US History Timeline 1492 – 2011 Anna Randall

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1492	Columbus "discovers" America	This was the first of four trips he made to america. He claimed the land for England. They immediately started comming over to the new world and setting up colonies and trading posts.
01/01/1497	John Cabot claims North America for England	John Cabot Claimed that he was the first to find America or the New world. His voyage also resulted in the formation of canada. He actually arrived five years after columbus did. He got permission from the king to sail west in search of new lands.
01/01/1534	Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River	He sat sail with orders from the king to find a safe passage to the wealthy land of asia but instead ran into america. He actually claimed canada for france. In his first trip he landed on the coast of South Carolina
06/04/1585	Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh	The colony was first established on the 4th of June but he set sail on april 27th. They sailed for 38 days. Soon after they landed they established relations with the indians and formed the colony.
09/28/1607	Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown	He is remembered for establishing the first english colony in america. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony between September 1608 and August 1609.
01/01/1619	Indentured Servantry	Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves imported into Britain’s North American colonies. Like indentured servants, they were probably freed after a fixed period of service
11/11/1620	Mayflower Compact	It was written by the colonists who crossed the ocean on trhe Mayflower. Almost Half of the people were seeking freedom for being able to believe whatever faith they wanted to. It was signed by 41 of the ships 101 passengers.
04/23/1635	First Public School (Boston Latin School)	It is not only the first public school but it is the oldest school in the United States.
01/01/1636	First College - Harvard College	About 2100 students are permitted each year. It's the oldest constitution of higher learning in the United states.
01/01/1636	Slave Date	Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier, Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.
12/16/1689	English Bill of Rights	It lays down limits on the powers of sovereign and sets out the rights and rules for freedom of speech, the requirement to regular elections, and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution.
10/09/1749	Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod	It's a metal rod connect to the roof of a building leading into the groung to prevent the strike of lightning onto the building.
01/01/1754	French and Indian War	It was a war between Great Britian and France.
10/07/1763	Proclamation of 1763 by King George lll	The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to make relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases.
01/01/1765	Stamp Act	The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
12/24/1773	Santa Claus	He's a figure in culture in north america and various other countries.
01/01/1775	Revolution	In it the thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America!
07/04/1775	Declaration of Independence	It announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
01/01/1777	Slave Date	Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves
01/01/1781	1787 Articles of Confederation	It was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution
09/17/1787	Constitution	The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.
12/07/1787	Delaware	It's the ONLY state without a National Park!!!
12/12/1787	Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1787	In 1946 Philadelphia became home to the first computer.
12/18/1787	New Jersey	Their state song is "I'm Form New Jersey"!
01/02/1788	Georgia	On their State Quarter a whole county is missing!
01/09/1788	Connecticut	In Hartford, Connecticut you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands!
02/06/1788	Massachusetts	John Adams, the 2nd U.S. President, lived there.
04/28/1788	Maryland	Babe Ruth Lived there.
05/23/1788	South Carolina	Their State Reptile is the Loggerhead Sea Turtle.
06/21/1788	New Hampshire	Their state Motto is "Live free or DIE!"
06/25/1788	Verginia	The State Beverage is Milk!
07/26/1788	New York	The state song is "I Love New York".
04/30/1789	George Washington	(April 30, 1789 to March 3, 1797)
11/21/1789	North Carolina	Their state Mammal is the Gray Squirrel.
01/01/1790	4 Million
05/29/1790	Rhode Island	Their State bird Is a Chicken!!! The Rhode Island Red Hen.
12/15/1791	Bill of Rights	It is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which limit the power of the U.S. federal government.
03/04/1792	Vermont	Their state Pie is the Apple Pie.
06/01/1792	Kentucky	The State Tree Is the Tulip Popular.
01/01/1793	Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin	It is a machine that seperates cottin fibers from their seeds.
02/07/1795	11th Amendment	It clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals and limits the ability of citizens to sue states
03/04/1797	John Adams	(March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1801)
06/01/1797	Tennessee	Dolly Parton and Justin Timberlake are from Tennessee.
