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May 1, 1450
Triangular Trade
Ships from New England sailed to Africa in exchanging New England rum for slaves. Then the slaves were shipped from Africa to the Caribbean. In the Caribbean, the slaves were traded for sugar and molasses, and the ships returned to New England, where the molasses were used to make rum. -
May 1, 1492
Age of exploration
The discovey of new plants changed the environmets in North america and the interactions of the settlers and the natives. The colonial societies exchanged commodities, peoples, and ideas. -
Oct 12, 1492
The New World
Columbus lands on the western hemisphere, where they stared to merge with the native populations. This led to an exchange of goods, people, and culture between the Europeans and the Native Americans. -
May 1, 1500
Columbian Exchage
When the new world was dicovered an exchange of animals, plants, culture, humans, technolohy and ideas occurred between American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries. -
Jan 1, 1560
Anglicization
A period where American colonists adopted various British customs and ideas -
Atlantic Slave Trade
The start of Europeans slave trading in Africa. Many slaves were transported to the Americas. Slavery would continue to be a staple of American culture. -
The settlement of Jamestown
The first English settlement on North America. The settlers went to spread Christianity to other parts of the world. -
Puritans
The puritans sailed to America to escape religious persecution in england and seperate from the anglican church. The created a colony that they wanted to be seen as a "city on a hill". -
Half-Way Covenant
When a growing number of people began to seperate from Puritanism, the ministers created the half-way covenant to make partial church membership to get more people back into the church. -
Quakers
a radical protestant sect that wanted to restore simplicity and spirituality of earlier christians. They settled in Pennsylvania to escape rdicule in england for their beliefs. the colony was established by William Penn and created an extremely liberal government. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of court hearings that were held for colonists accused of witchcraft. 150 in Massachusetts were tried and 29 were convicted and 19 were hanged. This was the result of extreme religious faith, stress from a growing population and its bad relations with Native Americans, and the narrow opportunities for women and girls to participate in Puritan society. -
Age of Enligtnement
This era would see a surge in religion in america and would contribute to the idea that ties with Britain should be cut off. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a outbreak of religious fervor that swept through the colonies, and helped unify the colonies. -
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine, it moved many americans in supporting freedom from great Britain by ridiculing how idiotic it was for Britain to control people who were across an entire ocean. -
Declaration of Independence
The colonies declared freedom from Britain. It was written by thomas Jefferson. It states the ideals or goals of the nation that they wanted to create. -
Constitution of the United staes of America
Set the rules and principles for the newly created nation. It stated how the staes would be governed and the standard they would be held to. -
Second Great Awakening
A religious revivals starting in 1801 that attracted women, Blacks, and Native Americans. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement. -
Temperance
Women pushed for a ban on alcohol because they saw it as a cause for violence in men. -
Transcedetalism
American literary, political, and philosophical movement that encourgaed human potential. Writers included ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreau. emerson wrote Self Reliance, this promoted individuality. -
Maifest Destiny
The belief that God wanted the american settlers to expand westaward and colonize America from the East coast to the west coast. -
freedmen's bureau
It was used a way to push to establishment for the first school for African Americans. It supervised affairs relating to refugees, such as employment clothing, and it controlled lands and property. -
Abolition
Many activitst were against slavery and made several attempts to abolish it. Many social groups, such as the NAACP were created as a way to stand against it. -
Tin Pan Alley
A place where musicians and writers would work at. Including Irving Berlin who wrote “God Bless America” and “White Christmas.” -
Consumer culture
The household work became easier as more invention such as the washing machine, vaccum,and other labor saving devices gave people more time to do other things. Credit allowed people to buy things they couldn't afford by using installment payments. -
Red Scare
Duing this peiod Americans beagn to fear communists because they feared they were going to take over the U.S. -
Popular Culture of 1920s
Radio and film made millions of people fans of programs and created the first media stars. conservatives opposed the contents shown but could not resist its popularity. -
Traditionalism v modernism
Traditionalists wanted to keep society's old ways and opposed change. Modernism encourgaed advancements in society. Traditionalists valued education and family.. -
Jazz Age
A new innovation of music swept through the streets of new Orleans, sparking many cultural changes in music. Artist such as Louis Armstrong arose on the scene bringing people of different backgrounds together -
Scopes Trial
A teacher was accused of teaching evolution to their students. It started the debte of whether modern science should or shouldn't be taught . -
Harlem Renaissance
African ameican culture experienced a surge in art and literature. It included literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts. -
March on washington
A. Philip Randolph planned a march in washington d.c to protest discrimination in the military and in industry.Roosevelt issued an executive order that made employers and labor unions to stop discrimination in employment -
Effects of Pearl Harbor
Afer the japanese had attacked, americans national pride grew as they came together and pushed for the U.s to go into the War. -
Non-conformists
Many hollywood films celebrated consermists/conformists lifestyle of the 1950sbut filmakers began to challenge that with newer films. This included "The Man in Gray Flannel Suit". -
Beatnik
Th name of someone who is on the edge of society, and rebels against social standards Beat writers included Allen ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Beat writers were inspired by jazz because they worked in free verse, improvised, and said what they felt. -
Television
Television influenced the image of the "american family by painting a picture of the nuclear family which included a father, mother, and about 2 children.Americans who might never have attended a civil rights demonstration saw and heard them on their TV -
Affirmative Action
In an attempt to createmore opportunities for minorities laws were created to require colleges meet a quota for the amount of a specific race to attendtheir school. Executive Order 10925, which was signed by President John F. Kennedy. -
Feminine Mystique
Written by Betty Frieden, it questioned women's role in the house and startd the second wave of feminism -
Multicultural Society
As the world became more globalized more immigrants came to the country. This led to a reemergance of nativism. These neo-nativists focused on limiting undocumented worker's access to public services. -
communications
The increase of personal computers, internet, and cellular phnes gave people a chance to become more connected and gain information quicker. -
watergaet scandal
After it was revealed that nixon's administration had broken into democratic offices, many americans felt betrayed and began to lose trust in the government -
Roe v. Wade
Supreme court decided that it was a woman's right to have privacy regarding whether or not to have an abortion. -
Effects of 9/11
After the devasting attacks on 9/11 Americans became qucik to judge and fear Muslims and other cultures that had Terrorists groups associated wit them.
