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Settlers come over to the New World to restart a new life. They create the first town in America called Jamestown, built unknowingly in the middle of Native American territory.
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The first English colony, Virginia, first imported slaves from Africa in 1619
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Ten years later, more settlers came to a different part of what is now called America, naming their new home Plymouth.
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People weren't surviving the harsh weather many were wiped out from illness and starvation.
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Pokinokin indians launch suprise attack on the settlers of Plymouth
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The Native Americans helped the people of Plymouth to survive and together the natives and the pilgrims celebrated the first "Thanksgiving"
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The first group of black slaves were brought to the Louisiana territory.
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The population of black slaves in the American colonies reached 75,00 by this time
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Clolnists of Boston no longer wanted to pay taxes to the British government where they have no voice.
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Colonists and British soldiers face off and the war is started.
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Rebels dump over 1 million dollars worth of tea in the Boston Harbor.
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Cumberland taken by different tribes
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The Louisiana Purchase was sold for 3 cents an acre
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The Declaration of Independence was created to seperate the thirteen American colonies from the British Empire.
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New York is British hands after they plunder and destroy 10 to 25 percent of the city. They stayed until 1783
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The Great Fire of New York in 1776 was caused by Britsh fores in 1776
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The war for independence continued for two years
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General george Washington leads an army through the winter where many of his men were infested with smallpox. 4/10 people died from it
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The American Revolution comes to an end
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Presidents agree to be equal
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The cotton gin was created to easily seperate cotton fibers from the seeds. This job was done by hand and extremely time-consuming before the cotton gin was invented. After that the south was the biggest proucer of cotton in the world, nearly 3/4 of the world's production.
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The industrial revolution starts up
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Construction on the Erie Canal began July 4, 1817. It was the first transportation system, between New York City on the eastern seaboard and the Great Lakes on the western interior. Built by hand, it runs 300 miles long.
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Nation is expanding, adding a part of Texas and part of Mexico
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Thousands of people head for a new life, searching for a better place to go and completely start over
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She was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy for the American Civil War. She went on thirteen missions and saved over seventy slave usin the Underground Railroad.
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The day Abraham Lincoln was elected president
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Abraham Lincoln's first Inagural Address given to the people of the United States on the eve of the Civil War.
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The following document is the Emancipation Proclamation, a proclamation given by President Lincoln it granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. In addition, under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war.
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1862 the Civil War between the Northern and Southern parts of the U.S fight over the freedom of slaves
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During the Civil War the United States was divided into two parts, the North and the South. The North was made up of twenty free states and five border states, they were known as the Union. The eleven states that make up the South was known as the Confederacy led by Jefferson Davis.
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In 1863 Abraham Lincoln passed the law making slavery illegal and adding it to the constitution
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A three day battle resulting the two armies to suffer between 46,000 and 51,000 casualties.
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Following the Battle of Gettysburg Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address during the dedication of the cemetery for Union soldiers who fought and died in the battle.
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The following is Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address given a little over a month before his assassination and the end of the American Civil War.
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The Union won and this is where the start of desegregation in America begins
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The Transcontinental Railroad unites the nation and transforms the American Heartland, it was completed in 1869.
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Native American civilizations decline as farmers settle the continent and cattle replace wild buffalo as king of the Great Plains
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The cowboy becomes a new American icon
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Americans conquer a new frontier with the modern city. Andrew Carnegie's empire of steel is used as its backbone.
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Given to the U.S by the people of France in 1871. Over 100 feet high of brass sculpture arrived in New York. To this day the statue is an important symbol to immigrants that have traveled to live here and to Americans all over. It represents freedom
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The Statue of Liberty arrived in 500 massive pieces. 121,000 donations were given to keep the statue in New York and have it be assembled which covered more than enough for the cost. Men worked at dangerous measures o see to it that the job was complete
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Skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty are symbols of the American Dream for millions of immigrants, searching for a promise land.
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Thomas Edison invented the first working electric light bulb. This was a huge life-changing success for America and electricity spread all over the country.
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America strikes oil in Texas and the boom time begins.
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Henry Ford brings the motorcar to the masses and the nation hits the road. He invents the first modernized vehicle introduced as the Model T.
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The Model T was an automobile produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company. It was known for being the first affordable automobile and opened travel options for the average middle-class American. Production continued in mass quantities from 1908 to 1927
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Intended to cure vice, Prohibition( illegalization of the production and consumption of alcohol ) fuels the growth of organized crime in burgeoning cities. It lasted from 1920-1933
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During the prohibition movement the distribution of alcohol was illegal, this caused the government to lose alot of money and society began to rebel against the law. A profitable and even sometimes violent black market for alcohol flourished.
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Speakeasies were common in the 1920's during prohibition. They were private establishments used to illegally sell alcoholic beverages. The U.S was a huge influence on music during prohibition, specifically jazz.
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During prohibition it was illegal to sell privately distilled alcoholic beverages, that's when bootlegging was invented. In the South, southerners would make their own stock-looking cars faster by enhancing the engine. This was done to outrun the law when transporting alcohol.
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial was carved out of the granite surface of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota. It holds the faces of four great American presidents in American history- George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre was the brutal murder of seven people. It was due to a dispute between two gangs in Chicago. The Italian gang led by Al Capone had attacked men from an Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. The murder was thought to be done with tommy guns, and believed that Capone had ordered the murder due to Bug's gang when they'd machine gunned Al Capone's headquarters.
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A man tried to take all of his money out of the bank and sell his stock, but the bank refused. Americans lost trust in their banks and hundreds were shut down across the country.
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1929 began the Great Depression. Nearly 80% of Americans have no savings, and the stock market rashes by losing 12 times more money in a week than America used in a year.
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The Hoover Dam was built to generate electricity to Los Angeles. 96 people died building it. It’s the biggest concrete structure ever constructed. Sept. 30, 1935 the Hoover Dam was completed two years ahead of schedule.
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The Dust Bowl brought the worst environmental storms in American history. Dust storms created by dry soil in the Great plains traveling up to 10,000 feet high across the nation at 65 mph.
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in 1934 over 18 million radios were sold nationwide. America can now hear about updated news all around the world.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II. The war effort revitalized the nation's economy by bringing many more jobs to the people lifting us right out of the outcome of the depression. The war finally ended Sptember 2, 1945
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On the morning of December 7, 1941 one of America's biggest military bases, Pearl Harbor, located in Hawaii was suprise attacked by Japenese fighting planes. This is what brings America into World War ll
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The US government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. Hippies protested to end the war, Vietnam lasted from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975.
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Baby boomers protest against the Vietnam War. These young adults were the start of the Hippie Movement, protesting the ideal of peace & love, not war.
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500 students protested the Vietnam War outside Kent State College May 4, 1970. Police shot 67 rounds in 13 seconds killing four students and injuring 9, one of whom suffered permenant paralysis
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85,000,000 Americans were using television in the 1970’s
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President Nixon is the only president in history to resign from office due to the Watergate Scandal
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In the1980’s consumption in technology grows
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The space shuttle “challenger” explodes after take off killing all 7 passengers. This shocked and horrified Americans, ridding of their idea of our invincibility considering what we can always do safely with technology
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1980’s computers are not only used in factories anymore, they are widely spreading into homes around the country. Not to mention cell phones were becoming increasingly popular, and the internet was invented. All of these technological advancements bring us into the millinium and eventually becomes a common luxury in our everyday lives beginning small in 1980 and expanding even more so to today.
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America was attacked by the terrorist group known as Al Queda. The attack devastated the country as we watched helplessly as two hijacked planes were driven into the twin towers in New York City, killing thousands of innocent people.
