Timeline by Advaita Mamillapalli _ Student - GreenLevelHS https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7 en-us 2025-08-26 17:43:03 UTC 2026-01-13 18:11:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Columbus discovers the New World amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559421582 (Aug-Oct 1492) Columbus discovers the Americas in his voyage for Asia. This time period marks the European exploration of the Americas and the colonization and Columbian Exchange brought forth by the discovery.

]]> 2025-08-29 01:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559421582 Conquest of Tenochtitlan amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559432897 (May-August 1521) The fall of the Aztec empire. The Spanish Army, commanded by Cortes and indigenous allied took over the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan, leading to the fall of the empire and the start of Spanish colonial rule.

]]> 2025-08-29 01:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559432897 Roanoke Settlement amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559439616 (around 1585) The first group of settlers to arrive used this colony as a military outpost, but they soon returned to England because of a lack of resources. The second settlers arrived a few years later and were more permanent, consisting of women and children as well.

]]> 2025-08-29 01:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559439616 King Philip's War amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559445334 (June 1675- August 1678) This war was a conflict between tribes in New England consisting of Native Americans in retaliation to the colonist's treatment of their lands and people, such as their encroachment and their territorial expansion. It ended with the colonists' win.

]]> 2025-08-29 01:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559445334 Bacon's Rebellion amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559457751 (1676-1677) It started as a conflict between the Doeg Indians and settlers became a major dispute led by Nathaniel Bacon against Gov. Sir William Berkeley, a wealthy planter, and his government the following year. It was one of the most serious uprisings to royal tyranny before the American Revolution.

]]> 2025-08-29 01:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3559457751 French Indian war amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583424138 1754-1763

The start of the taxation from the Debt incurred by this war after the major losses

]]> 2025-09-14 01:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583424138 Boston Tea Party amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583425843 1773, a political protest where patriots dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea from the British East India Company into the Boston Harbour.

]]> 2025-09-14 01:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583425843 First Continental Congress amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583437522 1774, the first unified group sent to reason with Britain with the colonies' list of grievances.

]]> 2025-09-14 01:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583437522 The Declaration of Independence amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583438282 1776, The Declaration of Independence officially declared America's independence from Britain.

]]> 2025-09-14 01:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583438282 Shay's Rebellion amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583440597 Shay's Rebellion, 1786. Rebellion in MA against high taxation.


]]> 2025-09-14 01:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583440597 Constitutional Convention amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583442381 1787, First convention to discuss the actual constitution for the new country

]]> 2025-09-14 01:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583442381 Washington's Farewell Address amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583443226 1796, he gave three warnings in his address regarding factionalism, sectionalism and foreign entanglements.

]]> 2025-09-14 01:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3583443226 Louisiana Purchase amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609733573 (1803) the purchase of the territory of Louisiana from the French First Republic

]]> 2025-09-29 17:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609733573 War of 1812 amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609736620 (1812-1815) started when the US declared war on Britain and fought that war with its UK allies.

]]> 2025-09-29 17:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609736620 White House Burned amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609741229 (1814) a British retaliation for the US burning York. Carried out by Rear Admiral George Cockburn

]]> 2025-09-29 17:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609741229 Market Revolution amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609743534 (1815-1820s) transformed American business and global trade by becoming mainly agrarian and self sufficient

]]> 2025-09-29 17:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609743534 Missouri Compromise amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609745917 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance of power in Congress between free and slave states

]]> 2025-09-29 17:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609745917 Seneca Falls Convention amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609749082 (1848) the first women's rights convention, discussing the social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women

]]> 2025-09-29 17:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3609749082 Mexican American War amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3645168685 (1846-1848) War between U.S. and Mexico over land disputes, ended with the U.S. gaining CA, AZ, and New Mexico

]]> 2025-10-22 12:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3645168685 Dred Scott Decision amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3645173662 (1857) Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were property, not citizens, and that Congress couldn't ban slavery in new territories, and made tensions between North and South worse.

]]> 2025-10-22 12:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3645173662 Emancipation Proclamation amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3645179885 (1863) President Lincoln declared all enslaved people in Confederate states free, shifting the Civil War's focus to ending slavery

]]> 2025-10-22 12:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3645179885 Appomattox Court House amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3646330482 (1865) Confederate Lee surrendered to General Ulysses, effectively ending the Civil War

]]> 2025-10-23 01:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3646330482 Lincoln Assassination amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3646335734 (1865) Just days after the war ended, Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington

]]> 2025-10-23 01:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3646335734 Reconstruction amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3646339926 (1865-1877) The period after the Civil War when the U.S. worked to rebuild the South, reintegrate former Confederate states, and expand rights for newly freed African Americans

