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On this day English Families also known today as Pilgrims traveled across the Atlantic Sea and arrived in the U.S. This is the start of the beginning of how America came to be and started its fight for freedom. The leader was William Bradford and the journey was hard for many people. This ship is significant because the Pilgrims were some of the first settlers to arrive in the United States and they established the Plymouth Country. -
The war began when local militia men came in counter with British soldiers in the Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The significant start was when a shot was fired, this shot was known as the "shot heard around the world." Nobody knows which side fired the shot but this sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. -
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British soldiers during war. These meant all official documents needed this stamp on it otherwise it wasn't recognized. -
The Quartering Act was an act that made it so you couldn't refuse to house and feed a British Soldier. This act among others made colonists very angry during the American Revolution. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation to the British Soldiers. This ended in British Soldiers firing at colonists as they believed it was a mob. This event was heavily publicized and word of the event spread quickly. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political movement of dumping chests of tea into the harbor. Colonists were angry at British for putting tax on simple things such as tea. Colonists didn't approve of British imposing "taxation without representation." As of result British shut down Boston Harbor until all the chests of tea were paid for. -
These were the first military engagements of the American Revolution. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington. -
In 1775 congress established the United States Army officially. This was to have a unified army for the colonies to go against Britain in the Revolutionary War. -
This battle was fought during the siege of Boston in The American Revolution's first stage. The American Patriots were defeated although they did prove to the British Army that they were strong enough to fight this war. -
The signing of the Declaration of Independence took place at the Pennsylvania State House, Independence Hall in Pennsylvania. It was signed by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams on the day it was adopted. -
George Washington crossing the Delaware was the first surprise attack against Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey. This was an iconic moment and one that is remembered in history forever.
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The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown campaign ended in entrapping a major British army on a peninsula in Yorktown, Virginia. This siege virtually ended military operations in American Revolution. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3rd, 1783, which officially ended the Revolutionary War. The war was fought for the independence of United States and the 13 colonies against the British. The colonists won giving America freedom. -
Most Continental Army was disbanded after the Treat of Paris was signed ending the fighting. The first two regiments of the army went on to form the Legion of the United States in 1792 which became the foundation of the United States army. -
The 3/5 Compromise was developed in 1787 and stated that only 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for taxation and representations in the House of Representatives. -
In New York City, on March 4th Congress held their very first house meeting. The House was established by the United States Constitution. -
George Washington becomes first president of United States, this was a pretty agreed upon matter between federalists and anti-federalists. He won all 69 electoral votes which no other president has done. -
The beginning of the French Revolution was important as it this shaped our American politics greatly. President George Washington declared neutrality in the European wars. -
The United States Coast Guard was officially established April 3, 1790, it was formed by the merge of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-saving service. Soon the lighthouse service even merged with the Coast Guard. -
The Residence Act of July 16, 1790 put the country's capital in current day Washington D.C. They didn't put the capital of the country in a state so no state had more power. -
The Bill of right was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights consists of the 10 amendments.
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The XYZ was a diplomatic affair between French and United States Diplomats that resulted in an undetermined war. The president during this time was John Quincy Adams. -
During the War of 1812, the British Troops who were led by General Robert Ross, set fire to Washington D.C. This was a retaliation of the American Attack on the city of York which was in Ontario, Canada. -
Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner in 1814, which was during the war of 1812. The song was originally called "The Defense of Fort M'Henry." This song was set to music in 1931 and became America's national anthem. He wrote this song after witnessing the Maryland Fort being bombed and he saw the flag at the end of the fighting. -
After years of going back and forth, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams signed the Florida Purchase Treaty. This officially put Florida with the United States. Florida became a burden to Spain and US took it over. -
The Missouri was a step closer to the Civil War, to balance the power in congress the Missouri compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. -
The election of 1828 was against democrat Andrew Jackson and republican John Quincy Adams. This is one of the most significant elections in history as it saw the development in the two party system. -
The Indian Removal Act was signed in by President Andrew Jackson authorizing lands in Mississippi, meaning Native Americas needed to move. Some tribes went peacefully, others were violent. -
The Trail of Tears is when the American Government forcefully removed Native Americans from their land. As well as took children and ethnic cleansed them so that way Native American Culture wouldn't live on. -
The Fugitive Slave Act provided for the return of slaves brought to free states. This authorized local governments to return runaway slaves to their owners, one of the most controversial laws in 19th century. -
The House Divided speech was given by our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, and said the famous line "A house divided against itself cannot stand." He was trying to get the point across that if the United States wanted to be a free country they must do it soon before it's too late. -
