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World History 2 Timeline
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Jamestown
The colonist from England arrived to the new world it took about two months. -
start of slavery
In 1619 twenty Africans were brought by a Dutch soldier and sold to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia as indentured servants. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses of Virginia was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. The House was established by the Virginia Company, who created the body as part of an effort to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America and to make conditions in the colony more agreeable for its current inhabitants. Its first meeting was held in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30, 1619. -
Mayoflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men. -
The French and Indian War
England fought the French and the Indians. Engalnd won. Both countries wanted land west of the Appalachians. This day was the first battle -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
England gained the land west of the Appalachians and in Canada form France -
The proclamation of 1763
England prohibited colonist from settling west of the appalachains -
Stamp act
Placed taxes on legal documents -
Boston Massacre
One evening a mob of anti-British demonstrators formed. British troops fired into the mob. 5 colonist died -
Boston tea party
Colonist threw the tea into the water after England put restrictions on tea -
1st continental congress
meeting of all 13 colonies issued a statement of colonial rights -
Lexington and Concord
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2nd Continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America. -
Articles of Confederation
It was the first government and it was very weak. It was very weak because the American people feared a strong national government. -
Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Critcal period
This was when the Articles of cofederation were in use. It was from 1783 to 1789 -
The treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. -
LAnd Ordinance of 1785
For public land surveying west of the appaliachians -
Shay's Rebellion
a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt -
Annapolis Convention
12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that unanimously called for a constitutional convention. -
Constitutional Convention
to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
3/5ths Compromise
a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the enumerated population of slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
establishing governance for the Northwest Territories of Canada -
The Great Compromise
n agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States. -
Judiciary acts of 1787
Set up the court system
George Wahington Set this act up -
Washington's presidency
Washington has to deal with setting up the government. Economic policies like Alexander Hamiltons, and foreign policy issues -
Bill of Rights Signed
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution -
Adams Presidency
Was a federalist, made the alien and sedition acts and had an undefined war with France -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
Gabe prosser led a slave revolt on August 23 1800 in Richmond VA. Him his two brothers and 23 other slaves were hung -
Jeffersons Presidency
It was the first peaceful transition between two parties. He defeated John Adams.He expanded the US with the Louisiana Purchase -
Marbury vs. Madison
February 24, 1803, a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 km2) of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation -
The war of 1812
The War of 1812 (referred to as the "Second War of Independence" by some American historians) was a 32-month military conflict between the United States on one side, and on the other Great Britain, its colonies and its Indian allies in North America. -
Mcculloch vs. Maryland
Marshall upheld the federal governments right to establish a bank said a state couldnt tax the bank due to national supremacy -
The Missouri Compromise
On March 3, 1820, Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri. -
Monroe Doctrine
It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. -
Jackson's Presidency
He lost to John quincy Adams in 1284 but becasue of his common man approach he won in 1828 -
Age of the common man
Time when the democracy in the U.S. expanded and more people got invloved in the electoral process -
The Indian Removal act of 1830
This law was passed while Jackson was president. It forcesd all
Indians east of the mississippi to move to the Indian territory 9present day Oklahoma) -
Nat Turner Revolt
Led a band of 80 slaves agiants 4 plantations -
Battle of the Almo
An old mission house. Texans fortified themselves there. Meican general Santa Ana attacked with superior forces. They fought until thier last man died -
Battle of San juacinto
Texans won independence. Led by Sam Houston. Establishsed the Republic of texas -
Old Immigrants
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U.S. Annexed Texas
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Mexican War
President James K. Polk urged war.Wanted the southwest but Mexico wouldnt sell -
Reservation System
Indians were forced to move off of their land onto smaller and smaller reservations -
Uncle tom's Cabin
Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Potrayed the evils of slavery. Was widley read. Increased support in the north for abolition -
Dred scott Case
A slave named Dred Scott sued for freedom after beign taken into a free territory by his owner -
Election of 1860
Slavery was the main issue btu in the end Abraham Lincoln, a Republican won -
Battle of Fort Sumpter
Fort Sumpter was in South Carolina but it remanied under Union (Northern) control. This was the first battle -
Knights of Labor
Founder Uriauh Stevens -
Chinese Exclusion act of 1882
the US didnt let any Chinese into the US -
Haymarket Spuare
A bomb is thrown at a squad of policemen attempting to break up a labor rally. The police responded with wild gunfire, killing several people in the crowd and injuring dozens more. -
Dawes act
Goal- to Americanize the Indians -
American Federation of Labor
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The Progressive movment
Early 20th century reform movement
It used the government too institute reforms to fix problems caused by industriization -
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Prevented " Any businness structure that prevented Trade" -
Homestead Strike
Carnigie Steel Plant Plant manager Henry Frick called the pinkerton Detective agency
Major Gun Battle -
American Railway Union
Founder-Eugene V. Debbs
It was comprised of railway workers -
Pullman strike
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. -
Susan B. Anthony
A Strong Leader in the womens sufferage movement -
Clayton anti trust Act
Outlaws Price fixing and expands Sherman Anti trust act -
16th Amendment
The 16th amendment was tht efederal income tax which meant that if you made more you paid more in taxes -
17th Amendment
Voters can now elct senators -
Federal Trade Commision Act
Creates FTC and investigates business practices -
19th Amendment
Women gain the right to vote -
Great Depression
A time of severe economic hardship in the US from 1929 to 1941 -
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed -
Dust Bowl
Was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US -
FDR
Was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945). He served for 12 years and four terms, and was the only president ever to serve more than eight years. -
Non Agression pact
Germany promised not to invade he Soviet Union -
War in europe begins
The war begins with the German invasion of Poland -
Germany invades Russia
Germany invades Russia. it is called operation Barbarossa -
Pearl harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Habor -
US declares war
The US declares war againt Japan -
D day
Allied forces land on the beaches of normandy -
battle of the Bulge
A massive counter offensive launched by germany in the ardenns -
VE Day
The day that eourpe was fully liberated from Germany's control and WWII is over in Europe -
Nuremburg Trials
a trial held for war crimes during WWII in Europe -
Cold War
A war between the US and the Soviet Union -
Division of Germany
Germany was divided into 4 sectors after WW2 -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization designed to keep peace in the world -
Warsaw pact
a pact between soviet controlled countries -
Vietnamwar
A fight between the North and South Vietnam -
Berlin Wall
Separated East and west Germany -
JFK assaination
JFK was killed in Dallas on Nov. 22 1963 -
End of Vietnam War
The capture of Saigon at the hands of the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war
