American History 1

By sarai.glez
  • Period: 20,000 BCE to 15,000 BCE

    Crossed through Beringia

    Native Americans crossed the land bridge through Beringia into North America.
  • 1400

    Prehistory

  • Columbus reaches the Bahamas
    1492

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas

  • Jamestown founded

    Jamestown founded

    England’s first permanent colony in North America.
  • Starving Time

    Starving Time

    Jamestown colonists died from no food, sickness, horrible leaders, and wars between Indians. They did not receive the food supplies from the Virginia Colony.
  • Plymouth

    Plymouth

    Puritans, Separatists, and Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower.
  • Stamp Tax

    Stamp Tax

    Tax on legal documents, playing cards, newspapers etc.
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    King Phillip's War

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    Hysteria occurs in Salem, Massechusetts, where two girls frame several people as witches. (many were prosecuted)
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord

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    Revolutionary War

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • U.S. Constitution signed

    U.S. Constitution signed

  • Labor unions started-late 1800s

    Labor unions started-late 1800s

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

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    Trail of Tears

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    Mexican War

  • Gold Rush begins

    Gold Rush begins

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

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    American Civil War

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    Homesteading the plains

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    Reconstruction

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    Cattle drives in Great Plains

  • Alaska Purchased

    Alaska Purchased

  • First transcontinental railroad

    First transcontinental railroad

  • Sues Canal opens

    Sues Canal opens

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    Massive immigration to America

  • Carnegie builds steel mill

    Carnegie builds steel mill

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    Plains Wars

  • First telephone conversation—Alexander Graham Bell

    First telephone conversation—Alexander Graham Bell

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    Jim Crow Laws created

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    Progressive Era

  • The Panic of 1893

    The Panic of 1893

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Hawaii becomes U.S. possession

    Hawaii becomes U.S. possession

  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War

  • U.S gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands

    U.S gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands

  • United States has become a world power

    United States has become a world power

  • U.S takes over Panama Canal constuction

    U.S takes over Panama Canal constuction

  • Theodore Roosevelt become President

    Theodore Roosevelt become President

  • Wright brothers make first airplane flight

    Wright brothers make first airplane flight

  • Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line

    Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line

  • U.S.. opens the Panama Canal

    U.S.. opens the Panama Canal

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    WW1

  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution

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    World-wide depression

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    World War II

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • First atomic bomb exploded

    First atomic bomb exploded

  • Beginning of Cold War

    Beginning of Cold War

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    Korean War

  • Cuban Revolution

  • Assasination of President Kennedy

    Assasination of President Kennedy

  • Collapse of Communism in Europe

    Collapse of Communism in Europe

  • End of the Cold War and Break up of the Soviet Union

    End of the Cold War and Break up of the Soviet Union

  • Formation of the Europe Union

    Formation of the Europe Union

  • Terrorists attack American landmarks

    Terrorists attack American landmarks

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    Iraq War

  • Election of President Barack Obama

    Election of President Barack Obama