These are some historical events with there date and definitions. These events have been talked about through my whole sophomore year and i know will come up in the future. this makes it easy at any given time to look back at those times
The Columbian Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while
Exchange facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and
1492 potatoes to the Old World. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed
the Atlantic is known as the Columbian Exchange.
Middle Passage Was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were
1518 to the mid-19th transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade. Millions of African men,
century women, and children made the 21-to-90-day voyage aboard grossly overcrowded sailing ships
manned by crews mostly from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and France.
Roanoke Historians have posited that the colonists were killed by Native Americans or hostile Spaniard
1587-1560 or that they died off due to disease or famine, or were victims of a deadly storm. Fragments of
early English pottery were found by archaeologists with the First Colony Foundation.
Jamestown 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they
1607 picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I.
The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
13 colonies Over the next century, the English established 13 colonies.
1607 They were:
New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Middle colonies: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Southern Colonies: Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia
The Starving Time “The starving time” was a winter when food shortages, fractured leadership, and a siege by
1609-1610 Powhatan Indian warriors killed two of every three colonists at James Fort. From its beginning
the colony struggled to maintain a food supply. Trade relations with the Virginia Indian tribes
were strained because a severe seven-year drought stressed food supplies for everyone in the
region. Captain John Smith had some success trading European goods for corn in the first two
years of the settlement, but his strongarm tactics also angered the tribal communities.
Mayflower Compact Was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the
1620 New World on the Mayflower. When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for
America, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia
Education and Prison In the US, people started to demand that the government support public schools. They believe
Reform that there was no reason to support schools that were not attended by children from private
1644–1718 schools. German immigrants also believed that their children would forget about German
culture. Prisons were also overcrowded and prisoners were not provided with adequate food
and water. Horence Mann and Dorothea Dix discuss the concept of prison reform. It aims to
improve the conditions of prisons and reduce the effectiveness of the penal system. It also aim
, to rehabilitate those who have been affected by crimes.
Bacon's Rebellion Nathanial Bacon organized a group of angry men to burn the Indian and Jamestown settlemen
1676 as a protest for the lack of protection from the government. This was the first rebellion in
America's colonies, and it marked the beginning of a racial conflict that would later affect the
country's racial lines. The incident also highlighted the working class' concerns about slavery.
Fort Mose Fort Mose was the first free African American settlement in America. Fort Mose defended and
1738 protected the St. Augustine settlement and raised food for the people in the area.
French and Indian The French and Indian War was a major war fought in the American Colonies. The British
War gained significant territory in North America as a result of the war. The French meet with
1754 and 1763 Indian leaders
Industrial Revolution The transformations of economies that were based on the production of agricultural and
1760 handicraft goods into large-scale industries were carried out through the use of new
technologies and methods.
Proclamation Line King George III issued a royal proclamation that land west of the Appalachian mountains was
1763 for Native Americans. Colonists could not settle there and had to move if they did already.
Treaty of Paris Ended french and indian war between great britain and france
1763
Writs of Assistance An order directing that a party convey, deliver, or turn over a deed, document, or right of
1763 ownership. This writ, which may also be called a writ of restitution or writ of possession,
usually serves as an eviction from real property.
Sugar act (Plantation The Sugar Act passed by the British. The act placed a tax on sugar and molasses imported into
Act or Revenue Act) the colonies. This was a huge disruption to the Boston and New England economies because
1764 they used sugar and molasses to make rum, a main export in their trade with other countries.
Quartering Act The act did require colonial governments to provide and pay for feeding and sheltering any
1765 troops stationed in their colony. If enough barracks were not made available, then soldiers
could be housed in inns, stables, outbuildings, uninhabited houses, or private homes that sold
wine or alcohol.
Stamp Act Parliament's first direct tax on the American colonies, this act, like those passed in 1764, was
1765 enacted to raise money for Britain. It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, lega
documents, dice, and playing cards.
Townshend Act Was a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported
1767 and 1768 to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament,
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