American History Timeline by Lize Buitendach _ Student - SalemMS

Columbus discovers the New World (1492)

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

Bacon's rebellion (1676 to 1677)

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

Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1521)

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

King Philip's war (1675)

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

Roanoke Colony (1585)

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The first English attempt at a permanent and stable English settlement in North America. It failed.

Washington Farewell address 1796

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

First Continental Congress 1774

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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."

Constitutional Convention 1787

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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

Boston Tea Party 1773

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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

Declaration of Independence 1776

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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"

French and Indian war 1754

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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.

Shays Rebellion 1786

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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.

Louisiana Purchase 1803

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Louisiana Purchase 1803

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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

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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

Market Revolution 1820s-50s

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

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

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.