American History Timeline

By masebug
  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    The pilgrims had their first Thanksgiving with the Indians; it lasted 3 days
  • King Philip's War begins

    King Philip's War begins

    Bloody conflict between English colonists and Indians
  • Stamp Act passed

    Stamp Act passed

    Taxed almost everything printed on paper (newspapers, legal documents, even playing cards)
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The day that the U.S. declared their independence from England
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    British and Americans sign official peace agreement
  • The Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention

    55 delegates from every state except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia
  • Adams-Onis Treaty signed

    Adams-Onis Treaty signed

    Ceded the territory of Florida to U.S.; included firm boundary between Mexico and U.S.
  • Martin Van Buren goes into office

    Martin Van Buren goes into office

    Presidential term crowded by depression
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    5 laws passed to ease concerns of slavery

  • union railroad began construction from omaha NB

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    3 days of fighting became the 2nd turning point of the war
  • USA buys alaska from russia

    USA buys alaska from russia

    This purchase cost $7,000,000 and was known as seawards folly

  • Plessy vs. Fergeson

    Sepreate but equal precedent established, seperation of facillites was leagal as long as they were equal.

  • spanish american war

  • Scopes trial

  • Great depression begins when the stock market crashes

  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin

    Hitler commits suicide, berlin surrendered may 2, 1945, one of the bloodiest battles ever
  • Atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    1500 cuban exiles trained by CIA tryed to satage an invasion and overthrow Castro, the small force was crushed
  • MLK jr. was assinated

    MLK jr. was assinated

    James Earl Ray shot MLK at Lorraine Motel, Ray was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in jail