01/01/1800	5.3 Million
03/04/1801	Thomas Jefferson	(March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1809)
03/01/1803	Ohio	Neil Armstrong is from Ohio
06/15/1804	12th Amendment	The Twelfth Amendment provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.
03/04/1809	James Maddison	(March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1817)
01/01/1810	7.2 Million
01/01/1812	War of 1812	It was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire.
04/30/1812	Louisiana	The state bird is the eastern Brown Pelican.
12/11/1816	Indiana	Michael Jackson is from Indiana!!!
03/04/1817	James monroe	(March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825)
12/10/1817	Mississippi	It's named after the Indian word 'Father of Waters'.
12/03/1818	Illinois	The state tree is the Live Oak... Not the Dead one!
12/14/1819	Alabama	The state nut is the Pecan!
01/01/1820	9.6 Million
03/15/1820	Maine	The state cat is the Maine Moon Cat!
08/10/1821	Missouri	The state Animal Is the Mule.
03/04/1825	John Quincy Adams	(March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829)
01/01/1829	Grahm Cracker	Though called a cracker, it is sweet rather than salty and so it is a cookie.
03/04/1829	Andrew Jackson	(March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1837)
01/01/1830	12.8 Million
05/28/1831	Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears)	It forced the Native Americans to Migrate to the West.
01/01/1833	Oberlin College - First college to accept Women	It's a private Liberal arts colledge in Oberlin, Ohio. It's motto is "Learning and Labor".
10/02/1835	Texas Revolution	It was an armed conflict between Mexico and settlers in Texas.
06/15/1836	Arkansas	The state Instrument is the fiddle!
01/01/1837	U of M	It was founded in detroit in 1817 but moved to Ann arbor in 1837. It's Michigan's oldest University.
01/26/1837	Michigan	Robin Williams and Tim Allen are From Michigan.
03/04/1837	Martin Van Buren	(March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841)
01/01/1839	Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear	It's the process of converting rubber into more durable, squishy rubber.
01/01/1840	17 Million
03/04/1841	William Henry Harrison	(March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841)
04/06/1841	John Tyler	(April 6, 1841 to March 3, 1845)
03/04/1845	James Knox Polk	(March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849)
03/18/1845	Florida	It has 158 state parks!!!!
10/09/1845	Baseball	It is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each.
12/29/1845	Texas	Their state Mammal is the Armadillo.
01/01/1846	Mexican American war	It was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico.
12/28/1846	Iowa	The song of Iowa IS 'The Song Of Iowa'!
01/01/1847	Doughnut	It's a fried dough food. YUMMY!!! :)
05/29/1848	Wisconsin	The State dog is the American Water Spaniel.
03/05/1849	Zachary Taylor	(March 5, 1849 to July 9, 1850)
01/01/1850	23 Million
07/05/1850	Millard Fillmore	(July 9, 1850 to March 3, 1853)
09/09/1850	California	Shirley Temple is from California.
03/04/1853	Franklin Pierce	(March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857)
01/01/1855	Michigan State	It's a research university in west Lansing, Michigan.
03/04/1857	James Buchanan	(March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861)
01/01/1858	Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman	It's an article of stationary that goes on the tip of your pencil to get rid of pencil or pen mistakes.
05/11/1858	Minnesota	The state bird is the Common Loon (Which is VERY Common in my family!!!).
02/14/1859	Oregon	Their State Nickname is the Beaver State.
01/01/1860	31,4 Million
01/01/1860	Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry	It's a single barreled rifle with multiple rounds of ammunition that can fire repeatedly without having to reload.
01/01/1861	American Civil War	In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, eleven southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, the other 25 states supported the federal government.
01/01/1861	Jelly Bean - William Schrafft	There are over flavors. They are mainly made of Sugar.
01/01/1861	Machine Gun - Richard Gatling	It's a fully automatic gun that fires simultaneously.
01/29/1861	Kansas	The state soil is the Harney series.
