series of white supremacist terrorist attacks across the United States that resulted in hundreds of deaths.
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Gave Women the right to vote, which was a huge step for the women's rights movement.
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Established the first numerical limits for the amount of immigrants allowed into the US.
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White residents of Tulsa, OK attacked black residents and businesses.
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Established a racially based immigrant ratio for amount of immigrants allowed into the US that was extremely discriminatory.
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The stock market in New York completely crashed, one of the leading causes of the Great Depression
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An attempt by president Hoover to encourage home ownership to Americans.
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Gave financial aid to railroads, financial institutions, and companies.
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FDR wins the presidency, which resulted in him fixing major factors of the great depression in his terms.
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Built large scale public works like bridges and dams to provide employment opportunities to Americans.
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Employed over 8.5 million people in the United States during the great depression, part of FDR's New Deal.
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restricted federal employee participation in some political activities.
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Stated that Great Britain could no longer buy from the US, but 50 billion dollars worth of war support was given away, trying to keep the US out of the war.
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The bulk of the Second World War is wont in Europe and Germany is defeated.
