Jacob W. American History P.1 2015-2016

Anasazi begin using Adobe for structures

Jul 8, 700

The Aztecs and Mayas rule most of South America

Aug 8, 1200

1400 Hohokam people begin to die out

Dec 8, 1397

Iroquois league started after people stop migrating

Aug 8, 1400

explorers such as Bartolomeu, Dias Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Pedro Alvarez Cabral, and Amerigo Vespucci begin exploring and destroying Aboriginal world

Dec 8, 1476

Herman Cortes dies after battle with Moctezuma attempting to set up columbian exchange

Dec 2, 1547

Renaissance begins after new ideas from protestant movement spread across Europe

Dec 8, 1600

Jamestown founded by John Smith with help of Joint stock company

May 15, 1607

House of Burgess Meeting, talks about Puritans and alters mayflower compact

Jul 8, 1619

Bascons rebellion

Dec 8, 1676

English bill of rights passed with elements from the Magna Carta

Dec 14, 1689

William Penn, Quaker, founds Pensylvania

Dec 8, 1695

Missionaries creating missions in southwest America's

Dec 8, 1700

Northwest Passage Theorized

Dec 8, 1700

Great awakening sweeps through cash crop migrant colonies, effecting salutary neglects

Dec 14, 1730

The limited government creates bicameral legislature called the articles of confederation, requiring the great compromise

Dec 14, 1775

Presidio founded, Mestizo's angered

Dec 8, 1776

A Lack of seperation of powers and check's and balances leads to shay's rebelliom 1787 from the northwest ordinance

Dec 14, 1787

tariffs to cause the whiskey rebellion

Dec 14, 1791

Warhawk's create alien and sedition acts along with hartford convention

Dec 14, 1798

Andrew jackson purchases Louisiana against the advice from his cabinet leading to judicial review

Dec 14, 1803

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

First battle of Civil War. 300 Union men vs Virtually unlimited troops. North was being starved out by Confederacy. Two men died from the battle.

Anaconda Plan

Period: May 21, 1861 to Jul 16, 1863

Plan to crush ans starve the south. Designed by Winfield Scott. Called for invasion of South by Mississippi to cut South in two.

Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Evenly matched.
South won battle.
only 6k casualties for both sides.
Defeat caused Lincoln to create draft of 500,000 men.

2nd Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

62k men of north vs 50k men of south
CSA victory by Robert E. Lee defeating John Pope
Drove down Northern Morale

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

First major battle of Antietam.
Bloodiest single day battle in American history
Lots of charging of lines via bayonet
26k Casualties - 4k deaths
Lincoln later fired McClellan

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Ended the 15th of December.
Burnside vs Robert E Lee,
Burnside attempted to cross a river but failed due to a southern offensive.
Attempted to flank but failed eventually.
Major loss of North. 12k casualties vs 4k casualties

Battle of Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Ended May 6th 1863.
Surprise attack by North.
Joseph Hooker vs Robert E Lee.
100,000 Union vs 57,000 Confederate
37,000 casualties
CSA win

Siege of Vicksburg

May 19, 1863

U. S. Grant orders the besieging of Vicksburg after two failed attempts at capturing city. Ended July 4th.

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

North beat Robert E Lee's 60,000 troops at gettysburg, bloodiest battle of Civil War

Battle of Petersburg

Jun 9, 1864

Trench warfare battle.
Battle ended March 25 1865.
Petersburg, Virginia
Largest Concentration of African Americans in war
Union had "way more" troops than South

Battle at Atlanta

Jul 22, 1864

34k Union vs 40k CSA
CSA failed to defend city
Atlanta burned to ground]
Union victory
Small losses for North, 8k casualties for South

Sherman's March to the Sea

Dec 21, 1864

Sherman led march from Atlanta to Savanah Georgia, burning every crop and building on the way.
Early use of "scorched Earth" policy.

Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

The south's big surrender to North.
Wilmer Meclean's house
700 causualties.