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Christopher Columbus set out from England to find a shortcut to Asia, specifically the Indies. Upon arriving Columbus knew there would be gold, pearls and spices. However, Columbus was in for a surprise when he found America instead.
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The original 13 colonies started being settled in 1607 with Jamestown, Virginia. These 13 colonies were then ended being established in 1732 with Georgia.
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The French and Indian war started in 1756 and ended in 1763. This war is also refered to as The 7 Years' War. This war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France.
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The Industrial Revolution was a time period in the 18-19 century, ranging from about 1760 to about 1830. This time period is where society started changing to new manufacturing methods and inventions boomed.
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The Boston Tea Party is an event where a few colonists (The Sons of Liberty) dressed up as indians and through the Britains tea into the ocean. They did this as an act of defiance for the taxes that were being placed on the tea.
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The Revolutionary War is an important one in the freedom of our country. The Revolutionary War was between America who wanted freedom and Britain who wanted to keep control of the colonists. This war started with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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The Constitutional Convention is where and when the Constitution was written. The convention met for 4 months in 1787.
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Lewis and Clark were assigned by Thomas Jefferson to go explore the piece of land just bought by the American Government. This piece of land was called the Louisiana purchase.
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The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820. This compromise was passed to help the balance of power stay even in congress between the states. The compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free one as well as prohibited the entire Louisiana Territory from having slaves.
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Basically Bleeding Kansas was a series of poiltical events that involved the anti-slavery movement. Bleeding Kansas occured in the Kansas Territory, near Missouri. Bleeding Kansas occured from 1854 to 1861.
