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Period: 300 to 1100
Kingdom of Ghana
Originally named Wagadu. The Kingdom of Ghana was located in present-day Mauritania and western Mali. It was a very wealthy kingdom for numerous reasons, one of the reasons being the Trans-Saharan Trade. -
Period: 1240 to
Kingdom of Mali
Founded by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Musa Keita. -
Period: 1390 to
Kingdom of Kongo
Located in the western part of central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the founders of the kingdom were KiKongo speaking people, and the spelling of Congo with a C comes from the Portuguese translation -
Period: 1460 to
Kingdom of Songhai
Centered on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria. -
Period: 1492 to 1502
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
The explorer made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain -
Aug 3, 1492
First voyage of Christopher Columbus
Columbus sets sail from Spain to find an all water route to Asia, two months later he lands on San Salvador. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
It divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire. -
Feb 1, 1527
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
One of the primary events of the Spanish colonization of the Americas led by Hernan Cortes -
English settlement of Roanoke
Refers to two attempts by sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. It was first established by governor Ralph Lane. -
Establishment of Jamestown
America's first permanent English colony situated in Virginia -
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
The Mayflower arrives to New England. Although it was first originally intended to settle near the Hudson river, it landed at Cape Cod -
Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore
King Charles l of England yields it as proprietary rights to a region in exchange for a share of the income derived from the land -
Navigation Acts
An Act for increase of shipping, and encouragement of the navigation of this nation -
King Philip's War
An armed conflict between Indian inhabitants of new England and new England colonist and their Indian allies. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Armed rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of William Berkeley. -
Queen Anne's War
Second in a series of French and Indian WARS fought in the thirteen colonies during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain -
The Great Awakening
Religious revival that impacted the American colonies. It came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale. -
Seven Years' War
The last major conflict before the French Revolution to involve all the great powers of Europe. -
Sugar Act
Also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act from the British to fund British responsibilities from the French and Indian War. -
Stamp Act
Act of the British Parliament that imposed a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents on the colonist -
Tea Act
Act of the British parliament with the objective to reduce the amount of tea help by the British East India Company to help the company survive -
Intolerable Acts
Acts by British Parliament passed after Boston Tea Party to punish colonist for their defiance. -
Declaration of Independence
It was meant to explain the reasons of why the thirteen colonies were separating from the British Empire. -
Battle of Saratoga
A decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary -
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation as the first constitution of the United States. -
Battle of Yourktown
General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The American victory ends the war. -
Shays' Rebellion
Armed uprising in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizens and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades -
Northwest Ordinance
Provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
Ratification of the US Constitution
The supreme law of the United States of America. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in the United States during the presidency of Gorge Washington. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Four laws passed by the the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed by President John Adams. -
Louisiana Purchase
The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France. -
Embargo Act
It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. -
Mexican Independence War
An armed conflict, the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain. -
Period: to
War of 1812
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratification of the Treaty of Ghent. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
A U.S. victory in central Alabama over Native Americans opposed to white expansion into their territories. -
Missouri Compromise
The legislation that provided for the admission of Maine to the United States. -
Texas Declaration of independence
The formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. -
Period: to
Mexican-American War
Conflict between the United States and Mexico, that stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic. -
Compromise of 1850
A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Case
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that the Constitution was not meant to include american citizenship for black people. -
Secession of South Carolina
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Period: to
American Civil War
War between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy). That began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery -
Battle of Bull Run
First major battle of the Civil War that resulted in a Confederate victory and showed that it was more than a rebellion -
Emancipation Proclamation
issued by President Lincoln as the third year of the Civil Wr approached, declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free" -
Battle of Gettysburg
Considered the most important battle of the Civil War -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Military campaign of the Civil War fro the Union. The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21 -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
