western civilization

  • Aug 3, 1492

    The New World Discovery

    The  New World Discovery
    christopher columbes discovered the new world with the settlers and when he came over to the new world and he brought holy faith and they also brought diseases like small pocks.
  • John Winthrop

    John Winthrop
    he was also puritan who believe that the English church needed reforming and as one of the leaders of that new colony, he helpedshape how Americans see themselves.
  • Early British Colonies

    Early British Colonies
    English settlers founded Jamestown, Virginia. And it was the first pertmanant English colony in the Americas.
  • The Arrival of the First Slavery

    The dutch ship carried African slaves docked at point comfort.And the crew of the dutch ship was starving so they traded 20 African slaverys for food and supplies.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
  • The civil war Begins

    The civil war Begins
    It begins when confederateforces fired on fort sumter, a union fort in charleston , south carlina.
  • Slavery Ended in America

    Slavery Ended in America
    slavery ended in the United States. Secretary of State William Seward issued a statement verifying the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution making the end of slavery official eight months after the end of the Civil War. The amendment states.
  • Franco-Prussian war breaks out

    Franco-Prussian war breaks out
    a conflict between the Second French Empire and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
  • Chief of Red Cloud

    Chief of Red Cloud
    Red cloud was chief was the oglala sioux, states hi peoples case in Washington, DC
  • The Great Chicago Fire

    The Great Chicago Fire
    The fire burned for over 24 hour. More than 3 square miles of the city center was destroyed.
  • Light Bulb

    Light Bulb
    Thomas Edison is usually credited with the invention of the light bulb, but the famous American inventor wasn't the only one who contributed to the development of this revolutionary
  • Garfieds Assination

    Garfieds Assination
    When garfied was assinated it made chester arthur president.
  • Oklahoma opened for settlement

    Oklahoma opened for settlement
    When the oklahoma was open for settlement thats when the land rush began.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

     Sherman Antitrust Act
    In 1890 the congress passed the sherman Antitrust Act.
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike
    When president cleveland sent federal troops in to illinois to end the Pullman strike.
  • Mckinley is reelected

    Mckinley is reelected
    Reelected in 1900, McKinley was assassinated by a deranged anarchist in Buffalo, New York, in September 1901. William McKinley's Early Life and Pre-Presidency Career.
  • The San Francisco Earthquake

    The San Francisco Earthquake
    The quake lasted 28 seconds; fires burned for 4 days. An estimated 1,000 people died.
  • Discovery of Oil

    Discovery of Oil
    English company founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field.
  • Mexico Revolution begins

    Mexico Revolution begins
    The Mexican Revolution or Mexican Civil War was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz, and lasted for the better part of a decade until around 1920.
  • Panama Canal opens

    Panama Canal opens
    The Panama Railway steamship SS Ancon, piloted by Captain John A. Constantine, the Canal's first pilot, made the first official transit of the canal