US History

By Marcus Collins
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus “Founds” New World

    Christopher Columbus meets Native Americans in early America
  • 1492

    Columbian Exchange Begins

    The trade between west Africa, America, and old world
  • Period: 1492 to

    European Exploration

  • 1500

    Spanish Encomienda System Beigns

    Spanish system in order for labor
  • 1500

    Spanish Casta System Begins

    Spanish Class depending on how much Spanish blood they have
  • Period: 1500 to

    Triangular Trade

  • Period: 1500 to

    Middle Passage

  • Period: 1500 to

    Middle Passage

  • 1520

    Small Pox Begins Spreading to the Native Americans

    A disease that nearly wiped out the Native American Population
  • 1521

    Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquer's the Aztec Empire

    Hernan invaded Aztec and made Mexico for Spain
  • 1534

    England Splits from the Catholic Church

    England left the rule under the pope of the church

  • London Company Gains Charter for set up English COlony

    A documentation stating that colonists had rights

  • Jamestown, Virginia Colony founded

    English settled in their first colony in Virginia
  • Period: to

    Colonial Era

  • French founded Quebec on the St. Lawrence River and engage in the fur trade

  • Tobacco introduced to Virginia Colony by John Rolfe

    John Rolfe wants Virginia to sell tobacco

  • First Africa American slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia Colony

    African slave trade started

  • Virginia House of Burgesses

    First Assembly for colonies

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony Founded

    Expanded and colonized to what is now Massachusetts

  • Mayflower Compact

    Exploration to America

  • New Hampshire Founded

    Colonists expanded to what is now New Hampshire

  • Dutch New Amsterdam Becomes Capital of new Netherland

    Dutch becomes the capital of Netherland

  • "City Upon a Hill" John Winthrop

    John wanted everyone to look up to them

  • The Great Migration to Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Colonists expanded to Massachusetts

  • Maryland FOunded

    Colonists expanded and colonized to what is now Maryland

  • Roger Williams Founded Connecticut

    Roger Williams officially colonized what is now Connecticut

  • Harvard College Founded in Massachusetts

    General Court of Massachusetts officially established the first college

  • Delaware Founded

    Colonists Expanded to what is now Delaware

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Colonists wanted the government to be set up by the ocean

  • Maryland Toleration Act

    Freedom of religion for Christians

  • North Carolina FOunded

    Colonists expanded to what is now North Carolina

  • Navigation Acts and Mercantilism

    Limited the colonists trade

  • Iroquois Confederacy Formed

    United the Nations to establish peace

  • South Carolina Founded

    Colonists expanded to what is now South Carolina

  • New York Founded

    Colonists expanded to what is now New York

  • New Jersey

    Colonists founded New Jersey in 1664

  • King Phillips War

    war between England and colonists with their Indian allies

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Colonists wanted Native American land but were denied

  • Pueblo Revolt

    Native Americans against the spanish people

  • Quaker William Pennsylvania

    William came to America and founded Pennsylvania
  • Period: to

    Enlightenment Era

  • Period: to

    Revolutionary Era

  • English Bill of Rights

    Gave the people power

  • John Locke's Two Treatments of Government Published

    John defended an argument but never established it

  • Salem With Trials

    Episodes of execution on people accused of using witch craft
  • Period: to

    Salutary Neglect Policy

  • The Great Awakening

    Religious influence across america

  • Georgia Founded as a Debtor's Colony

  • Stono Rebellion

    Stono Rebellion

    slave rebellion
  • French and Indian War Begins

    French and Indian War Begins

    conflict between britain and france

  • French and Indian War Ends

    ending conflict between france and britain
  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    Proclamation Line of 1763

    King george 3 seperated colonists from indians
  • Period: to

    Republican Motherhood

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    british puts tax on farming
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    colonists were forced to house soldiers
  • Townshed Acts

    Townshed Acts

    Tax on imported goods
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers kills colonists

  • Tea Act

  • Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Continental Army Lead by George Washington

