Financed by Spain, makes the first of four voyages to the New World. He lands in the Bahamas
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1492- Christopher Columbus, financed by Spain, makes the first of four voyages to the New World. He lands in the Bahamas. 1513- Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lands on the coast of Florida. 1565- Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, becomes the first permanent European colony in North America. 1607- Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, is established by the London Company in southeast Virginia 1619- The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown 1620- The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England. Before disembarking from their ship, the Mayflower, 41 male passengers sign the Mayflower Compact 1664- English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York 1754- 1763- French and Indian War: Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. 1770- Boston Massacre: British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests 1773- Boston Tea Party: Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax 1774- First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia 1775- 1783- American Revolution: War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies 1777- Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia 1786- Shays's Rebellion erupts (Aug.); farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay. 1787- Constitutional Convention, made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meets in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution 1789- 1797 - George Washington unanimously elected president 1791- First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified 1793- Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin greatly increases the demand for slave labor. 1797-1801- John Adams elected president 1800- Washington, DC made capital 1801-1809- Thomas Jefferson; third president. 1803- Marbury v. Madison: Landmark Supreme Court decision greatly expands the power of the Court by establishing its right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional 1803- Louisiana Purchase expands US territory west from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mts. 1804- Lewis and Clark set out on exploration West. 1809-1817- James Madison; fourth president 1812- War of 1812: U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion 1814- Treaty of Ghent is signed, officially ending the war 18171825- James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president. 1819- Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States 1820- Missouri Compromise 1823- Monroe Doctrine: Monroe declares that the American continents are hence-forth off-limits for further colonization by European powers. 1825-1829- John Quincy Adams; sixth president 1829- 1837- Andrew Jackson; seventh president 1830- Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country. 1837- Martin Van Buren; eighth president 1838- “Trail of Tears” 1841 (March)- 1841 (April)- William Henry; ninth president 1841-1845- John Tyler; tenth president 1845-1849- James Polk; eleventh president 1846-1849- Mexican War: U.S. declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other territory in Southwest. Mexico comprises present-day California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. 1849- height of the California Gold Rush 1849-1850- Zachary Tyler; 12th president 1850-1853- Millard Fillmore; 13th president 1852- Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. It becomes one of the most influential works to stir anti-slavery sentiments. 1853-1857- Franklin Pierce; 14th president 1857-1861- James Buchanan; 15th president 1857- Dred Scott v. Sanford: Landmark Supreme Court decision holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens. 1859- Abolitionist John Brown and 21 followers capture federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va. (now W. Va.), in an attempt to spark a slave revolt. 1861-1869- Abraham Lincoln presidency 1860- South Carolina is first state to succeed from the union. 1861- Confederate States of America is established 1861-1865- Civil War 1865- 13th Amendment ratified; prohibits slavery 1869-1877- Ulysses S. Grant presidency 1870- 15Th Amendment; gives black the right to vote 1877-1881- Rutherford B. Hayes presidency 1881-1885- James A. Garfield presidency 1885-1889- Grover Cleveland presidency 1886- American Federation of Labor 1889-1893- Benjamin Harrison 1896- racial segregation announced constitutional, leading to the Jim Crow laws in the South 1893-1897- Grover Cleveland 2nd presidency 1897-1901 William McKinley presidency (assassinated) 1898- U.S. annexes Hawaii 1901-1909- Theodore Roosevelt presidency 1902- Coal strike, Roosevelt sides with workers union instead of Big Business 1903- U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone 1903- Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 1908- Bureau of Investigation (later FBI) is established 1909-1913- William Howard Taft presidency 1913-1921- Woodrow Wilson presidency 1914-1918- World War I 1914- Panama Canal opens to traffic 1918- Worldwide influenza epidemic strike 1919- Women gain the right to vote 1921-1923- Warren G. Harding presidency 1923- 1929- Calvin Coolidge presidency 1929-1937- Herbert Hoover presidency 1929- stock market crash precipitates Great Depression 1931- The Star-Spangled Banner adopted as national anthem 1932- Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman 1933-1945 Franklin Roosevelt presidency; elected for four terms. 1933- F. Roosevelt signs the New Deal; recovery measure. 