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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 christopher colombus sails to the new world | 1442 |
| hernando cortes conquers mexico | 1519-21 |
| fransisco pizzaro conquers the incas in peru | 1533 |
| roanoak islland colony is established | 1585 |
| battle of spanish armada proves naval powers | 1588 |
| james the first succeeds elizabeth the first as the ruler. | 1603 |
| Jamestown colony is established in Jamestown | 1607 |
| first africans arive in james town and are sold as servants | 1619 |
| Plymouth colony is establised by pilgrims | 1620 |
| the dutch establish the new netherlands colony at the hudson river | 1624 |
| massachusetts bay colony is established by puritans | 1630 |
| pequot war in england | 1637 |
| puritans rule england | 1649-60 |
| charles 2 restores monoarchy in england | 1660 |
| new netherlands captured by the english and renamed new york | 1664 |
| bacons rebelion in virginia | 1676 |
| la salle sails down the missisppi river and claims loisianna for france | 1682 |
| glorius revolution in england | 1688 |
| king williams war | 1689-97 |
| wichcraft trials in salem masachusetts | 1692 |
| king george's war | 1744-48 |
| french and indian war | 1754 |
| seven year war in europe | 1756 |
| qubec is captured by the english | 1759 |
| pontiacs rebelion | 1763-1766 |
| proclamation line is drawn | 1763 |
| parliment passes the sugar act to raise money | 1764 |
| stamp act congress | 1765 |
| stamp act is repealed | 1766 |
| townshed duties | 1767 |
| boston massacre | 1770 |
| tea act is passed by parliment ; boston tea party | 1773 |
| intorable acts are passed by parliment; general george gage arises | 1774 |
| battles of lexington and concord; continental congress; battle of bunket hill | 1775 |
| second continental congress;declaration of independence battle of trenton | 1776 |
| battlle of princeton;battle of saratoga;french allaiance | 1777 |
| articles of confederation are approved;battle of york town | 1781 |
| treaty of paris gives U.S. independence | 1783 |
| land oridance divides north west territory in to town ships | 1785 |
| shays rebelion | 1786 |
| northwest oridance;constitutional convention | 1787 |
| constitution is ratified; washing ton is inagurated; french revolution. | 1789 |
| bill of rights is ratified | 1791 |
| cotton gin is invented | 1793 |
| whiskey rebelion in pensylvania is put down | 1794 |
| battle of fallen timbers | 1795 |
| adams is elected ass president | 1796 |
| xyz affair angers americans | 1797 |
| alien and sedition acts | 1798 |
| gabriels slave revolt in virginia; jefferson is elected | 1800 |
| louisianna purchase;marbury vs. madison | 1803 |
| lewis and clark expidition | 1804-06 |
| sheasa peak affair; embargo act is passed | 1807 |
| battle of tippacanoe;war hawks control congress | 1811 |
| WAR OF 1812 | 1812 |
| battle of lake eirie;battle of thames | 1813 |
| hartford convention;treaty of ghent ends the war of 1812 | 1814 |
| battle of new orleans | 1815 |
| second bank of U.S. is charterd | 1816 |
| rush bagot agreement reduces armed forces on great lakes | 1817 |
| us and england agree on boundry at 49degrees from lake of the woods to the crst of the rocky mountains | 1818 |
| missiouri comprimise | 1820 |
| adam onis treaty transfers florida from spain to U.S. | 1821 |
| santafe trade opens | 1822 |
| monroe doctrine | 1823 |
| erie canal is completed | 1825 |
| jackson is elected | 1828 |
| webster-hayne debate; indian removal bill pass | 1830 |
| nat turners rebelion | 1831 |
| jackson vetos rechater of second bank of US | 1832 |
| texas war of independence | 1836 |
| panice of 1837 | 1837 |
| first wagon trains travel to orgen and california | 1841 |
| james k polk is elected | 1844 |
| texas is annexed | 1845 |
| oregon boundry is set at 49 ;mexican war; wilmot | 1846 |
| meicanwar;US aquires california and new mexico | 1848 |
| goldrush in california | 1849 |
| comprimise of 1850 | 1850 |
| uncle toms cabin is published | 1852 |
| kansas-nebraska act is passed; republican party is formed. | 1854 |
| dredscott desicion; panic of 1857 | 1857 |
| harpers ferry is raided by john brown | 1859 |
| abraham lincon is elected president; south carolina succeeds. | 1860 |
| ft. sumter is fired upon; lincon calls 75000 volunteers battle of bullrun | 1861 |
| battles at shilloh second bullrun and anti etam. | 1862 |
| emacipation proclamaition;battles of vicksburg; getties burg newyork drafts riots;gettysburg adress | 1864 |
| robert e. lee surrenders; lincon is killed and vice president andrew johnson replaces him; congress adopts the titeenth amendment | 1865 |
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