US/VA History Timeline Rebecca Ligon

Jamestown

Apr 26, 1607

Formed by the VA company of London. 1st permament English settlement and later soon became Virginia.

House of Burgesses

Jul 30, 1619

First legislative assmebly.

Start of Slavery

Oct 30, 1619

Slavery started in Jamestown.

Mayflower Compact

Nov 11, 1620

Document where they agreed to obey laws created for the general good. Pledged loyalty to God and the King.

French and Indian war

Oct 30, 1754

Where the US fought against France.

Proclomation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

Closed frontier of colonial expansion.

Treaty of Paris

Oct 30, 1763

Ended american revolutionary war.

Stamp Act

Mar 18, 1765

Taxing people on documents and goods.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Mod of Anti-british formed and British troops turned into a mob becuase they were fighting over jobs.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists dumped tea into the ocean as a rebelion against the tax on goods.

1st continental congress

Oct 26, 1774

Meeting of all 13 colonies

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

British troops attacked colonial stock pile.

2nd continental congress

Jul 4, 1776

Created a continental army

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Rights and freedom.

Articles of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

Weak national gov't.

Yorktown

Sep 28, 1781

Battle against the british.

Land Ordinance of 1785

Oct 30, 1785

Annapolis Convenction

Sep 11, 1786

National political convention

Shay's Rebellion

Oct 30, 1786

armed uprising in Massachusettes,

Northwest Ordinance 1787

Jul 13, 1787

Act of congress of Confederation

3/5ths compromise

Oct 30, 1787

Where slaves were counted as only 3/5ths of a person.

Constitutional Convention

Oct 30, 1787

Held in Philapelphia and was the federal convention.

The Great Compromise

Oct 30, 1787

agreement that large and small states reached.

Washinton's presidency

Apr 30, 1789

He was elected and was a very good president at the time and a strong general.

Judiciary Act of 1789

Sep 24, 1789

first session of the first US congress.

Bill of rights

Dec 15, 1791

Bill of rights was signed.

Cotton Gin

Mar 14, 1794

A tool made to help process cotton quicker and better.

Adams Presidency

Mar 4, 1797

second president of the U.S

Gabe Prosser Revolt

Aug 30, 1800

Lead an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond, VA

Nat Turner Revolt

Oct 2, 1800

Lead a slave revolt in Southhampton county VA.

Knights of Labor

Dec 11, 1800

important labor organization in 1800's no date

Jefferson's presidency

Mar 4, 1801

3rd president of the U.S.

Marbury vs. Madison

Feb 24, 1803

First case that declared an act of congress unconstitutional.

Louisiana Purchase

Oct 30, 1803

Thomas Jefferson bought it from the french and doubled the size of the U.S.

War of 1812

Dec 3, 1812

War between the U.S and Great Britian

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Mar 6, 1819

A court case say bank couldn't tax bank due to national supremency.

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

Passed a bill granting Missouri as a slve state.

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

Divided the Louisiana Purchase

Monroe Doctrine

Dec 2, 1823

Obligated respect for the Western Hemesphere.

Gibbons vs. Ogden

Mar 2, 1824

Court overturned steamboat monopoly.

Jackson's Presidency

Mar 4, 1829

More common people could vote and liked Jackson.

Indian Removal Act of 1830

May 28, 1830

Forced indians to move into indian territory

Battle of the Alamo

Feb 23, 1836

Texas Revolution

Battle of San Jacinto

Apr 21, 1836

Concluding millitary event on the Texas revolution.

U.S. Annexes Texas

Feb 28, 1845

Texas became a part of the U.S.

Mexican War

Apr 25, 1846

Began with the struggle over Texas.

CA Gold Rush

Jan 24, 1848

Gold was discovered.

Seneca Falls Convention

Jul 19, 1848

First women's right convention.

Compromise of 1850

Sep 5, 1850

package of 5 seperate bills

Age of Common Man

Nov 5, 1850

Time when democracy in the US expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process.

