US history timeline by Shashank Gilla _ Student - GreenLevelHS

Columbus Discovers the “New World”

sgilla2 — 2024-09-03 12:28:38 UTC

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

Conquest of Tenochtitlan

sgilla2 — 2024-09-03 12:36:52 UTC

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

Roanoke Settlement

sgilla2 — 2024-09-03 12:38:47 UTC

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

King Philip’s War

sgilla2 — 2024-09-03 12:39:34 UTC

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

Bacon’s Rebellion

sgilla2 — 2024-09-03 12:40:09 UTC

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

French and Indian War

sgilla2 — 2024-09-11 12:33:54 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-09-11 12:34:31 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-09-11 12:35:34 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-09-11 12:37:50 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-09-11 12:38:23 UTC

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

War of 1812

sgilla2 — 2024-09-25 12:38:38 UTC

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.

Louisiana Purchase

sgilla2 — 2024-09-25 12:39:23 UTC

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

White House Burned

sgilla2 — 2024-09-25 12:40:26 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-09-25 12:41:28 UTC

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

Missouri Compromise

sgilla2 — 2024-09-25 12:42:22 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-09-25 12:43:02 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

sgilla2 — 2024-10-19 03:12:07 UTC

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

sgilla2 — 2024-10-19 03:15:14 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

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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

sgilla2 — 2024-10-19 03:16:33 UTC

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

Lincoln Assassination

sgilla2 — 2024-10-19 03:17:05 UTC

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

Reconstruction

sgilla2 — 2024-10-19 03:17:47 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

sgilla2 — 2024-11-01 03:13:42 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

sgilla2 — 2024-11-01 03:15:32 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

Pullman Strike of 1894

sgilla2 — 2024-11-01 03:16:41 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

Plessy v. Ferguson

sgilla2 — 2024-11-01 03:19:11 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

sgilla2 — 2024-11-01 03:20:22 UTC

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

Iran-Contra Affair

sgilla2 — 2025-01-09 01:37:55 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.

NAFTA

sgilla2 — 2025-01-09 01:38:58 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.

Clinton Impeachment

sgilla2 — 2025-01-09 01:39:44 UTC

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

Bush v Gore

sgilla2 — 2025-01-09 01:42:11 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.

War on Terror

sgilla2 — 2025-01-09 01:43:14 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.

The Patriot Act

sgilla2 — 2025-01-09 01:44:23 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.