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Jan 1, 1541
Hernando de Soto of Spain discovers the Mississippi River
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Jamestown Virginia
the first permanent English settlement -
The House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. -
The Mayflower
The Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with 101 colonists. -
The Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact is signed by the 41 men, establishing a form of local government in which the colonists agree to abide by majority rule and to cooperate for the general good of the colony. -
The English Parliament passes the Wool Act
protecting its own wool industry by limiting wool production in Ireland and forbidding the export of wool from the American colonies. -
The first American public library
Founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War erupts over land in the Ohio river Valley -
Boston Massacre
British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests. -
Boston Tea Party
group of colonial patriots disguised as MOhawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax -
First Continental Congress
First Continental congress meets in Philidelphia -
Declaration of Independence
Continental Congress Adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia -
First Offical Flag of U.S.
continental Congress approves the first offical of the United States -
Articles of Confederation
Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. constitution -
Shay's rebellion
Shay's rebellion erupts. Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failue to pay. -
1st President of United States
George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States -
U.S. supreme Court meet for the first time
UNtied states supreme court meets for the first time at the Merchants Exchage Building in New York City. -
Bill of Rights
First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are Ratified. -
Washington is re-elected
washigton's second inauguration is held in Philadelphia -
John Adams Becomes president
John Adams in inaugaurated as the second president in philadelphia -
thomas Jefferson becoes president
Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president in Washington, DC -
lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark set out from st. louis to the west and find route to the pacific ocean. -
Jefferson's Second Election
Jefferson is Re-elected for the second time. -
War of 1812
The U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with american maritime shippijg and westward expanision -
James Madision is Relected
MAdisions second election -
British Capture Washington, DC
British capture DC and set fire to White House and Capital -
Missouri comprimise
Maine is admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state. -
John Quincy Adams is elelected president
John is elected president as the 6th president -
Andrew Jackson
Jackson is elected as the 7th president -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of native Americans in the eastern part of the country. -
Texas Becomes independent
Texas declares its independence from mexico -
Trail of Tears
MOre than 15,000 Cherokee Indians are forced to march from georgia to Indian territory in present-day Oklahoma. -
William Henry Harrison
Harrison is elected the 9th president -
Texas joins the Untied States
U.S. annexes Texas by joint resolutio of congress. -
James Polk
JAmes POlk is Elected the 11th presidnet. -
Presidnet Taylor Dies
President Taylor dies and is successful by his vice president -
Franklin Pierce
Pierce is elected as the 14th president -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Congress passes the kansas-nebrasaka act, -
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln si elected as the president. -
south carolina secedes
South carolina secedes from the Union -
Confederate states of america
Confederate of america is est. -
Chicago fire
Chicago fire kills 300 and leaves 90,000 people homeless -
Ulysses S. Grant is re-elected
Grants secound term as president -
James A. Garfeild
James A. Garfield is inaugurated as the 20th president -
President Garfield is shot
James A. Garfield is shot. -
Statue Of Liberty
Statue of Liberty is dedicated. -
American Federation of Labor
The american federation of labor is organized -
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is opened to settlers. -
Ellis Island
Ellis island becomes chief immigration station of U.S. -
President William McKinley
William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president -
USS Maine
USS Maine is blown up in Havana harbor. Prompting the declartion of the Spanish-American war. -
U.S. annexes Hawiaii
U.S. annexes Hawaii by an act of Congress. -
Treaty of Paris (Spanish-American War)
Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War. -
McKinley's second inauuration
Mckinley is relected for the second time -
Panama Canal Zone
U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone -
Wright Brothers
First controlled, sustained flight -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration -
William Howard Taft
inaugurated as the 27th president -
woodrow wilson
inaugurated as the 28th president -
Panama Canal
Canal opens to traffic -
U.S. enters World War I
U.S. enters World War I declaring war on Germany -
Armistice ending WW1
Armistice ending WW1 is signed -
Warren G. Harding
inaugurated as the 29th president -
Harding signs resolution
resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany -
President Harding
Dies suddenly, He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge. -
Coolidge's second inauguration
Coolidge's second inauguration -
Herbert Hoover
inaugurated as the 31st president
