American History Timeline by Alexander Butners _ Student

1. Columbus “discovers” the New World

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

2. 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

3. Roanoke Settlement

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

4. 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

5. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Louisiana Purchase

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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 (Early-Mid 1800s)

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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.

Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

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Sparked by a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the United States and a long-standing dispute over the southern border

Dred Scott Decision (1857)

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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 (1863)

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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 (April 9, 1865)

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Where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant took place

Lincoln Assassination (April 14, 1865)

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

Reconstruction (1865-1877)

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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