timeline by Anya Norwood _ Student - GreenLevelHS

Conquest of Tenochtitlan

adnorwood1 — 2025-08-26 18:11:16 UTC

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

Christopher Columbus discovers new world

adnorwood1 — 2025-08-26 18:12:24 UTC

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

King Philip's war

adnorwood1 — 2025-08-26 18:13:50 UTC

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

Roanoke Settelment

adnorwood1 — 2025-08-26 18:15:00 UTC

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

Bacon rebellion

adnorwood1 — 2025-08-27 21:14:37 UTC

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

French and indian war

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:00:28 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:00:52 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:01:24 UTC

A Philadelphia meeting that brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts."

DOI

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:02:09 UTC

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."

Shays rebelion

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:02:34 UTC

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

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:03:11 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 Farewell address

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-08 18:03:49 UTC

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

Louisiana Purchase

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-29 20:59:25 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

War of 1812

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-29 21:00:09 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.

White house burned

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-29 21:00:46 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-29 21:01:23 UTC

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

Missouri Compromise

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-29 21:02:48 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-09-29 21:03:19 UTC

Mexican-American War

adnorwood1 — 2025-10-22 02:38:56 UTC

Dispute over Texas & southern border with Mexico

Dred Scott Decision

adnorwood1 — 2025-10-22 02:40:06 UTC

Supreme Court ruled enslaved people are property

Emancipation Proclamation

adnorwood1 — 2025-10-22 02:41:21 UTC

Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate states only

Appomattox Court House

adnorwood1 — 2025-10-22 02:42:54 UTC

Surrender of Lee to Grant, April 9, 1865

Lincoln Assassination

adnorwood1 — 2025-10-22 02:43:23 UTC

Lincoln shot by Booth at Ford’s Theatre

Reconstruction

adnorwood1 — 2025-10-22 02:44:01 UTC

Period after Civil War to rebuild the South

Haymarket Riot of 1886

adnorwood1 — 2025-11-08 00:04:02 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-11-08 00:04:30 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-11-08 00:05:04 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-11-08 00:05:29 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

adnorwood1 — 2025-11-08 00:05:56 UTC

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

USS Maine Destroyed

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:02:28 UTC

Battleship exploded in Havana Harbor; used as excuse for war with Spain.

Spanish-American War

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:02:54 UTC

U.S. won and gained Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and alliance with Cuba.

Boxer Rebellion

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:03:23 UTC

Uprising in China against foreign influence; suppressed by international force.

World War I

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:03:54 UTC

Started with assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; 20 million deaths.

Sinking of the Lusitania

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:04:19 UTC

British passenger ship sunk by German U-Boat; 128 Americans died.

Roaring 20s

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:04:46 UTC

Decade of consumerism, technology, and cultural expression.

Prohibition

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:05:13 UTC

Ban on alcohol manufacture and sale.

Great Depression

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:05:39 UTC

Economic crisis beginning with stock market crash.

New Deal

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:06:08 UTC

FDR’s programs for relief, recovery, and reform.

World War II

adnorwood1 — 2025-12-01 02:06:34 UTC

Global war; U.S. entered after Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.