AH timeline padlet by Hallie Hukill _ Student - GreenLevelHS

october 12/1492 - columbus discovers new world

hahukill — 2023-09-06 01:58:34 UTC

Columbus accidentally discovered america thought to be India. This started the beginning of a new european exploration era. this created the 13 colonies and led to many significant events.

may 26th 1521 - conquest of tenochtitlan

hahukill — 2023-09-06 02:06:32 UTC

Cortez and his people discovered the aztecs. 1521 his men became responsible for the fall of the native tribe. Cortez was held responsible for the death of moctezuma who was the leader of the aztecs. Eventually this conflicted a wipe out of the aztecs.

august 1585 - roanoke settlement

hahukill — 2023-09-06 02:09:01 UTC

the roanoke settlement was an attempt to be the first english settlement in north america. a boat arrived 5 years later and the colonists had disappeared but is believed they were killed off by native disease.

june 20th 1675 - king philip's wars

hahukill — 2023-09-06 02:12:21 UTC

king philip's war was an attempt by the natives to drive away the colonists. this resulted in a very deadly war but many tribes made room for english settlement. many villages were banned because of this gruesome war.

bacon's rebellion in 1676

hahukill — 2023-09-06 02:14:17 UTC

bacon's rebellion was the first uprising event in the english colonies. this was an armed rebellion against colonel berkely for not driving natives out of virginia.

french and indian war 1754

hahukill — 2023-09-14 17:46:05 UTC

The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

boston tea party 1773

hahukill — 2023-09-14 17:49:59 UTC

The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773 by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts

first continental congress 1774

hahukill — 2023-09-14 17:51:58 UTC

The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression

declaration of independence 1776

hahukill — 2023-09-14 17:53:56 UTC

The Declaration of Independence, headed The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the founding document of the United States

Shays's Rebellion, (August 1786–February 1787),

hahukill — 2023-09-14 17:55:02 UTC

first popular uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions

constitutional convention 1787

hahukill — 2023-09-14 17:59:04 UTC

The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government

Washington’s Farewell Address 1796

hahukill — 2023-09-14 18:03:43 UTC

Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia

Louisiana purchase

hahukill — 2023-10-04 03:36:01 UTC

a land deal between the united states an france in which america acquired approximately 127,K square miles of land west of the mississippi river for 15 million

war of 1812

hahukill — 2023-10-04 03:39:21 UTC

a war between the united states and britian caused by american outrage over the impressment of american sailors by the british, the british seizure of american ships, the british aided to the indians attacking the americans on the western frontier

white house burned

hahukill — 2023-10-04 03:41:14 UTC

general robert ross a british force occupied washington DC, and set fire to my public buildings following the american defeat of the batlte of bladensburg

market revolution

hahukill — 2023-10-04 03:42:27 UTC

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

missouri compromise

hahukill — 2023-10-04 03:47:54 UTC

congress admitted Maine as a free state in 1820 so that missouri would become a slave states and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana purchase territory in north of 36, 30, the southern boundary of missouri

seneca falls convention

hahukill — 2023-10-04 03:49:24 UTC

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.

mexican american war

hahukill — 2023-10-20 03:44:53 UTC

By force, a white mob seized the reins of government in the port city and, in so doing, destroyed the local black-owned newspaper office and terrorized the African American community

dred scott decision

hahukill — 2023-10-20 03:45:40 UTC

Since slaves are property of their masters, a slave is not automatically granted his freedom when his master moves him to a free state or territory

emancipation proclamation

hahukill — 2023-10-20 03:46:41 UTC

Issued by Lincoln to free all of the slaves in the Confederate states. The slaves in border states loyal to the Union, however, remained enslaved, it only applied to Confederate states in rebellion.

Appomattox Court House

hahukill — 2023-10-20 03:47:38 UTC

Where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865

lincoln assassination

hahukill — 2023-10-20 03:48:07 UTC

John Wilkes Booth shot this leader in the head at Ford Theater, just days after the Civil War ended

reconstruction

hahukill — 2023-10-20 03:48:33 UTC

Period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders created plans for the governance of the South and a procedure for former Southern states to rejoin the Union

Haymarket Riot of 1886

hahukill — 2023-11-02 17:27:50 UTC

A labor protest rally in Chicago turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing

Homestead Strike of 1892

hahukill — 2023-11-02 17:29:42 UTC

A nonviolent strike that brought down the railway system in most of the West over wages. President Cleveland shut it down because it was interfering with mail delivery

Pullman Strike of 1894

hahukill — 2023-11-02 17:33:07 UTC

A violent strike in Pittsburgh over a decision to cut wages by nearly 20%. This strike ended with the destruction of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel workers, one of the largest unions at the time

Plessy v. Ferguson

hahukill — 2023-11-02 17:34:20 UTC

U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the legality of Jim Crow laws that permitted or required separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites

The Jungle written

hahukill — 2023-11-02 17:35:01 UTC

A novel by Upton Sinclair that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago

USS Maine destroyed

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:22:29 UTC

A U.S. battleship exploded and sank in Havana Harbor; 260 Americans died. Although it was later concluded that it was an internal explosion caused by a fire in the coal bunker, the sinking provided an excuse for those eager for war with Spain.

spanish american war

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:22:55 UTC

War over the European control of Cuba, American won and gained: Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and an alliance with Cuba

boxer rebellion

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:23:18 UTC

An uprising in China directed against foreign influence. It was suppressed by an international force of some eighteen thousand soldiers, including Americans. It paved the way for the revolution of 1911, which led to the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912.

sinking of the lusitania

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:23:42 UTC

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat during WWI. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

ww1

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:23:55 UTC

The first, modern global war, started by the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war is remembered for its violence and destruction, costing over 20 million lives and billions of dollars.

roaring 20´s

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:24:13 UTC

One of the most significant decades in US History because of the great changes that came about in American society, including the rise of consumerism, technology, and social and creative expression.

great depression

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:30:20 UTC

The economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in 1929 and approximately ending with the start of the next war.

new deal

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:30:31 UTC

President FDR's precursor of the modern welfare state. His programs were meant to combat economic depression and it enacted a number of social insurance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy.

ww2

hahukill — 2023-12-07 15:30:45 UTC

The second, modern global war, starting less than 2 decades after the last. A significant portion of the world was involved, divided into Axis and Allied powers.

war on terror

hahukill — 2024-01-08 01:24:08 UTC

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.

NAFTA

hahukill — 2024-01-08 01:24:40 UTC

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.

the patriot act

hahukill — 2024-01-08 01:25:29 UTC

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.

iran contra affair

hahukill — 2024-01-08 01:26:35 UTC

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.

clinton impeachment

hahukill — 2024-01-08 01:27:45 UTC

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

bush v. gore

hahukill — 2024-01-08 01:28:19 UTC

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.