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I will use this timeline to complete time toast assignments for US History. It will also serve as a visual for when events took place.
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144 all male settlers land in Virginia and establish the colony of Jamestown. With the Virginia Joint-Stock Company breathing down their necks, the colonists sought gold and ignored farming. They were ill equipped for the winter, many died and the stock venture failed. [http://www.ushistory.org/us/2c.asp]
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Huge cash crop plantations in Virginia called for cheaper and cheaper workers until colonists began using African slaves. This practice was first legalized in Virginia and remained in effect until the end of the civil war. [http://www.ushistory.org/us/6c.asp]
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A crowd of protesters began throwing rocks and snowballs at a group of Redcoats. A few of the Redcoats responded with an uncalled volley of bullets, killing five. This stirred up a desire for vengeance in many colonists. [http://www.ushistory.org/us/9e.asp]
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The belief in introducing a system of democratically elected representatives to make legal decisions. Even during the American revolution, Republicanism was considered radical.[http://www.ushistory.org/us/12b.asp]
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The former colonies official declared themselves independent from England, but still had yet to back that up with the actual revolutionary victory they needed. The public reading took place in Philadelphia at 12pm. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/13a.asp)
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The belief in a strong central government in order to maintain stability. American Federalists increased the power of the central government and ratified the constitution. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/16a.asp)
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After Federalists campaigned hard to achieve support in many states, the constitution reached the number of supporting states required to ratify it. Although some states had not signed on yet, they would eventually. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/16c.asp)
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Eli Whitney created the cotton gin which could produce insane amounts of cotton in very little time. It resulted in a resurgence of slavery in the South, as workers were needed to operate the gins. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/27a.asp)
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Napoleon had recently taken over France and needed money quickly, so he decided to sell the gigantic Louisiana territory to the United States for only 15 million dollars, which, even in 1803, was a low price. The United States quickly expanded throughout the territory in the years that followed. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/20c.asp)
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The United States attempted to invade British Canada but was hopelessly outmatched. It was an embarrassing defeat for America. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/21e.asp)
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Upon inauguration, Jackson invited frontiersmen and common people to party and they trashed the White House. Democratic-Republicans thought that the country would collapse under Jackson. It didn't. http://www.ushistory.org/us/24.asp
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South Carolina passed Nullification to dodge a tariff they deemed unfair. Jackson attempted to use federal troops to stop them. Luckily, Congress approved a compromise tariff. http://www.ushistory.org/us/24c.asp
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The nationalist mindset that America had the divine obligation to expand. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/33a.asp)
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Although he originally promised the entire Oregon territory, he settled with a fraction to avoid war. A lot of people called him out. http://www.ushistory.org/us/29b.asp
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Harriet Breecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin, gaining support for abolitionist movements in the North. It was so effective that it was banned in the South. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/28d.asp)
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Confederate forces fired on Union controlled Fort Sumpter. The Union soldiers surrendered after three days. This caused even more states to join the Confederation. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/7f.asp)
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Union forces clashed with Confederate ones near the town of Gettysburg. This was one of the bloodiest battles and changed the course of the war. George Pickett led a bold confederate push which failed and may have cost them the entire war. http://www.ushistory.org/us/33g.asp
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The Civil Rights Act gave African Americans the same rights as white Americans. Andrew Johnson vetoed it, but Congress overturned the veto with a 2/3 majority. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/35b.asp)
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After the Civil War, the term "Reconstruction" was used to describe the rebuilding process to return the union to how it was previous in the most fair way possible. It didn't exactly go that way. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/35.asp)
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America developed its own identity, not based on a shared ethnicity, but rather on values and a shared history. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/7f.asp)