]]> 2025-10-23 01:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3646339926 Haymarket Riot amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672241297 (1886) A labor protest in Chicago turned violent when a bomb exploded and killed several police officers and civilians, making people associate labor unions with violence

]]> 2025-11-07 18:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672241297 Homestead Strike amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672242320 (1892) Steelworkers went on strike in Pennsylvania after pay cuts, turning into a violent clash between workers and private guards

]]> 2025-11-07 18:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672242320 Pullman Strike amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672243532 (1894) Railroad workers protested wage cuts and high rent, and the strike spread nationwide and disrupted rail traffic until federal troops had to stop it

]]> 2025-11-07 18:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672243532 Plessy v. Ferguson amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672245218 (1896) A Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine

]]> 2025-11-07 18:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672245218 "The Jungle" amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672246455 (1906) Sinclair's book exposed unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the meatpicking industry, leading to food safety reforms.

]]> 2025-11-07 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3672246455 USS Maine Destroyed(1898) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704034762 An American battleship mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba. The U.S. blamed Spain, increasing tension and leading directly to war.

]]> 2025-12-01 00:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704034762 Spanish-American War (1898) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704106292 The U.S. fought Spain and won, gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, and becoming a global power.


]]> 2025-12-01 01:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704106292 Boxer Rebellion (1899) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704108149 A violent uprising in China against foreign influence. U.S. and European forces intervened to protect trade access and citizens.

]]> 2025-12-01 01:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704108149 WWI (1914) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704110068 A global war mainly between European powers. The U.S. entered in 1917 on the Allies’ side, helping end the war.

]]> 2025-12-01 01:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704110068 Sinking of the Lusitania (1915) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704111521 A German submarine sank this British ship carrying American passengers. It angered the U.S. and pushed it closer to entering WWI

]]> 2025-12-01 01:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704111521 Roaring 20s amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704113787 A decade of economic growth, jazz music, flappers, and cultural change in the U.S.


]]> 2025-12-01 01:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704113787 Great Depression (1929) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704114511 The stock market crash in October caused massive unemployment and economic collapse worldwide.


]]> 2025-12-01 01:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704114511 New Deal (1933) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704138086 President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched programs to create jobs, stabilize banks, and help the poor during the Depression.


]]> 2025-12-01 01:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704138086 WWII (1939-45) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704144323 A massive global war. The U.S. entered after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 and helped defeat the Axis powers.

]]> 2025-12-01 01:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3704144323 Murder of Emmet Till amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723796962 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was brutally murdered in Mississippi after being accused of offending a white woman. His death became a major catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement

]]> 2025-12-16 02:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723796962 Greensboro Sit ins amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723798173 Four Black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, staged a peaceful protest by sitting at a segregated lunch counter, sparking sit-ins across the country

]]> 2025-12-16 02:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723798173 March on Washington amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723801034 A massive civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech calling for racial equality and jobs

]]> 2025-12-16 02:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723801034 JFk Assassination amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723804343 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, deeply shocking the nation and affecting the direction of U.S. civil rights and Cold War policies.

]]> 2025-12-16 02:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723804343 MLK Assassination amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723824090 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to nationwide mourning and unrest.

]]> 2025-12-16 02:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723824090 Civil Rights act of 1968 amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723826723 Also known as the Fair Housing Act, this law prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and strengthened civil rights protections.

]]> 2025-12-16 02:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723826723 US withdraws from Vietnam amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723827446 The United States officially ended direct military involvement in Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords.

]]> 2025-12-16 02:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723827446 Watergate Scandal amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723828401 A political scandal involving President Richard Nixon that began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and ended with Nixon’s resignation.

]]> 2025-12-16 02:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3723828401 Iran-Contra Affair(1985–1987) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749789112 A secret Reagan administration operation that involved illegal arms sales and funding rebels.

]]> 2026-01-13 18:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749789112 NAFTA(1994) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749790016 A massive trade agreement between North America's three largest nations to remove trade barriers.

]]> 2026-01-13 18:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749790016 Clinton Impeachment(1998–1999) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749791616 A political crisis involving presidential conduct and legal testimony regarding a personal scandal.

]]> 2026-01-13 18:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749791616 Bush v. Gore(2000) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749792425 A Supreme Court case that decided the winner of one of the closest presidential elections in history.

]]> 2026-01-13 18:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749792425 War on Terror(2001) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749793019 A global military and political campaign launched by the U.S. following the September 11 attacks.

]]> 2026-01-13 18:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749793019 The Patriot Act(2001) amamillapalli https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749793553 A law passed shortly after 9/11 to expand the government's ability to monitor and catch terrorists.

]]> 2026-01-13 18:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amamillapalli/gf0inmrpxoq0xal7/wish/3749793553