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The Magna Carta document eas adopted in England, guaranteeing liberties to the english people, and proclaiming basic rights and procedures which later becomes the foundayion stone of modern democrucy.
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Christoher Columbus sailed west to find a quicker riute to asia,but ran into another part of land around Cuba and Haditi.
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The name "America" is first used in a geography book referring to the New World with Amerigo Vespucci getting credit for the discovery of the continent.
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Cartier explores the St. Lawrence
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First American child was born in Roanoke
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English found Jamestown, Virginia
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Rhode Island enacts the first law in the colonies declaring slavery illegal.
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New Orlands was founded by France
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The first American public library is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin.
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The Boston Massacre occurs as a mob harasses British soldiers who then fire their muskets pointblank into the crowd, killing three instantly, mortally wounding two others and injuring six.
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That night, the Boston Tea Party occurs as colonial activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 containers of tea into the harbor
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First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia with 56 delegates, representing every colony, except Georgia. Attendants include Patrick Henry, George Washington, Sam Adams and John Hancock.
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The Revolutionary War starts betweent America And Great Britian
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The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
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This battle marked the turning point for America durning the Revolutionary War
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The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle in the American Revolution.Which forced Great Britian to surrender
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The Treaty of Paris was eigned which ened the Revolutionary War
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The Constitutional Convention was opened in Philidelphia
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The constitution was made
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George Washinton was elected as the frist president of the Unied States of America
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Congress passes its first tax, an 8.5 percent protective tax on 30 different items, with items arriving on American ships charged at a lower rate than foreign ships
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The Bill of Right Was made
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Thomas Jefferson is elected president
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Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana from France to expand the size of the U.S.
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The Lewis and Clark Exploration was established to find a water route across North America and explore the uncharted West
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Marked the start of the war of 1812
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The British burnt the capitol biuding during the war of 1812
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The end of the War of 1812
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The Erie Canal completion was a major transportation achievement which made New York and New York City ascend commercially.
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Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Andrew Jackson elected president
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Underground Railroad Established
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Texas declares independence from Mexico
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Depression begins with "Panic of 1837"
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Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore
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war against mexico
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California Gold Rush Begins
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California Becomes a state
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a financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and over-expansion of the domestic economy.
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Oragen Admittied as a state
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Abraham Lincoln elected president
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in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
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13th Amendment passes
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a financial crisis which triggered a severe international economic depression in both Europe and the United States that lasted until 1879
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Sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service.
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The American Red Cross was incorporated by Clara Barton.
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The Statue of Liberty arrived for the first time in New York harbor.
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Dr. John Pemberton, a Georgia pharmacist, invents coca-cola, a carbonated beverage
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Benjamin Harrison took the oath of office as president and gave an uplifting inaugural address.
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Benjamin Harrison took the oath of office as president and gave an uplifting inaugural address.
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The deadliest flood in American history occurs in Johnstown, Pennsylvania when 2,200 people perish from the water of the South Fork Dam after heavy rains cause its destruction.
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The 51st Congress of the United States passes the International Copyright Act of 1891.
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Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, opens as the main east coast immigration center
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William McKinley was inaugurated as president of the United States.
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July 1897: The Klondike Gold Rush began in Alaska.
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The Peace Treaty ending the Spanish-American War is signed in Paris. The Spanish government agrees to grant independence to Cuba and cede Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was issued.
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The Panama Canal Zone was acquired by the United States from France for $40 million.
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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake killed over 3,400 people and destroyed over 80% of San Francisco; being the deadliest earthquake in American history.
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New Mexico was admitted to the Union, becoming the 47th.
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Four days into the voyage unable to stear away from a iceberg quick enough thr Titanic took a blow to the storboard. The titanic was suppose to be able to stay afloat with 4 flooded compartments tops, also the boat didnt carry half as many life boats needed, pore capacity and evacuation. Over 3,000 people died as the Titanic sunk. when the public got wind of
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Woodrow elected president
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THe begining of WWI
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The U.S. enters world war 1
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The of WWI
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The 19th Amendment was passed, granting women the right to vote
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Warren G. Harding becomes president
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The Immigration Act of 1924 was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country
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The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates as part of a Prohibition-era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago
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Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem
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Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate,
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Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president
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Works Progress Administration is established
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WWII begins
