American History

By keeganclark
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus makes landfall in the Bahamas

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    Beginning

    From when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492 to present day.
  • Apr 2, 1513

    Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lands on the coast of Florida

  • Sep 8, 1565

    The first European colony was settles in St. Augustine, Florida

  • Jamestown was established

  • Boston Massacre

  • Period: to

    American Revolution

  • George Washington is elected President

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected President

  • South Caroline secedes from the UNion

  • Lincoln was assassinated

  • Start of WWI

  • WWI is ended by armistice

  • Stock market crash

  • Star Spangled Banner is adopted as National Anthem

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • US declares war on Japan

  • US declares war on Germany and Italy

  • D-Day Invasion of Normandy

  • Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • US troops are ordered to Korean War

  • US troops sent to Vietnam War

  • Korean War ends

  • Alaska becomes 49th state

  • Hawaii becomes 50th state

  • First men land of the moon

  • South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam, US is removed from the country

  • 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers in NYC

  • Donald Trump is elected President over Hillary Clinton

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