Fugitave Slave law

Nov 5, 1850

made easier to catch runaway slaves.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mar 10, 1852

Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Kansas-Nebraska act

Nov 5, 1854

gave them popular sovereignty

Dred Scott Case

Mar 6, 1857

Determine whether african americans are free or not

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

Presidential election

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Near Charleston North Carolina

Homestead Act

May 20, 1862

Signed by pres. Lincoln Opens government owned land to family and farmers.

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

First battle in American Civil war

emancipation proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Freed slaves

Battle of Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Final major miliatry action

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

The Civil's war turning point

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

A speech by Abraham Lincoln.

13th Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

Abolished slavery in the United states

Appomatox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

Lee surrenders at appomatox courthouse.

Lincoln Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

By John Wilkes Booth

Reconstruction

May 11, 1865

To reconstruct the south after a devesting loss to the Union.

Reconstructoin Act of 1867

Mar 2, 1867

Divided the south and was under control of military during this time.

Election of 1867

Sep 6, 1867

One year after the civil war this election occured.

14th Amendment

Dec 11, 1868

defining some of the rights of recently freed slaves

15th Amendment

Feb 26, 1869

African American men the right to vote

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

May 6, 1882

Not allowing chinese to immigrate

Haymarket Square

May 4, 1886

Someone threw a bomb into the police

American Federation of Labor

May 11, 1886

first federation of labor unions

Dawes Act

Dec 11, 1887

Process of Americanizing Native Americans. Give them land

progressive movement

Jan 9, 1890

a movement to progress from the GIlded age.

Sherman anti-trust act

Jul 2, 1890

outlawed monolpoy parties.

Jim crow laws

Dec 11, 1890

segregation law

Homestead strike

Jun 30, 1892

Steel strike and was an industrial lockout

Pullman Strike

Jun 11, 1894

Nationwide railroad strike

Plessy v. Ferguson

Dec 11, 1896

court case about racial segregation

Reservation System

Dec 11, 1900

act or instance of reserving

American Railway Union

Dec 11, 1900

first industrial union of the United states no date

Assimilation Policy

Dec 11, 1900

Americanizing Native americans NO DATE

16th amendment

Mar 15, 1913

federal tax income

17th amendment

Apr 8, 1913

vote for senators

19th amendment

Aug 18, 1920

womens right to vote

Immigration Restriction Act

Dec 11, 1920

Stopped immigration for several years.

Hoover

Mar 4, 1929

31st president of the US

Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

Stock market crashed and it started the Great Depression, a time of econmoic hardship.

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market crashed

CLO

Feb 11, 1930

Collateralized Loan Obligation

FDR

Mar 4, 1933

32nd president and the greatest president of all time.

FDIC

Jun 16, 1933

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

New Deal

Jan 4, 1934

series of domestic programs enacte din the US between 1933 and 1938.

Dust Bowl

Apr 14, 1935

Dust storms which greatly damaged ecology and agricultural life.

Wagner Act

Jul 5, 1935

To est. national labor relations board

Social Seccurity Act

Aug 14, 1935

provide general welfare and old age benefits and for the disablied.

Fair Labors Standard Act

Jun 25, 1938

established min to max hours of work.

Non-Aggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union.

War in Eurpoe Begins

Sep 1, 1939

France and Britian declared war on Germany. Germany invaded poland in 1940

Germany invades russia

Jun 22, 1941

Largest Germany military invasion in WWII

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

A date that will live in infamy. Attacked by Japan.

U.S declares War

Dec 8, 1941

US declares war on japan.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Invasion of Normady, France

Korematsu v. U.S.

Oct 11, 1944

Court cases about the camps for the Japanese-Americans

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Major german offensive campaign.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe

Hiroshima A-bomb

Aug 6, 1945

Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Nuremburg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Trials for Nazi military leaders and people who inforced the wrong doing of Nazi's.