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Conquistadors come to the new worldSpanish conquistadors bring tame horses into America, for possible domestication uses
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Settlement of JamestownThe new settlement planted Tobacco, which helped the people of Jamestown to prosper.
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Plymouth SettlementSettlers known as the Pilgrims landed in 1620, leaving there mark on Plymouth Rock, Nearly Half Die within the first Winter.
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The First ThanksgivingNative Americans and Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America.
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The MassacreHundreds of thousands of people angry about job loss, blame the British. This is the event that brings war to the colonies.
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Black deathAfrican-American man is the first to be killed in the Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea PartyColonial rebels dump $1,000,000 worth of tea in the Boston Harbor
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CongressTalk of war is discussed by leaders of the colonies
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BooneDaniel Boone and several other backwoods men explored the untamed countryside into Kentucky and Shawnee territory.
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[Lexington and Concord](americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/lexcon.htm)British troops head to Lexington and Concord, leading the towns militia to attemp to fight off Britains forces.
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Crisis MeetingThe leaders of the colonies met in Pennsylvania.
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The Declaration Of Independence SignedDelegates from the colonies drafted the Declaration of Indepence from Britain. Soon after war was started.
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Revolution Kicked OffBritish war ships began to open fire on the harbors of New York City, kicking off the war.
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New York attcked by BritishAmerica's small untrained armies had a difficult time defending themselves.
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Britain Surrenders a BattleDue to a surprise attack by American rebels and long marches through unknown forests the British surrendered.
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Valley ForgeA long, tough winter left many of Washington's soldiers dead, but they made it through the winter and fought on throughout the war.
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Revolutionary FactsRumors of a French and British attack on the colonies caused American militia's to be on high alert.
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YorktownThousands of British soldiers have been fighting American forces throught the east coast and are working themselves deeper into the Virginia colonies
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SurrenderAfter several years of battling American forces the war was costing too much money and taking far too long for Britain to continue fighting.
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Louisiana PurchasePresident Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase, 3 cents an acre for 1/2 billion acres.
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Abrahams HistoryA 9 year lod boy named Abe Lincoln is just starting his life, getting older and obtaining more responsibilities.
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Erie CanalThis opened the path for over $5,000,000 worth of goods to pass through.
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Indian PolicyThe trail of tears, a path that the Native Americans were to take all the way to Oklahoma to live on reservations and not with the majority of America.
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Due to the cotton gins help, America was producing more than 1/2 of the worlds cotton.
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The immigrating Americans came into Texas under Mexican rule. This caused scuffles with the native Mexicans and soon lead to what is known as The Battle of Alamo.
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Lowell MillsWomen workers at a textile mill called Lowell Mill begin to protest against low wages.
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Millionaire The term millionaire was first used with America's economic burst.
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By 1841 over 2 million slaves are auctioned off to the highest bidders.
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A device that has possibly changed the course of history.
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Oregon Trail InfoThousands of men, women and children migrate west to Oregon and California.
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Donner PartyA wagon train with George Donner and his family made their way west to the Sierra Nevavda.
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The Donner Party eats their first human in the harsh Sierra Nevada winter after running out of food.
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Slavery was brought into the North as this law opened up barriers for slave owners.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin African American Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of the book.
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John BrownA civilian named John Brown and his three sons decided to attempt to take over a southern Artillery Shed. His sons were killed and he was arrested, soon to be executed in December 2, 1859.
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Nitro HistoryThousands of chinese immigrants were used to place the glycerine and work the railways in the mid to late 1800's.
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She serves as a nurse during the Civil War amongst an abundance of amputations and other battle injuries.
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South ready for BattleBy this period in time the war is heating up and the Second Battle of Bull Run will soon take place in Virginia.
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Embalming was the method of body preservation during the Civil War by replacing body fluids of the dead with a preserving chemical.
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Both the North and the South continue to fight on, though the end of the war is soon to come.
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The Confederates burned their crops, buildings, artillery, and anything else that could be used to the soldiers advantage during Sherman's March.
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6 months after General Sherman's March to the Sea, the Confederate troops and Robert E. Lee surrender to Union forces.
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Lincoln's Assasination President Lincoln was assasainated on this day by a local actor of Washington D.C.
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Eastern RailroadThe Railroad system begins to push its way into the Eastern United States
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Railroad CompleteAfter many years of hardship through labor the railroad was finally completed
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Southern HardshipAfter the Civil War the Southern United States has nearly 60% of its citizens in rural poverty
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Locust SwarmA large swarm invades the western portion of the great plains
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The Teddy Blue PapersHe was just one of the many cowboys of his day to herd cattle up the country, a tough feat at the time.
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Buffalo FactsAlmost all American Buffalo were killed off by the late 1800's and made a very slow recovery since
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Rocky Mountain Locust ExtinctionVirtually all the swarming locusts have died off.
