History Timeline Flashcards
Christopher Columbus comes to the Americas when?
1492
Who were the king and queen of spain in 1492
ferdinand, isabella
what were the names of columbus’ ships
nina, pinta, santa maria
when was the colonial period
1607-1776
when and where was jamestown founded
1607, virginia
who lead the settlers
john smith
who married pocahontas
john rolfe
the pilgrims came to plymouth when?
- they were also called?
- they wanted to purify what?
- who lead the puritans?
- how many died out of 102
1620, puritans, the church of england, william bradford, 45
the age of __ happened in 1700-1789 and was about?
enlightenment, logic and reason + the height of the slave trade
the boston tea party happened in __ and was about?
1773 and the colonists protested against the English tea tax
what happened on july 4, 1776
- who signed it
- what war started
declaration, thomas jeff, revolutionary war
what ended in 1781
american rev war
whi was elected in 1789
george wash
who was elected in 1797 (second pres)
john adams
the romantic period started when?
1789-1840
what war happened in 1789
- what prison was liberated
french revolution, bastille
who was beheaded
- france is now made a __ government
king louis 16 and marie antoinette/republic (no king)
what was purchased in 1803 by thomas jeff
louisana purchase
what happened in 1812
war of 1812 (britain vs us)/LA is now a stae
what war happened in 1815/who was the hero
battle of nola at chalmette/hero = andrew jackson
what happended in 1830s
underground railroad/lead by hariet tubman`
victorian age when
1840-1900
irish potato famine
1840s
war with mexico/who opposed it
1846/henry thoreau
gold rush
1849
civel war began
1861
the north/presient/general
union/lincoln/us grant
the south/president/general
confederacy/jeef davis/ robert e lee
battle of gettsburg/gettsburg address
1863 (win iver confederates)
civil war ends/reconstruction begins/13 amendment ratified
1865/aa get right to vote
gilded age
1870-1914
tur of the centurayr
edwarfian era (1900-1920)
ww1
1914-1918/germany vs france, england, us, russia
russian revolution/still ruled by who/who later takes advantage
1917/czards/bolsheviks
who lead the bolsheviks/what is russia now called
lenin/ussr
whi is the new leader of russiqa after 1918 after lenin
stalin
the roaring 20s
jazz age. harmlem rensaissance, 1920 women vote. time of great prosperity of us, grwat deprivation for germany
who is na indian lawyer who wants to get rid of england control and preached nonviolence + hero of mlk
gandhi
whe did india get free/when was gendhi assassinated
1978/1948
stock market crahs/began the great depression
1929 (gd lasted for 10 years)
who led germnay /invaded poland in 1939 and started ww2`
hitler
what is facism
militaeristic, nationalistc, martial, capialitsic
hitlers fascits friends
italy-mussolini/japan-tojo
the axis powers
germ,italy, japan
allied powers
elgmadn-chrichhill/france-degaulle/us-fd roosevelt/ussr-stalin
attacknoj pearl harbor
1941
hiroshima/baby boom
1945
germnay is solut
eaast germ-ussr/west germ-us
cold war
1945-1989
end of cold war
berlin wall
korean war
1950
1950-60s
prosperity in us
bay of pig in cuba
1961 (wanted to get cuba bak from dictator castro)+ JFK stopped djuclear wae
wietnam war
1960s (try to keep north viet from south viet)(lose)
jfk assassinatio in dallas
1963/lee harvey oswald/lb johnson is now pres
viet war ended unde rlb johnson
1965
march on wash
1963 (jobs/freedom)
malcom x killed
1965
mlk died`
1968 in memphis james ray
robert kenedy waskilled
1968
moon laning
1969
nixon elected
1970
veut war ebds and is till communist
1973
watergate/ford pardons nixon
1974
jimmyc arter elected
1976(infaltion/recession)
iranian histage (ffed up with shah and hold amrican hostages)
1979 )reagan vs carter) (carer loses)
gulkf war
1991 try tobget hussein out of power
bill clinton pres
1991-2001
9/11 (bush 2 pres)
2001
war started gearige bush
2003 (2003-11)
2008 financial crisis (banks taking risks + recession)
2008
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