03/04/1861	Abraham Lincoln	(March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865)
10/08/1861	American Civil War
06/20/1863	West Virginia	The state colors are old gold and blue.
10/09/1863	Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson	It's a food etaen at the beginning of the day mainly made of grains.
10/31/1864	Nevada	The state grass is the Indian Ricegrass.
01/01/1865	Slave Date	13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery
04/15/1865	Andrew Johnson	(April 15, 1865 to March 3, 1869)
03/01/1867	Nebraska	The state fossil is the Mammoth.
01/01/1868	14th Amendment	It grants citizenship to everyone born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction and protects civil and political rights.
01/01/1869	American Football	It is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone.
01/01/1869	Soccer	It's a game played with 11 players with a ball. Also called Association Football.
03/04/1869	Ulysses Simpson Grant	(March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877)
01/01/1870	38.6 Million
01/01/1870	Slave Date	African Americans’ Right to Vote
02/03/1870	15th Amendment	It prohibits the government of the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
01/01/1873	Jeans - Levi Strauss	They were origionally designed for cow boys!
08/01/1876	Colorado	The state Dance is the square dance!
01/01/1877	Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler	It's a soft tissue used to maintain your hygene after going to the bathroom.
03/04/1877	Rutherford Birchard Hayes	(March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881)
10/09/1879	Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison	It heats a metal filament wire until it glows, creating light!
01/01/1880	50.1 Million
03/04/1881	James Abram Garfield	(March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881)
09/19/1881	Chester Alan Arthur	(September 19, 1881 to March 3, 1885)
03/04/1885	Grover Cleveland	(March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889 and March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897)
01/01/1886	Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton	It's a soft drink sold in more that 200 countries.
01/01/1887	Softball	Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players.
03/04/1889	Benjamin Harrison	(March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893
11/02/1889	North Dakota	The state Grass is western Wheatgrass.
11/02/1889	South Dakota	The state Mammal is the Cyote.
11/08/1889	Montana	The state soil is blackdog.
11/11/1889	Washington	Teh state vegetable is the Walla Walla Sweet Onion
01/01/1890	62.9 Million
07/03/1890	Idaho	The state soil is the threebear.
07/10/1890	Whyoming	The state reptile is the horned lizzard.
10/09/1890	Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno	It's a sign to notify drivers to stop before proceeding. The origional ones were white with black letters.
01/01/1892	CMU	It's also a research University located on Mount Pleasnt, Michigan.
01/01/1893	Radio - Nikola Tesla	It transmits signals through a system of frequences.
01/01/1894	Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg	it's a popular breakfast cereal made by Kelloggs.
01/01/1895	Volleyball	Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.
01/04/1896	Utah	The state fruit is the Cherry.
03/04/1897	William McKinley	(March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901)
01/01/1900	76.2 Million
01/01/1901	Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds	It is a wheeled vehicle bade to transport passengers or goods.
01/01/1901	Assembly Line - Henry Ford	It is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods.
09/14/1901	Theodore Roosevelt	(September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1909)
10/09/1902	Teddy Bear - Morris Michtom	It was named after "Teddy" Rosevelt.
01/01/1904	Banana Split - David Strickler	It's an ice cream based desert.
11/16/1907	Oklahoma	The state fur Bearer is the raccoon.
03/04/1909	William Howard Taft	(March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1913)
01/01/1910	92.2 Million
01/06/1912	New Mexico	The state flower is the Yukka.
02/14/1912	Arizona	The state Mammal is the ring tail.
02/03/1913	16th Amendment	It allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
03/04/1913	Woodrow Wilson	(March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921)
05/13/1913	17th Amendment	It established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
07/28/1914	World War 1	The assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was the proximate trigger of the war.
08/01/1919	18th Amendment	It defined "intoxicating liquors" to exclude those used for religious purposes,
01/01/1920	106 Million
08/18/1920	19th Amendment	It prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on gender.
