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Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with 3 ships and crews for each ship. Columbus was searching for a way to Asia by water but unknowingly landed in the Americas after months of sailing.

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The Middle Passage was the three month trip captured slaves were forced to take from Africa to America. This voyage was traumatic and scarring to the captured Africans as they were subject to poor living conditions and daily violence.

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First Pilgrim Settlement (December 16, 1620)

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First Pilgrim Settlement (December 16, 1620)

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The Pilgrims' first settlement was Plymouth Rock where they established a village and developed a relationship with the Native Americans. The Pilgrims struggled through their first winter in Plymouth but gained aid from alliances with the Natives and began to prosper.

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Metacom's War, or King Phillip's War, was one of the many attempts that the Natives made to try to prevent the colonists from encroaching on their lands. This rebellion is marked as one of the earliest and bloodiest rebellions in the history of the U.S.

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The Stono Rebellion was among the largest slave uprisings in the South. The group began the rebellion near Charleston, SC and headed south towards Florida but was intercepted by whites who killed the rebelling slaves.

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Also known as the Coercive Acts, these acts were passed by Britain as a consequence of the Boston Tea Party. The colonists protested yet again in response to these laws and began rebelling against Britain.

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The Industrial Revolution was the movement from an economy that heavily relied on labor and agriculture to an economy that was supported by machinery and technology. This change happened gradually but significantly transformed America and provided more options than had previously been available.

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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The Declaration of Independence is a document written by the colonists to declare their separation as a country from Britain. This document gave the colonies the ability to be their own country, to govern themselves, and to be able to have a say in their government.

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Articles of Confederation (November 15, 1777 - June 21, 1788)

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Articles of Confederation (November 15, 1777 - June 21, 1788)

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The Articles of Confederation was the first official document that the colonists developed to state the rights of the federal government and the rights of the state governments. This document gave the states more power than the federal government and was proven to be unsuccessful with time.

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Virginia and New Jersey Plans (May 29, 1787 and June 15, 1787)

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Virginia and New Jersey Plans (May 29, 1787 and June 15, 1787)

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The Virginia Plan stated that representation would be based on the population of the state, which smaller states opposed. The New Jersey Plan stated that each state would get one vote each. These plans were combined to make a compromise that gave each state equal representation in the Senate but representation based on population in the House of Representatives.

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The Second Middle Passage was the separation of slave families within the states. The slave families would be separated and sold in various places and the process would repeat until families would be spread all over the slave states.

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The Louisiana Purchase was bought from France and doubled the size of the U.S. This land allowed for western expansion and gave the country more room to grow and develop.

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The Underground Railroad was an escape route for slaves. Runaway slaves would find homes of free blacks and whites who were willing to hide the runaways in hidden and secret areas if the police came to retrieve the slaves.

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The Indian Removal Act was President Jackson's first priority as president. This act allowed Jackson to give native tribes land in the western part of the U.S. and remove them from their land on the east coast.

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The Trail of Tears was an 850 mile trek west through the middle part of the country. Throughout the trek, the natives were forced to sleep in snow and mud. Sickness spread quickly and the food supply ran short, fairly quickly many of the natives passed away on the journey and the tribe buried up to 15 each time they stopped.

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The Fugitive Slave Act forced northerners to help capture and return anyone even accused of running away from slavery back to the south. Now the free black people were in danger and fearful to go through life because the white may capture and send them back to slavery without caring that they were free.

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The Dred Scott decision was the result of a lawsuit that declared slaves living in free states or territories did not deserve to be free and stated that African Americans could not be citizens. This decision also declared the Missouri Compromise illegal since the states north of the 36°30' line were free states.

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The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by President Lincoln at the National Cemetery of Gettysburg. Lincoln addressed the basic rights from the Constitution and abolition of slavery in his two minute speech.

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The Civil Rights Act ended the idea of "separate but equal" and banned discrimination and segregation in the workplace. This act was the last act passed during Reconstruction and was not well enforced once Reconstruction came to an end.

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The Compromise of 1877 was an agreement that demanded that the Republican troops be removed from the south. This allowed the southern states that were still under Republican power to revert back to a Democratic government and end Reconstruction.