American Timeline

  • Delaware

    Delaware

    Delaware was the first state to ratify constitution.
  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania

    Keystone state,.., state bird is the ruffled grouse.
  • New Jersey

    New Jersey

    Garden State... 3rd state. State bird is eastern goldfinch
  • Georgia

    Georgia

    Peach State.. Cherokee rose state flower.....
  • Connecticut

    Connecticut

    Constitution state... State bird is the robin
  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts

    Bay state. State tree. Is the American elm
  • Maryland

    Maryland

    Old line state. State bird is Baltimore Oriole
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina

    Palmetto state... Great Carolina wren is state bird..
  • New Hampshie

    New Hampshie

    Granite state.... Purple finch is state bird..
  • Virginia

    Virginia

    Evergreen state. Eastern finch state bird
  • New York

    New York

    Empire State. Bluebird is state bird.
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    George Washington

    First president of the United States. First president to sign Declaration of Independence. Had war expertise.
  • North Carolina

    North Carolina

    Old North state/Tar heel state.. State bird is Cardinal
  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island

    The ocean state. State tree is red Maple..
  • Vermont

    Vermont

    Green mountain state.. Hermit thrush state bird
  • Whiskey rebbellion

    Whiskey rebbellion

    Put taxes on whiskey and bandits stormed and killed some people and Hamilton called in forces.
  • Kentucky

    Kentucky

    Bluegrass state.. State bird is the cardinal
  • Tennessee

    Tennessee

    Volunteer state.. Mockingbird is the state bird...
  • Washingtons Farewell address

    Washingtons Farewell address

    To try to get people not to make political parties.
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    John Adams

    Elected for 1 term as second president. He helped navy win first battle
  • alien and sedition acts

    alien and sedition acts

    signed by john adams the act was for citizens, to be able to inprision aliens who considered to be dangerous. made it harder for immigrates to vote
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    Thomas Jefferson

    TJ becomes the 3rd president and serves 2 terms. Signs enabling act.
  • Ohio

    Ohio

    Buckeye state... State bird is the cardinal
  • Maybury v Madison

    Maybury v Madison

    William maybury, Madison, Madison was denied a right. impact.. its in history got a law maybury won
  • Cheif Justice John Marshall

    Cheif Justice John Marshall

    big cases was the maybury and madison case.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    530,000,000 acres of land. 15$ million dollars.
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark

    We're sent off by the president to search the Louisiana purchase territory.
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    James Madison

    4th president.. Occupied Florida. Helped with tensions against France.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    US passed a bill and people didn't like it and rioted and war broke out.
  • Louisiana

    Louisiana

    Pelican state... Eastern brown Pelican is state bird
  • Indiana

    Indiana

    Hoosier state... Cardinal is state bird
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    James Monroe

    5th president. Last president from the founding fathers.
  • Mississippi

    Mississippi

    Magnolia State. Mockingbird is state bird..
  • Fredrick Douglas

    Fredrick Douglas

    escaped slavery, writings, campained against slavery
  • Dartmouth College v. Woodward

    Dartmouth College v. Woodward

    tried to change dartmouth in to a state college. players... john marshall, College and woodward. dartmouth was able to stay private institution.6-1 vote
  • Illinois

    Illinois

    Prairie state.. Cardinal is state bird
  • Transcontinental treaty

    Transcontinental treaty

    Purchase of Florida
  • McCullouch v. Maryland,

    McCullouch v. Maryland,

    judgment for mccullouch. Mccullouch adn maryland, john marshall inpact on banks.
  • Alabama

    Alabama

    Yellowhammer State.. State bird yellowhammer
  • Missouris compromise

    Missouris compromise

    Tried to stop political policies and slavery. Separarated states. Free states and slave states.
  • Maine

    Maine

    Pine tree state.. Chickadee is state bird.
  • Missouri

    Missouri

    Show me state. Bluebird is state bird
  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gibbons v. Ogden

    Steamboat rights. Ogden, gibbons, john marshall. found a need to check out of staters to have steam boat. all votes were for gibbons.
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    John Quincy Adams

    6th president. Erie Canal was completed. Resolved war damages.
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    Andrew Jackson

    7th president. Signs Indian removal act
  • Nat Turners rebellion

    Nat Turners rebellion

    Slave that killed owners and started rebellion. Was killed
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Scott sued for slavery against missouri because he beileived he was a free man. Scott, Sandford, made missouri change slave policy. Scott won
  • Toledo war

    Toledo war

    Unofficial war between Ohio and Michigan over the Toledo strip. No one died or was injured.
  • Arkansas

    Arkansas

    Natural state. State bird is the mockingbird.
  • Michigan

    Michigan

    The Wolverine state... State bird is the robin
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    Martin Van Buren

    8th president. Aroostook war ends. He signs the independent treasury act.
  • Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny

    Americans moved or expanded west toward ocean.
  • Trail of tears

    Trail of tears

    Indians were kicked out of their homes and forced to go west toward Oklahoma. Andrew Jackson was president
  • Abolitionist movement

    Abolitionist movement

    Racial discrimination end
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    William Harrison

    9th president . Harrison dies of pneumonia a month after elected.
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    John Tyler

    10th president. First telegraph line comes out.. He get married. Florida becomes a slave state
  • Florida

    Florida

    Sunshine state. State bird is the mockingbird.
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    James K. Polk

    11th president. Texas becomes slave state. United States declares war on Mexico. Oregon act is passed. Iowa becomes free state.
  • Texas

    Texas

    Lone star state. Mocking bird is state bird.
  • Iowa

    Iowa

    Hawkeyes state. Eastern goldfinch state bird
  • Mexican-American war

    Mexican-American war

    Fight over land. Texas.
  • Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

    Was slave that escaped. Came to help slaves with underground tunnel to free slaves. He was leader.
  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin

    Badger state. Robin is state bird.
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony

    played key role in woman sufferage. collected anti-slavery petitions at 17
  • Elizibeth Stanton

    Elizibeth Stanton

    abolitionist and key figue on womens rights movement.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention

    players, stanton, Mott. a convention to discuss womens rights. Womens rights convention.
  • Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Wrote speech and was against slavery.
  • Seneca falls resolution

    Seneca falls resolution

    goal- spread news of womens rights movement, rights asled for cil, social, political,and religious rights. Declaration of Sentiments . document signed by 100 of 300 attendants to list out resolutions.
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    Zachary Taylor

    12th president. Debates expansion into Mexican territories. Gets sick. Dies of cholera morbus.
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    Millard Fillmore

    13th president. Three cent pieces created. Gold is found in Oregon.
  • California

    California

    Golden state. State bird is a quail.
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    Franklin Pierce

    14th president.. Signs Gadsden Purchase Treaty...
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    James Buchanan

    15th president. Confederacy is formed. Confederate flag Is created...
  • Minnesota

    Minnesota

    North state state. State bird is the common loon.
  • Oregon

    Oregon

    Beaver state. State bird is the western meadow lock.
  • Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education .

    Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education .

    Wanted free compulsive public education
  • John Brown and the armed resistance,

    John Brown and the armed resistance,

    Was against slavery. Killed five slavery supporters. Was hung because of this.
  • William Lloyd Garrison,

    William Lloyd Garrison,

    Abolishonist who wrote poems and wanted to free slaves.
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    Abraham Lincoln

    16th president. Civil War starts. His brother dies. General Robert E Lee becomes commander of confederate army