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Raleigh’s Roanoke Island VIRGINIA. Colony
Beggining of the English Colonies. Everyone from this colony disaspeared and never to be seen again. Considered a failure and a loss but it was still continued. -
Mayflower Lands
The Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts with 101 colonist. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn,a quaker. -
Wool Act
English parliament started the wool act to protect their wool and keep it to themselves. They quit exporting it to American colonies. -
Population on a rise
The Anglo population in the colonies in America reaches 275,000 people. Boston is the largest city at the time, followed by New York. -
French and Indian War
Last conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. -
Boston Massarce
British troops fire into a mob of people killing 5 and creating a series of protests. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of patriots dressed up as indians and boarded three ships.Dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest of the British tea tax. -
Samuel Adams
Political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, also member of the Continental Congress -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates -
American Revolution
Beggining of the American Revolution. War of independence between Great Britain and the 13 colonies. -
Independence
On July 4, congress adopts the Delcaration of Independence. -
First Flag
Continental Congress approved of the first flag for the United States -
Shay's Rebellion
Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay. -
Constitutional Convention
made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meets in Philadelphia to make the Bill of Rights. -
George Washington
Unanimously elected president of the United States. -
U.S. Army
The Army was established by congress. Totaling of 1000 men. -
Supreme Court
THe supreme court meets for the first time in Merchants Exchange building in New York -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendmants were created on thisn date. Also know as the Bill of Rights. -
John Adams
Inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia -
Thomas Jefferson
Inaugurated as the third president in Washington, DC
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Lewis and Clark
Left out from St. Louis, Mo., on expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. -
Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific
Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific -
James Madison
James Madison is inaugurated as the fourth president -
The War of 1812
U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion -
James Monroe
James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president -
Missouri Compromise
In an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states -
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country -
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing the Liberator, a weekly paper that advocates the complete abolition of slavery. -
Texas
Texas declares its independence from Mexico -
Mexican War
U.S. declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other territory in Southwest -
Gold Found
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California -
Womens Rights Convention
Women's rights convention is held at Seneca Falls, N.Y. -
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase treaty is signed; U.S. acquires border territory from Mexico for $10 million -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, establishing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Landmark Supreme Court decision holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens. -
Honest Abe
Abraham Lincoln is elected president -
Civil War
Conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states. Confederates attack Ft. Sumter in Charleston, S.C., marking the start of the war -
Lincoln is murdered
Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, DC -
15th Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote. -
First telephone
The first telephone line is built from Boston to Somerville, Mass. -
President Garfield
President Garfieild was shot but did not die till later due to his wounds -
Standard Time
United States adopts Standard Time -
Liberty
THe Statue of Liberty is dedicated. -
AFL
American Federation of Labor is organized -
Settlling
Oklahoma is opened to settlers. -
NAWSA
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) is founded. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island becomes chief immigration station of the U.S. -
Spanish-American War
USS Maine is blown up in Havana harbor -
Spanish-American War
United States declares war on Spain. -
Spanish-American War
Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War. Spain gives up control of Cuba -
Galveston Hurricane
Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead -
Panama Canal
U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone (treaty signed Nov 17 -
First Flight
Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. -
San Francisco earthquake
San Francisco earthquake leaves 500 dead or missing and destroys about 4 sq mi of the city (April 18). -
FBI
Bureau of Investigation, forerunner of the FBI, is established (July 26). -
17th Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures. -
First Long Call
First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated. -
World War I
United States declared war on Germany
