Timeline: American History 1

1400 BCE

Prehistory

The Ancestors of the Native Americans crossed the Bering into North America an estimated 15,000-20,000 years ago
1492

Columbus reaches the Bahamas
1607

Jamestown
1620

Plymouth
1675

Stamp Tax
Period: 1675 to 1676

King Phillip's War
1770

Boston Tea party
1770

Boston massacre
1774

1st Continental Congress
1775

Battle of Lexington and Concord
Period: 1775 to 1783

Revolutionary War
1776

Declaration of Independence
1787

United States Constitution signed
Period: 1804 to 1806

Lewis and Clark expedition
1820

Missouri Compromise
Period: 1825 to 1850

Indian Removal
Period: 1831 to 1838

Trail of Tears
Period: 1846 to 1848

Mexican War
1849

Gold Rush Begins
1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act
Period: 1861 to 1865

American Civil War
Period: 1862 to 1879

Homesteading the plains
Period: 1865 to 1877

Reconstruction
Period: 1866 to 1886

Cattle drives in Great Plains
1867

Alaska purchased
1869

First transcontinental railroad
1869

Suez Canal opens
Period: 1870 to 1924

Massive immigration to America
1873

Carnegie builds steel mill
Period: 1874 to 1881

Plain Wars
1876

First telephone conversation

Alexandar Graham Bell
1878

Edison invents electric light bulb
Period: 1880 to 1890

Electricity for cities
Period: 1883 to 1914

Jim Crow Laws created
1890

Labor unions started

late 1800s
Period: 1890 to 1901

Progressive Era
1893

The Panic of 1893
1898

Hawaii becomes U.S. possession
1898

U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands
1898

Spanish-American War
1900

United States has become a world power
1901

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
1901

U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction
1903

Wright brothers make first airplane flight
1913

Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line
1914

U.S. opens the Panama Canal

Prehistory

Columbus reaches the Bahamas

Jamestown

Plymouth

Stamp Tax

King Phillip's War

Boston Tea party

Boston massacre

1st Continental Congress

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Revolutionary War

Declaration of Independence

United States Constitution signed

Lewis and Clark expedition

Missouri Compromise

Indian Removal

Trail of Tears

Mexican War

Gold Rush Begins

Kansas-Nebraska Act

American Civil War

Homesteading the plains

Reconstruction

Cattle drives in Great Plains

Alaska purchased

First transcontinental railroad

Suez Canal opens

Massive immigration to America

Carnegie builds steel mill

Plain Wars

First telephone conversation

Edison invents electric light bulb

Electricity for cities

Jim Crow Laws created

Labor unions started

Progressive Era

The Panic of 1893

Hawaii becomes U.S. possession

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

Spanish-American War

United States has become a world power

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction

Wright brothers make first airplane flight

Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line

U.S. opens the Panama Canal

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