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World History 2 Timeline
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Jamestown
Jametown was the first permanant -
French and Indian War
War over land in America between England and France and their Indian allies. -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Treaty that ended the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbade settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a tax on all legal documents. -
Reservation System
System of placing Indians on reserved plots of land. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire on colonists, killing 5 and injuring several others. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by colonist where they dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
Was the first convention of delegates from all colonies, excluding Georgia. -
Lexington and Concord
Frist battles of The Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
2nd convention with delegates from all colonies, excluding Geeorgia. -
Declaration of Independence
Document declaring the United States independent from Britain. -
Yorktown
Location of the end of the Revolutionary War. -
Critical Period
Period in which the United States was under the Articles of Confederation. -
Articles of Confederation
Agreement among the 13 states that established the United States as a confederation. -
The Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed that ended the Revolutionary War. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Established a plan for surveying the western lands. -
Shay's Rebellion
Debt-ridden farmers in Massachusetts rebel due to high taxes. -
Annapolis Convention
Called to settle disputes amonng states over commerce. -
Constitutional Convention
Convention in which the Constitution was writen. -
The Great Compromise
Compromise between large and small states that would decide the representation of a state. -
3/5ths Compromise
Stated that slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person. -
Norhtwest Ordianance 1787
Provided the process for the creation and admission of new states. -
Washington's Presidency
Time when George Washington was president. (April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797) -
Bill of Rights Signed
First 10 ammendments of the Constitution. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Set up the court system. -
Cotton Gin
Maching invented by Eli Whitney that seperated cotton fibers from the seed that greatly increased slavery. -
Adam's Presidency
Time when Adam was president. (March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801) -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
Slave revolt in Richmond, VA. -
Jefferson's Presedency
Time when Jefferson was president. (March 4. 1801 - March 4, 1809) -
Marbury vs. Madison
Established the power of judiciary review. -
Louisiana Purchase
Land spanning from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains that Jefferson purchased from France that doubled the size of the U.S. -
War of 1812
War between France and England that America became involved in, because the British harassed U.S. ships and payed indians to attach the U.S. -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Established the doctrine of implied powers. Showed the Court could mediate between states and the government.. -
Missouri Compromise
Said that the congress could not interfere with slavery for at leas 20 years. -
Missouri Compromise
Prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Confired the federal government's power over commerce. -
Battle of The Alamo
Battle in a old mission house where 187 Texan fought a much larger force of Mexicans until every Texan had died. -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe told Europe to stay out of the western hemisphere. -
Jackson's Presidency
Time when Andrew Jackson was president. (March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837) -
Age of the Common Man
Time when democracy in the U.S. expanded and more people got involved in the electoral progress. -
Dust Bowl
Period of droughts and dust storms in the west, ruining crops. -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Forced indians to move to indian territorty west of the Mississippi River. -
Nat Turner Revolt
Southhamton, VA slave revolt. Led 180 slaves agains 4 plantations. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans won independence and established the Republic of Texas. -
U.S. Annexes Texas
The U.S. annexed Texas. -
Dred Scott Case
Case where Dred Scott attempted to sue his owner, because he took him into a free territory. -
Mexican War
War the the U.S. baited Mexico into to aquire their land. -
Seneca Falls Convention
An early and influential women's rights convention. -
CA Gold Rush
Gold was found in CA. -
Compromis of 1850
Defused a 4 year confrontation between free and slave states about the land aquired in the Mexican War. -
Fugitive Slave Law
All run away slaves were to be returned to their masters if captured. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Election of 1860
The presidenteal election that took place in 1860, and Abraham Lincoln was elected. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
First Battle of the Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
First major battle of the Civil War that took place on Union soil. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclaimed freedom of slaves in the 10 states that were still in rebellion. -
Reconstruction
Period of rebuilding and readmitting the South into the United States. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, also known as the turning point of the war. -
Gettysburg Address
Speach given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg. -
13 Ammendment
Abolished slavery. -
Appomatox Courthouse
Location where the surrender of the South was signed -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated in a theatre by John Wilkes Booth 5 days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee. -
Election of 1867
Presidential election between Ulysses S. Grant and Horatio Seymour. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
After the Civil War, as part of Reconstruction, Congress passed the Reconstrucion Act of 1867. -
14 Amendment
Gives rights to blacks. -
Knights of Labor
American labor organization. -
15 Amendment
Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the citizen's race or previous conditions of servitude. -
Jim Crow Laws
Racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965. -
Old Immigrants
Earlier immigrants that came to America from who were mostly English, Irish, German, Dutch, Scotish, and Scandanavian. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Act that disallowed the Chinese to immagrate to America. -
Dawes Act (1887)
Act that divided Indian land into seperate plots to live on as an attempt to Americanize them. -
Homestead Strike
Strike of steel workers that turned into a battle of workers against Pinkerton Agents. -
American Railway Union
Union made to unite all railway employees of all types of jobs into one large Union. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Court case over segregated train cars. -
Spanish-American War
War between the US and Spain in 1898. -
Boxer Rebellion
Violent anti-foregn movement in China. -
Treaty of Paris
Spain surrenders to the US -
Open Door Policy
The US and other European countries would share China and its trade. -
Platt Amendment
Allowed the US to be involved in Cuban affairs. -
Roosevelt Corollary
A corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. States that the US will intervene in conflicts between Europe and Latin America. -
Hoover
Vacuum -
Great Migration
Large movement of African Americans from the South to the North. -
WWI
War started by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand fought between the countries of the Allied Powers and the countries of the Central Powers. -
Panama Canal
Canal built in Panama so ships would not have to sail all the way around South America. -
US enters WWI
US enters war due to Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegraph. -
14 Points
14 points given by Woodrow Wilson after WWI, to try to prevent another war like this. -
Treaty of Versailes
Treaty that ended WWI. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited alcohol. -
Harlem Renaissance
Cultural movement in the 20s. -
Scopes Trial
High School teacher, Josh Scops, was accused of violating Tennesse's Butler Act that made it illegal to teach evolution. -
Great Depression
Time of economic crisis.w -
Bkack Tuesday
Wall Street crashed -
FDR
Franklin D. Rooselvelt. President 1933 - 45 -
New Deal
FDR's response to the Great Depression. -
Social Security Act
Provides financial aid to people who fit the requirments. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Established minimal wages and guaranteed time and a half of over time for certain jobs. -
FDIC
Insures you your money, in your bank account, to a certain amount. -
Division of Germany
Germany was divided into the west and east. The USA, France, and Britain shared the west while the Soviet Union had the east. -
Cold War
Stand off between the USA and the Soviet Union. -
Marshall Plan
USA gave money to democratic countries so they would not fall to communism. -
Berlin Airlift
The west droped things that the people living in the east needed from planes. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Alliance of the US and Western European, democratic nations. -
Communist Takeover of China
Communists takeover China, -
Korean War
War between the communist North Korea and diplomatic South Korea. Ended in stalemate. -
Eisenhower
President from 53 - 61. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Couple who was accused of being Soviet spies and executed. -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance among the USSR and its communist, satelite countries. -
Sputnik
First satelite. Launched by USSR -
U2 Incident
USSR shot down a US spy. -
JFK
John F. Kennedy. US president from 61 - 63. -
Berlin Wall
Wall built by Soviets to keep people in East Berlin. 1961 - 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR places nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
JFK Assassination
JFK was assassinated on Nov 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas.