  • Thomas Paine's common sense published

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Benjamin Franklin becomes French Ambassador

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Adam Smith Publishes "The Wealth of Nations

  • Winter at Valley Forge

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Battle of Saratoga

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • Treaty of Paris of 1783

  • Federalists Papers

    Federalists Papers

    85 articles and essays
  • U.S Constitution

    U.S Constitution

    Supreme law
  • The 3/5th Compromise

    The 3/5th Compromise

    Slaves would count as 3/5th a person
  • Constitutional Convention/ Philadelphia Convention

    Constitutional Convention/ Philadelphia Convention

    Constitutional convention took place in Philadelhpia
  • The Great Compromise

    The Great Compromise

    Resolution to states representation
  • Washington elected 1st President

    Washington elected 1st President

    George Washington elected first president
  • Washington creates Presidential Cabinet

    Washington creates Presidential Cabinet

    president cabinet was formed
  • Bill of Rights Added to the U.S Constitution

    Bill of Rights Added to the U.S Constitution

    10 amendments added to citizens rights
  • The French Revolution Begins

    The French Revolution Begins

    French resists british imperial control
  • Washington D.C Becomes new capital

    Washington D.C Becomes new capital

    U.S capital is now at Washington
  • Period: to

    The Second Great Awakening

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Whiskey Rebellion

    Tax protest
  • Alexander Hamilton gets Congress to Approve National Bank

    Alexander Hamilton gets Congress to Approve National Bank

    National Bank is formed
  • Cotton Grin and Interchangeable Parts invented by Eli Whitney

    Cotton Grin and Interchangeable Parts invented by Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney creates helpful machinery for slaves
  • Washington's Farewell Address

    Washington's Farewell Address

    Washington writes a letter saying that we should avoid political parties

  • First Two-Party System Created (Dem-Rep vs Federalists)

    Dominate political parties
  • XYZ Affair

    XYZ Affair

    Dispute between french and americans

  • John Adams (federalists) Elected 2nd President

    2nd president of America

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Laws to limit the rights for foreign citizens

  • Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

    Drafted political statements

  • Election of 1800 and the Start of the Jeffersonian Era

    Doubling the size of american territory and exploration of that territory

  • The Market Revolution begins

    Changes in American economy

  • Cult of Domesticity Begins

    Belief that women should stay at home
  • Period: to

    Manifest Destiny

    Colonists explored westward

  • Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd President

  • Steam Locomotive Invented in Great Britain

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Maybury v. Madison

  • James Maddison (Democratic Republican) Elected 4th President

  • British Impressment of Sailors

  • War of 1812

  • War Hawks in Congress Support War Against British

  • Treaty of Ghent

  • Francis Scott Key Writes the Star Spangled Banner

  • Federalists Party Collapses

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Tariff of 1816

  • James Monroe (Democratic Republican) Elected 5th President

  • Adam Onis treaty/ Spain Ceded Florida to US

  • Compromise of 1820

  • Henry's Clay's " American System"

  • Erie Canal Built

  • John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican) elected 6th President

  • Lowell Massachusetts Textile Mill Employs Women

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Abolition Movement Begin

  • William Lloyd Garrison Publishes Abolitionist Newspaper "The Liberator"

  • Trail of Tears begin

  • Andrew Jackson Vetoes National Bank

  • Nullification Crisis

  • Texas Revolution and Independence from Mexico

  • Horace Mann Advocates for Public Schools

  • Increased German and Irish immigration to the North

    Increased German and Irish immigration to the North

    North population increased with immigrants

  • Federal Support Given to Samuel Morse to Construct Telegraph Lines

  • Dorothea Dix Advocates for Mentally ill and Prison Reformed

  • James K Polk President

  • Fredrick Douglas writes Autobiography "Narrative of the Life of an American Slave"

  • Texas Annexation by United States

  • Irish Potato Famine Begin

  • Mexican American War Begins

    War between America and Mexico

  • Seneca Falls Conention

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Mexican Cession

    Mexico giving property to America

  • California Gold Rush