US History Timeline Padlet by Carter Ferranti _ Student - GreenLevelHS

1st | 1492 | Columbus Discovers the “New World”

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Launched centuries of European exploration and colonization of the American continent.

2nd | 1521 | Conquest of Tenochtitlan

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Destroyed the Aztec empire, and the Spanish began to consolidate control over what became the colony of New Spain

3rd | 1585 | Roanoke Settlement

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Permanent North American settlement with the purpose of harassing Spanish shipping, mining for gold and silver, discovering a passage to the Pacific Ocean, and Christianizing the Indians

4th | 1675 | King Philip's War

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War that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies. Paved the way for additional English settlements

5th | 1676 | Bacon's Rebellion

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The first popular uprising in the American colonies. It was long viewed as an early revolt against English tyranny

French and Indian War | 1st

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Part of the Seven Years' War in Europe. Britain and France fought for control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The colonies fought under British commanders. Britain eventually won, and gained control of all of the remaining French possessions in Canada.

Boston Tea Party | 2nd

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A group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773

First Continental Congress | 3rd

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A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts."

Declaration of Independence | 4th

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A resolution created by the Continental Congress, which broke all ties between colonists and the British, creating the idea in America that the colonies were now "states"

Shay's Rebellion | 5th

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An uprising of rural, indebted farmers in western Massachusetts, against Boston creditors. It began in 1786 and lasted half a year, threatening the economic interests of the business elite and contributing to the demise of the Articles of Confederation.

Constitutional Convention | 6th

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A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives form each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Washington's Farewell Address | 7th

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Printed in newspapers, this was largely a warning against political parties and permanent foreign alliances

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

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A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

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A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier.

White House Burned (1814)

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General Robert Ross, a British force occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to many public buildings following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg.

Missouri Compromise (1820)

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Congress admitted Maine as a free state in 1820 so that Missouri would become a slave state and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30', the southern boundary of Missouri.

Market Revolution (1820-1840)

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Americans moving away from self-sufficient agriculture to production of goods for sale

Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

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Women of all ages and even some men went to discuss the rights and conditions of women. There, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which among other things, tried to get women the right to vote.

USS Maine Destroyed

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A U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor; used as pretext for war with Spain

Spanish-American War

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War over European control of Cuba; America gained Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines

Boxer Rebellion

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Anti-foreigner uprising in China, suppressed by international forces

WWI

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The first, modern global war, started by the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Sinking of the Lusitania

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A British passenger ship sunk by a German U-Boat during WWI

Roaring 20s

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A decade of great cultural and social change in the US

Great Depression

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Economic crisis beginning with the 1929 stock-market crash

New Deal

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FDR’s programs to combat the Great Depression

WWII

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Second global war involving Axis and Allied powers

Murder of Emmett Till

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A 14-year-old African American, was brutally murdered in 1955 in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman.

Greensboro Sit Ins

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A series of nonviolent protests initiated by African American college students in 1960 at a Woolworth's lunch counter.

March on Washington

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Over 200,000 participants, including Martin Luther King Jr., gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Assasination of JFK

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Assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

Assasination of MLK Jr

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Assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Civil Rights act of 1968

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Enacted to address housing discrimination.

USA withdraws from Vietnam

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Marked the end of direct American involvement in the Vietnam War.

Watergate Scandal

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Involving the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, leading to Nixon’s resignation.

Iran-Contra Affair

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a political scandal in the 1980s involving the covert sale of weapons to Iran by the U.S. government to fund Nicaraguan Contra rebels, leading to Congressional investigations and convictions.

NAFTA

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a trade agreement signed in 1994 between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, aiming to eliminate barriers to trade and investment and promote economic cooperation in North America.

Clinton Impeachment

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centered on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice related to his extramarital affair

Bush v Gore

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The 2000 U.S. presidential election, marked by a controversial recount in Florida, legal battles culminating in the Supreme Court's decision to stop the recount, and Bush's ultimate victory despite losing the popular vote.

War on Terror

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a global military and political campaign initiated by the United States in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, aimed at combating terrorism and its sponsors around the world.

The Patriot Act

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a U.S. law passed in response to the 9/11 attacks, granting expanded surveillance and law enforcement powers to the government in the name of national security and counterterrorism efforts.