Term
| Arrival of Native Americans in North America. |
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Definition
Approximately 15,000 Year Ago
First event
First people most likely arrive in North America from Siberia from the Beringia land bridge. |
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Term
| Columbus arrives in North America |
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Definition
1492
second event
Sails from Spain to the Caribbean.
Thinks he is going to Asia.
Start of sustained interaction between the Americas and Eurasia/Africa. |
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Term
| Conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. |
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Definition
1519-1521.
third event
Herman Cortez leads unauthorized invasion of Mexico from Spanish Cuba.
Successful because of Disease and Political Divisions within the Aztec empire.
Start of massive Spanish Empire in the Americas based on ruling indigenous peoples. |
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| Founding of first permanent English Colony in America (Jamestown). |
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Definition
1607
fouth event
Founded with the Chesapeake Bay.
Small colony based on English Settlers, Cash Crops (Tobacco) and imported labor (English Servants and African Slaves). |
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1754-1763
fifth event
British Empire and their Indian Allies fight the French Empire and their Indian Allies for control of eastern North America.
British Win.
Helps lead to the American Revolution. |
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1775-1781
sixth event
The Military Conflict between 13 British Colonies in North America and the British Empire over the colonies Independence.
Colonies Win and create the United States of America. |
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Term
| Creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution. |
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Definition
1787-1788
seventh event
U.S. Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation as the form of government for the United States of America.
Created a Federal System of Government with a stronger National Government. |
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1803
eight event
President Jefferson buys much of the interior of North America from the French Empire.
Paves the way of the continental wide nation. |
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1835-1836
nineth event
Anglo-Texan Settlers and Tejano revolt against the Mexican government over issues of local autonomy and preservation of Slavery.
Independent Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1845 after which it is annexed by the United States.
Disputed border with Mexico |
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1846-1848
tenth event
War between Mexico and the United
States over Texas border and western territories.
U.S. wins and takes the territory that becomes California, Arizona, New Mexico and Southern Texas from Mexico. |
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1861-1865
eleventh event
War between the Federal
Government
(The Union, largely
Northern States) and 11
Southern States(the
Confederacy) that
Succeeded from the Union
over the issue of Slavery.
The Federal Government
wins the war and national
unity is preserved.
Slavery is abolished. |
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1865-1877
twelfth event
Period following the
Civil War when the
former Confederacy is
dominated by the
Federal Government in
order to protect the civil
rights of Freedmen (former
slaves) and transform the
South into a non-slave
based society.
Reconstruction Ends in
1877 . The Federal
Government no longer
protects the civil right of
African Americans.
African American
effectively lack the rights
of citizenship in much of
the nation until the Civil
Rights movement of the
1960s |
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