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Oct 12, 1492
The discovery of the Americas
Christopher Columbus was a Italian was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer. He made four voyages to the Atlantic ocean, and stumbled across the Americas. But originally the Indians were there first. This has a great significance up to this day in the controversy of who discovered the Americas first. -
The settlement of Jamestown
It began with three ships,Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.It was chosen for its easy defense against Spanish attacks. Many died due to the water they were drinking straight from the ocean and lack of food. If it weren't for the Powhatan Indians, the english would have starved. It is significant because it shows what was born out of its being the first permanent English settlement. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war is also known as the seven years war. The New World conflict marked another chapter in the conflict between Britain and France. The France expansion into the Ohio River valley brought conflicts with British colonies in a debate to see who it belonged to.French were winning the war in the beginning but when William Pit took controller the war effort he made it his mission to defeat the french in north America. The treaty of Paris ended the war. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a rebellion act against the British parliament for heavy taxing. The British Parliament had heavy taxes on everyday daily things that colonist used and they were rebelled against Parliament. The colonist idea of dumping the tea was to show Parliament that the tax was and and the were gonna refuse to pay the heavy taxes. This is significant because it was an establishment of Independence from Britain that did not happen overnight. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American revolutionary War. Tensions had already been building for some time between the 13 american colonies and the British authorities. British troops marched to Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Many battles followed but in 1783 the colonists formally won their independence. This is significant because the colonists finally won their independence through out all the unfairness that the British made them go through. -
The Declaration of Independence
During the Revolutionary War in full swing, the move for American independence from britain was in its full grown effect. In mid June 1776, five man committee that included , Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, were asked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies needs. congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. This is significant because up to this date we still use the declaration independence for our needs that help us keep an organized environment. -
Battle of Yorktown
The French fleet commanded by Francois, Count de Grasse, departed St. Domingue for the Chesapeake Bay, just as Cornwallis chose Yorktown, at the base Washington realized that it was time to act. He ordered 5,000 troops to block Cornwallis escape from Yorktown by land, while french flee blocked the British escape the sea. After three weeks , Cornwallis surrendered, and effectively ending the War for Independence. This is significant because the Treaty of Paris recognized the US as a free stat -
Constitutional Convention
The convention faced a daunting task, the peaceful overthrow of the new American government defined by the Article of Confederation. It began with the proposal of James Madison's Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan, as it became known, each state would have a single vote in Congress as it had been under the Articles of Confederation. Gave Congress new powers the collection of import duties and a stamp tax, the regulation of trade and the enforcement of requisitions upon the states with military force. -
The cotton gin
The cotton gin helped a lot in the farming grounds and it was invented by Eli Whitney. It was a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding the process of removing seeds. Cotton had become Americas leading export. This is significant because it helped improve and helped develop the cotton much faster and helped with trade. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The alien and Sedition acts were passed by congress.Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the residency requirement for American citizenship. Aliens were specifically affected by two other acts, which authorized their deportation if they were deemed dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States.Sedition Act, even the rights of American citizens were curtailed by prohibiting assembly with intent to oppose any measure. Significant because this is still amor controversy to this date. -
Louisiana Purchase
By the middle of the 18th Century, France controlled more of the present day united sates than any European power. France ceded French Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain and transferred nearly all of its remaining North American holdings to Great Britain. This was significant because it gave the U.S control of the Mississippi River. -
War of 1812
The war took two years and eight months to end. No boundaries changes resulted from the war, but and important treaty. The US took over there greater naval power in the world. In a conflict that would have an immense impact. The US suffered many costly defeats to the hands of the British. The treaty of Ghent ended the war but left many of the most contentious questions unresolved. This significant because it was also known as a second war of independence. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri congress, for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. During this time the US contained twenty - tea states evenly divided between slave and free. This was significant because many of the states already had slavery and this made in a great impact in which more states wanted slavery. -
Andrew Jackson Election
Andrew Jackson was born in poverty, he became wealthy Tennessee lawyer and a rising politician. His leadership during the war that broke out between the US and Britain brought him national fame as a military hero. He would then become the most influential political figure during the 1820 to 1830s. His first run as parent wasn't a success but he came back after the 4 eras and became the seventh president. -
Trail of Tears
In the 1830s, 125,000 Native Americans lived in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida, these lans was were their ancestors had occupied and cultivated. By the end of the 1830s, no many Native Americans remained anywhere in the US. They were working on behalf of the white settlers. The federal government forced them to leave and walk many miles to special territory. Which is known as the trail of tears. Significant because there is controversy on who was on this land first. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis that damaged Ohio and national economies. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. It was initiated by President Andrew Jackson. The failure of the wheat crop growing was also an affect of the finical crisis and depression in Great Britain. This is significant because it was a really hard time for government to be up float with all the econmical crisis. -
Invention of the Telegraph
The Telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse, the telegraph, was along distance communication system, it worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between two stations. Also with inventing the telegraph, Samuel Morse developed a code called morse code that which also happens to be his last name. This is significant because this helped when people were in danger during the war or when they were in the war to help communicate what was going on at that time. -
The Mexican- American War
It marked the first U.S armed conflict chiefly fought in foreign soil, it was politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist. A border skirmish along the rio grande started off the fighting and as followed by a series of U.S victories. At the end of the war Mexico lost one third of its territory. This is significant because to this present its what we call California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
Compromise of 1850
Started with the senator Henry Clay introduced as series of resolutions, in a attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the compromise Fugitive salve act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C was abolished. This is significant because the south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law. -
Fort Sumter
lThe next morning, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter and continued for 34 hours. The Civil War had begun! Anderson did not return the fire for the first two hours. The fort's supply of ammunition was not suited for an equal fight and Anderson lacked fuses for his exploding shells only solid shot could be used against the Rebel batteries Union Capt. Abner Doubleday, the fort's second in command, was afforded the honor of firing the first shot in defense of the fort. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as a war measure intended to cripple the Confederacy. Being careful to respect the limits of his authority, Lincoln applied the Emancipation Proclamation only to the Southern states in rebellionThe Southern states used slaves to support their armies on the field and to manage the home front so more men could go off to fight. many Europeans were against slavery. -
Appomattox Court House
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Days earlier, Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and the city of Petersburg.his goal was to rally the remnants of his beleaguered troops, meet Confederate reinforcements in North Carolina and resume fighting. But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end. -
Abraham Lincolns Assassinaiton
On the evening of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. It is Significant because up to this day there is still assassinations and now the presidents are more protected. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors," in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution. -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. The thirteenth amendment officially abolished slaver to this day. The fourteenth Amendment declares that all persons born and naturalized the us are American citizens. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits each government in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote. -
Invention of the electric light, telephone and airplane
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first workable telephone, basing his invention on a series of previous primitive examples.
Thomas Edison, commonly credited with inventing the lightbulb, actually experimented with previous inventors' ideas to create the first commercially successful lightbulb by perfecting the filament material. -
Organization of standard Oil trust
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust by trading stockholders' shares for trust certificates. The trust was designed to allow Rockefeller and other Standard Oil stockholders to get around state laws prohibiting one company from owning stock in another. -
Pullman and Homestead Strikes
homestead and pullman strikes homestead strike The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in the town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company -
Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain.pain declared war on the United States on April 24, followed by a U.S. declaration of war on the 25th. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley, but resigned from that post to lead the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War.Roosevelt became president at age 42, and remains the youngest president.He was also a dedicated conservationist, setting aside some 200 million acres for national forests, reserves and wildlife refuges during his presidency
