Hernan Cortes put the city under siege and allied with local tribes and used their more advanced weapons to conquer Tenochtitlan.

An armed conflict between the New England colonies and the indigenous people living there. The indigenous people were trying to push out the colonists from New England.

A rebellion by the Virginia colonists led by Nathaniel Bacon against the governor William Berkely. It was the first uprising in the colonies.

Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and threw crates of tea into the ocean as a sign of defiance.

Document in which the colonies separated from Great Britain

meeting of delegates from 12 of the colonies

Armed uprising in Massachusetts because of excessive taxes

letter written by george washington at the end of his 2nd term

Caused by the Annexation of Texas because of American Settlers in Mexican territories and ultimately US won and also it was part of Manifest Destiny

landmark case that ruled that Citizenship cannot be granted to African Americans

A battle in the Appomattox court house that ended the civil war

A period after the civil war where the confederate states were reintigrated into the US

A violent dispute between Carnegie Steel and the unionized workers after they refused to negotiate on wages

Where Pullman railroad workers held a strike after having their wages cut. Called for a boycott of all Pullman cars.

a case that ruled racial segregation was not violating the constitution

was sunk in cuba, starting the spanish-american war

war between America and the Spanish, resulted in the acquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines

A passenger boat that was destroyed by the German Navy

a global war between the allies and the central powers

economic downturn, high unemployment rates, no money basically

political, social, and economic reforms by President Roosevelt

Second Global Conflict, between the allies and the axis powers

Emmett Till was brutally murdered after being accused of offending a white woman.

non-violent protests in the woolworth store in NC

to advocate for civil rights n yeah

JFK was assasinated during a parade

they signed the vietnam peace agreement

break-in at the Democratic national Committee league that revealed a lot of stuff

North American Free Trade Agreement

dude was impeached but stayed in office for the rest of his term

landmark decision from the supreme court. Oral argument?

response to 9/11

expanded US serveilance