03/04/1921	Warren Gamaliel Harding	(March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923)
08/03/1923	Calvin Coolidge	(August 3, 1923 to March 3, 1929)
01/01/1927	Kool Aid	It's a brand of flavore drink mix owned by kraft.
10/09/1927	Television - Philo T. Farnsworth	It is a device used to transmit movie images accompanied by sound.
01/01/1928	Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”	Is's elastic chewing gum meant to be blown into a bubble in your mouth.
01/01/1928	Mickey Mouse	Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.
03/04/1929	Herbert Clark Hoover	(March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933)
01/01/1930	123 Million
01/01/1931	Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker	iT'S A GUITAR THAT CREATES ELECTRIC FREQUENCES THROUGH THE STRINGS.
01/23/1933	20th Amendment	It establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
03/04/1933	Franklin Delano Roosevelt	(March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945)
12/05/1933	21st Amendment	It repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition.
01/01/1938	Soft Serve Ice Cream	It's a version of ice cream that is softer then other ice cream.
09/01/1939	World war 2	The war is generally accepted to have begun with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire. Germany set out to establish a large empire in Europe.
01/01/1940	132 Million
04/12/1945	Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953)
01/01/1948	Cable TV	Provies television via radio signals.
01/01/1948	Video Game	Teh first video game is the Atari.
01/01/1950	151 Million
01/01/1950	Korean War	The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II.
02/27/1951	22nd Amendment	It sets a term limit for the President of the United States
01/01/1952	Barcode	It is an optical machine-readable representation of data.
01/20/1953	Dwight David Eisenhower	(January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961)
01/01/1956	Video Tape	It's the recording of images or video onto a magnetic tape.
01/03/1959	Alaska	Teh state flower is the forget-me-not.
08/21/1959	Hawaii	The state mammal is the monk seal.
01/01/1960	179.3 Million
11/01/1960	Vietnam War	It was a powerful war fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
01/20/1961	John Fitzgerald Kennedy	(January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963)
03/29/1961	23rd Amendment	It permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for President and Vice President.
01/01/1963	Computer Mouse	It is a pointing device.
11/22/1963	Lyndon Baines Johnson	(November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969)
01/01/1964	Buffalo Wings	It is a chicken wing section that is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce.
01/23/1964	24th Amendment	It prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
01/01/1965	Minicomputer	The first micro computer was $18,000!
01/01/1965	CD	It's a disk used to store data.
02/23/1967	25th Amendment	It deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
01/20/1969	Richard Milhous Nixon	(January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974)
01/01/1970	203 Million
01/01/1971	Email	It a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients.
07/01/1971	26th Amendment	It limited the minimum voting age to no more than 18.
01/01/1973	Cell phone	It allows calls into the public switched telephone.
01/20/1977	James Earl Carter, Jr.	(January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981)
08/09/1977	Gerald Rudolph Ford	(August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977)
01/01/1980	226.5 Million
01/01/1981	Laptop	It, also called a notebook, is a computer used for personal stuff.`
01/20/1981	Ronald Wilson Reagan	(January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989)
01/01/1983	Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)	It is an 8-bit video game console.
01/20/1989	George Herbert Walker Bush	(January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993)
01/01/1990	248.7 Million
08/02/1990	Persian Gulf War	It was a war that was also known as the first Iraq war. It was between America's forces and Iraq.
12/15/1992	27th Amendment	It prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives.
01/20/1993	William Jefferson Clinton	(January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001)
01/01/2000	281.4 Million
01/20/2001	George Walker Bush	(January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009)
10/07/2001	US Invasion of Afghanistan	The war was mainly a result of the attack on 9/11. The mission was to take out the Al-Qaeda terrorists.
10/23/2001	iPod	It's a portable media player.
10/09/2003	Invaision of Iraq	It involved America, The United Kingdom, and various other smallc ountries against Iraq in order to aquire Iraqi freedom.
01/20/2009	Barack Hussein Obama	(January 20, 2009 to Present)
01/01/2010	308.7
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01/01/1492 to 12/31/2011	US History Timeline 1492 – 2011 Anna Randall