First published in Great Britain in 2009 by
Michael OMara Books Limited
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This electronic edition first published in 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84317-860-6 in EPub format
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ISBN: 978-1-84317-381-6 in hardback print format
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Copyright Michael OMara Books Limited 2009, 2016
Copyright illustrations Andrew Pinder 2009, 2016
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CONTENTS
C OLONIAL A MERICA |
1492 | Columbus discovers America |
14971503 | Amerigo Vespucci explores the coastline of the American continents |
c.1500c.1550 | The Conquistadors colonize South and Central America |
158790 | Establishment and disappearance of the Lost Colony |
1607 | English colonists establish Jamestown |
1609 | Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River and Hudson Bay |
1611 | John Rolfe produces the first harvest of commercial tobacco |
1619 | The first African slaves arrive in North America |
Jamestowns House of Burgesses becomes the first elected governing body in North America |
1620 | The Mayflower arrives in America |
1621 | The Pilgrims celebrate their first harvest |
162942 | The Great Migration of Puritans to America |
1637 | The first Indian War |
1640s70s | New France (Quebec) expands southward to the Gulf of Mexico |
1664 | The English claim New Amsterdam (New York) |
16923 | The Salem Witch Trials |
175463 | The French and Indian War |
1763 | Britain gives French Louisiana to Spain in exchange for Florida |
R EVOLUTIONARY A MERICA |
1763 | King Georges Proclamation Line |
176467 | Britain imposes a series of unpopular taxes |
1770 | The Boston Massacre |
1773 | The Boston Tea Party |
1774 | Britain imposes the Intolerable Acts |
The First Continental Congress is convened |
177581 | The Revolutionary War |
1775 | Paul Reveres Midnight Ride |
The Second Continental Congress is convened |
1776 | Betsy Ross sews the first American flag |
Signing of the Declaration of Independence |
Washington crosses the Delaware |
1778 | France recognizes the United States of America |
1781 | Signing of the Articles of Confederation |
T HE B IRTH OF THE U NITED S TATES |
1783 | Britain officially relinquishes all claims to the United States in the Treaty of Paris |
1786 | Shays Rebellion |
1787 | The Constitutional Convention is convened |
1789 | Signing of the United States Constitution |
George Washington becomes the first president of the United States |
1790 | Washington, DC is established as the capital city |
1791 | Signing of the Bill of Rights |
1792 | Formation of the first Republican (or Democratic-Republican) Party |
1793 | Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin |
17981800 | The Quasi-War between the United States and France |
1800 | John Adams becomes the first resident of the Executive Mansion (White House) |
Spain gives Louisiana back to France |
1803 | Marbury v. Madison |
The Louisiana Purchase |
180306 | The Lewis and Clark Expedition |
c.181040 | Era of the Mountain Men |
181050 | Era of the Underground Railroad |
181215 | The War of 1812 between the United States and Britain |
1814 | British forces set fire to the Executive Mansion |
Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner |
1820 | The Missouri Compromise |
1820s | American families settle in the Mexican state of Texas |
1823 | The Monroe Doctrine |
182833 | The Nullification Crisis divides North and South |
1830 | The Indian Removal Act |
1833 | Formation of the Whig Party |
183536 | The Texas Revolution |
1838 | The Trail of Tears tragedy |
1845 | The phrase Manifest Destiny is coined |
Publication of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass |
184648 | The Mexican-American War |
1846 | The Bear Flag Rebellion |
The Donner Party attempts to reach California |
1847 | Mormons establish the Mormon Trail and Salt Lake City |
1848 | Gold is discovered in California |
1849 | The Gold Rush |
1850 | The Fugitive Slave Act |
1852 | Publication of Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin |
1854 | The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Formation of the Republican Party |
1857 | The Dred Scott Decision |
1859 | Abolitionist John Brown raids the arms depot at Harpers Ferry |
T HE C IVIL W AR |
1860 | Election of Abraham Lincoln |
Secession of South Carolina |
1861 | Secession of a further ten Southern states |
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