1933- 21st Amendment (Prohibition) is repealed 1945-1953- Harry Truman presidency 1939-1945- World War II 1941- Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 1945- U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan 1945- United Nations is established 1949- North Atlantic Treaty Organization is established 1949- Soviets end the blockade of Berlin 1950-1953- Korean War 1950-1975- Vietnam War 1951- 22nd Amendment, limits president to two terms. 1953-1961- Dwight Eisenhower presidency 1954- Brown vs. Board of Education declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional 1958- Explorer I, first American satellite, is launched 1959- Alaska becomes 49th state (Jan.). Hawaii becomes 50th state (Aug.) 1961-1963- John F. Kennedy presidency 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis 1963- Martin Luther King delivers, “I Have a Dream Speech” 1963- Kennedy is assassinated 1963-1969- Lyndon B. Johnson presidency 1964- Johnson signs Civil Rights Act 1968- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (April) 1969-1974-Richard Nixon presidency 1969- Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin are the first men to land on the moon. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”-Neil Armstrong 1971- 26th amendment lowers voting age from 21 to 18. 1974- House Judiciary Committee demands that Nixon be impeached so he resigns from office. 1974-1977- Gerald Ford presidency 1977-1981- Jimmy Carter presidency 1977- Control of Panama Canal turned over to Panama. 1979- Malfunction at nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania causes meltdown 1981-1989- Ronald Reagan presidency 1981- Sandra Day O’Connor sworn is as first woman Supreme Court Justice 1986- Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. 1989-1993- George H. W. Bush presidency 1989- Oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil. It is the largest oil spill in U.S. history 1991- Persian Gulf War 1993-2001- Bill Clinton presidency 1993- Bomb explodes in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6, injuring 1,000, and causing more than $500 million in damage 1993- President Clinton orders missile attack against Iraq in retaliation for alleged plot to assassinate former President Bush 1995-Budget standoff between President Clinton and Congress results in partial shutdown of U.S. government 1998-House of Representatives votes to impeach President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice 1999- Senate acquits Clinton of impeachment charges. 1999- U.S. and China sign historic trade agreement. 2000- 2008- George W. Bush presidency 2001- Two hijacked jetliners ram twin towers of World Trade Center in worst terrorist attack against U.S.; a third hijacked plane flies into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashes in rural Pennsylvania. More than 3,000 people die in the attacks. 2001- U.S. and Britain launch air attacks against targets in Afghanistan after Taliban government fails to hand over Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden. 2002- declares that U.S. will wage war against states that develop weapons of mass destruction. 2003- Space shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board. 2003- War waged by the U.S. and Britain against Iraq begins. President Bush signs $350 billion tax-cut bill. 2005-Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on Mississippi and Louisiana; 80% of New Orleans is flooded. 2007-Male student kills two in a Virginia Tech dorm. Two hours later, he kills 30 more in a classroom building before committing suicide. The shooting rampage is the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others are wounded. 2007- Gen. David Petraeus tells members of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees that the U.S. military needs more time to meet its goals in Iraq. 2008- Barak Obama presidency 2009- President Obama signs the $787 billion stimulus package into law. 2009- After confirming 20 cases of swine flu in the United States, including eight in New York City, the U.S. declares the outbreak a public health emergency. 2009- Sonia Sotomayor nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. First Hispanic Justice. 2009- A shooting at the Fort Hood army post in Texas kills 13 and injures 29. Ten of those killed are military personnel. 2009-A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit allegedly attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. Told officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. 2010-An explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico sends millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill kills 11 and is the largest off-shore spill in U.S. history as well as one of the largest spills in world history. 2010- The Senate votes 65 to 31 in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the Clinton-era military policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the military. Directory: cms -> lib02 -> WV01001913 -> Centricity -> Domain -> 1206 lib02 -> Christian science monitor feb. 7, 2008, n p lib02 -> Pledge of allegiance moment of silence lib02 -> Cellular Phones/Communication Previous Inventions: Telephone and Telegraph lib02 -> Session 1 – Calculators allowed lib02 -> No Video at Computer screen or Smart Board screen lib02 -> Advanced Placement United States History – Period 1: 1491-1607 lib02 -> Paul Revere’s Ride 1206 -> The cold war 1945-1989 Truman and Containment Key Points 1206 -> 1. Mayflower Compact 1620 The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Download 67.03 Kb. Share with your friends:
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