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Period: Apr 22, 1450 to
Columbian Exchange
This was the diffusion of goods, plants, and animals, and culture between europe and the new world -
Apr 22, 1491
Christopher Columbus Voyage
Columbus made it to America & made contact with the nativer americans -
Apr 22, 1494
Columbian Exchange
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Apr 22, 1515
Spanish ecomienda system
system implemented by the spanish to use the native americans for labor -
Apr 22, 1517
WAr between reliogion
This began because of the protestant reformation -
Apr 22, 1550
Subjugation of the indians
Bartomo de las casa vs. Sepulveda on how the indians should be treated -
Jamestown Virginia
first permanent english setllement in America founded by the london company -
First African slaves
the first african slaves from africa arrive in america -
King Phillip's War
Metacomet a native american leader led a war against new England settlers who wanted to subject the New England population to colonial control. -
Pueblo Revolt
Peublo indians led by Pope uprised and ambushed the spanish ultimately defeating and driving out Spain -
The Great awakening
people were upset about the decline in religious piety. The Great Awakening was a sudden outbreak of religious fervor that swept through the colonies -
French & Indian War
War between Britain vs the Allied French & indian -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
Royal Proclamation o -
Stamp act
Act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Boston Massacre
An incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The American Revolutionary War began with the “shot heard ’round the world.” At the battles of Lexington and Concord, -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase U.S. acquisition of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803 for $15 million. -
War of 1812
War of 1812 War between Britain and the U.S. America's justifications for war included British violations of American maritime rights -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise A sectional compromise in congress in 1820 that admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also banned slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase territory above the 36' 30'' line. -
The Second Great Awakening
A series of religious revivals starting in 1800's, based on Methodism and Baptism. Stressed a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and tolerance for all Protestant sects -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention called for women’s suffrage and issued a Declaration of Sentiments based on the Declaration of Independence. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress adopted the Compromise of 1850, which admitted California to the Union as a free state without forbidding slavery in other territories won from Mexico. -
Lincoln innauguration
Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office as the sixteenth president of the United States on March 4, 1861 -
First Battle of Bullrun
Union armies were defeated at the first major battle of the Civil War, at Bull Run (Manassas) in Virginia. -
13th amendment ratified
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
Grandfather clause
Grandfather clause A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867. -
Reconstruction acts
Reconstruction The process of rebuilding the nation (north and south) after the Civil War. This involved reviving the nation economically, rebuilding southern governments, freeing the slaves, and reintegrating the south back into union -
Gilded age
time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor -
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 Denied any Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate. American workers felt threatened by the job competition. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890
Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890 First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. -
Homestead Strike 1892
It was against the Homestead Steel Works, which was part of the Carnegie Steel Company, in Pennsylvania in retaliation against wage cuts. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal -
Spanish American War
In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence -
Red Scare
A period when the government went after "red"-as Communists were known- and others with radical views -
Black Tuesday
Stock Market crashed and was the begining of the Great Depression -
New Deal
New Deal A plan by President Franklin Roosevelt intended to bring economic relief, recovery, and reforms to the country after the Great Depression. -
New Deal Programs
New Deal A plan by President Franklin Roosevelt intended to bring economic relief, recovery, and reforms to the country after the Great Depression. -
Pearl Harbor
United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine, a policy plan to keep Communism from spreading to politically unstable countries. -
Korean war
Communist north korea invaded south korea, in order to keep communism away U.s. entered -
Brown v Board of Education
Supreme Court struck down the Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal” decision when it ruled that, segregated schools were declared unconstitutional. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. and others led more than 200,000 civil rights supporters in a March on Washington. There, King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech -
J.F.K assisinated
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president upon Kennedy’s death. -
Iranian hostage crisis
Iranian hostage crisis, 1979 Iranian Militants overtake the U.S. Embassy in Iran, wanting justice for the Shah of Iran -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Torn down in 1989, marking the end of the Cold Wa -
Persian Gulf War
Under Bush, the U.S. defeats Iraq when Sadaam Husein of Iraq leads an invasion on Kuwait -
Attacks of September (9/11)
te World Trade Center and the Pentagon are where the attacks occurned and over 3000 were killed
-starts the war on terrorism -
Barack Obama innaguarted
First African American President