Timeline: U.S. HISTORY | Timetoast

May 14, 1607

JAMESTOWN

JAMESTOWN WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT
Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

revolutionary war
Period: Nov 18, 1789 to Nov 18, 1797

George Washington

Federalist from Virginia
Period: Nov 29, 1789 to Nov 29, 1797

George Washington
Dec 3, 1789

Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights adopted
Period: Nov 29, 1797 to Nov 29, 1801

John Adams
Period: Nov 29, 1801 to Nov 29, 1809

Thomas Jefferson
Period: Nov 29, 1809 to Nov 29, 1817

James Madison
Period: Nov 29, 1817 to Nov 29, 1825

James Monroe
Nov 18, 1822

Stephen Austin founds colony in Texas
Dec 2, 1823

MonroeDoctrine
Period: Nov 29, 1825 to Nov 29, 1829

John Quincy Adams
Period: Nov 29, 1829 to Nov 29, 1837

Andrew Jackson
Period: Nov 29, 1837 to Nov 29, 1841

Martin Van Buren
Period: Nov 29, 1845 to Nov 29, 1849

James Polk
Dec 1, 1845

texas joins usa

texas was admitted yo usa
Period: Nov 29, 1849 to Nov 29, 1850

Zachary Taylor
Period: Nov 29, 1850 to Nov 29, 1853

Millard Fillmore
Period: Nov 29, 1853 to Nov 29, 1857

Franklin Pierce
Period: Nov 29, 1857 to Nov 29, 1861

James Buchanan
Period: Nov 29, 1861 to Nov 29, 1865

Abraham Lincoln
Dec 1, 1863

EmancipationProclamation

the EmancipationProclamation freed slaves
Aug 13, 1914

World War One begins
Dec 7, 1941

Japan surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec 3, 1945

hiroshima

U.S. A-bombs Japan
Period: Nov 18, 1960 to Nov 18, 1965

Civil Rights movement
Period: Nov 29, 1961 to Nov 29, 1963

John Kennedy
Nov 22, 1963

Kennedy assassinated
Period: Nov 29, 1969 to Nov 29, 1973

Richard Nixon
Period: Nov 29, 1973 to Nov 29, 1974

Richard Nixon
Period: Nov 29, 1980 to Nov 29, 1990

"War on Drugs"

jails1/5 of young black men
Sep 11, 2001

9/11
Period: Nov 18, 2009 to Nov 18, 2013

Barack Obama

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Dec 3, 2010

Nixon resigns

Nixon resigns over watergate