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the first permanent English settlement
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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.
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The Mayflower ship lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with 101 colonists.
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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.
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protecting its own wool industry by limiting wool production in Ireland and forbidding the export of wool from the American colonies.
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Founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin.
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The French and Indian War erupts over land in the Ohio river Valley
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British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests.
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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
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First Continental congress meets in Philidelphia
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Continental Congress Adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia
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continental Congress approves the first offical of the United States
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Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. constitution
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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.
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George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States
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UNtied states supreme court meets for the first time at the Merchants Exchage Building in New York City.
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First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are Ratified.
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washigton's second inauguration is held in Philadelphia
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John Adams in inaugaurated as the second president in philadelphia
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president in Washington, DC
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Lewis and Clark set out from st. louis to the west and find route to the pacific ocean.
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Jefferson is Re-elected for the second time.
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The U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with american maritime shippijg and westward expanision
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MAdisions second election
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British capture DC and set fire to White House and Capital
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Maine is admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state.
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John is elected president as the 6th president
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Jackson is elected as the 7th president
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President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of native Americans in the eastern part of the country.
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Texas declares its independence from mexico
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MOre than 15,000 Cherokee Indians are forced to march from georgia to Indian territory in present-day Oklahoma.
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Harrison is elected the 9th president
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U.S. annexes Texas by joint resolutio of congress.
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JAmes POlk is Elected the 11th presidnet.
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President Taylor dies and is successful by his vice president
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Pierce is elected as the 14th president
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Congress passes the kansas-nebrasaka act,
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Lincoln si elected as the president.
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South carolina secedes from the Union
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Confederate of america is est.
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Chicago fire kills 300 and leaves 90,000 people homeless
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Grants secound term as president
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James A. Garfield is inaugurated as the 20th president
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James A. Garfield is shot.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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The american federation of labor is organized
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Oklahoma is opened to settlers.
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Ellis island becomes chief immigration station of U.S.
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William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th president
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USS Maine is blown up in Havana harbor. Prompting the declartion of the Spanish-American war.
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U.S. annexes Hawaii by an act of Congress.
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Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
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Mckinley is relected for the second time
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U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone
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First controlled, sustained flight
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Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration
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inaugurated as the 27th president
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inaugurated as the 28th president
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Canal opens to traffic
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U.S. enters World War I declaring war on Germany
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Armistice ending WW1 is signed
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inaugurated as the 29th president
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resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany
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Dies suddenly, He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.
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Coolidge's second inauguration
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inaugurated as the 31st president