South Carolina seceded from the union after Abraham Lincoln got elected for president, this triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding south. They also seceded from the rising tension across the country. -
This important Inaugural Address was delivered on March 3, 1861 as President Lincoln was taking his oath of office to become President of the United States. He was our 16th president and became a very influential and well known person. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter was a bombardment near Charleston, South Carolina. This was an important Civil War battle as it marked the beginning of the war. -
This was the beginning of the Civil War as Abraham declared war. Abraham Lincoln believed a state didn't have the right to have slavery. He warned south states before hand with his inaugural address. -
This was the first major battle in The American Civil War, the union army outnumbered the confederates, although the confederates won the battle as they were more experienced. -
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the bloodiest wars in the American Civil war. The battle ended in an union victory. There was a total of 23000 casualties which at the time was the most in history. -
To get people to move west to help even out population Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. This gave each family that moved out 160 acres in the west that they must live on. -
This was one of the deadliest battles in history yet, Union forces came out on top. This proved the Union could stand up against Confederate Army. There was about 23,000 deaths in this battle total. -
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the middle of the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation announced that if rebels didn't end the fighting and join the Union all slaves in rebellious states would be free. -
This three day long war from July 1st - July 3rd was very significant. This was a great turning point in the Civil War as it made sure Europe wouldn't get involved. It gave North a very needed victory. -
The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech that President Lincoln gave during the Civil War. He delivered it at the Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg. Lincoln was also trying to inspire people to continue fighting. -
The war ended in spring of 1865 in result of Robert E. Lee surrendering. The very last civil war battle was fought on May 13, 1865. The result was Union winning and slaves being freed. -
Andrew Johnson was the first president to become impeached as people believed he violated the Tenure of Office Act. -
On February 26, 1869 the 15th Amendment passed which allowed African American men the right to vote. Although some states resisted ratification. -
The English Bill of Rights was an act that William lll and Mary ll, who became co-rulers in England, signed into law in 1869. This is significant because it gave power over the monarchy, and outlined important constitutional and civil rights. -
The Compromise of 1877 was an un-written deal arranged by United State's Congress men. This compromise disputed 1876 presidential election, this was one of the final actions that ended the Reconstruction Era. -
Plessy v. Ferguson, was the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". This separate but equal think rarely if ever applied as blacks didn't have near as equal rights and access to things as white people had. It really only meant separate. -
It was annexed in the mist of the Spanish-American War in 1898. It was annexed in 1898 but it became a territory in 1900. They used Pearl Harbor as a naval base during the war. -
In Havana's Harbor in Maine, the U.S.S. Maine Ship explodes killing 260 crew members. We discovered years later it was a mechanical issue, but at first we blamed Spain which led us into the Spanish-American War. -
The Battle of San Juan Hill was led by Teddy Roosevelt and his rough riders. This was an important victory as it allowed United States to start to begin of Santiago de Cuba. -
Alger Hiss was a government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy while also being convicted of perjury in connection to the further allegations made. Before his charges, Hiss was involved with the formation of the United Nations. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United Stated that was formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to progress justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells which were very influential people. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a factory fire in Manhattan, New York. This fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of Manhattan and one of the most deadly in the whole United States. The fire started because of a discarded cigarette in highly flammable materials causing around 150 deaths. -
The panama canal opened on August 15, 1914 and was a very important canal as it linked the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and provided a new route for international trade and military transport which was very beneficial for many countries and provided quickness.
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This was the beginning of World War One for us as we declared war on Germany for Germany violating their pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. This then led to a huge outbreak once we got involved and made things more difficult for both countries. -
This very important document was signed ending the Great War also known as WW1. This treaty was very devastating to Germany as it pointed blame at Germany for the war. They went into serious debt and has restrictions on many things. -
The making and sales of alcohol was finally prohibited as many blamed everyday issues on alcohol. It was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden and more things that people claimed alcohol was the root problem of so it was banned until 1933. -
As the roaring 20s begin women are finally allowed to vote after a lot of protests and groups to fight for the right to be able to vote. The women's suffrage movement played a lot in this victory and took decades before it was finally passed in congress June 4th, 1919. -
A station called KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast. They chose that date because it was election day, and the power of radio was shown that when people could hear the results of the Harding-Cox presidential race before they read about it in the newspaper. -
By 1923 most middle class people had a car and they were becoming more popular and a necessity. Henry T. Ford was the creator of the popular brand and where the cars came from and were getting distributed out of factories faster and faster. -
The KKK was a violent group who targeted blacks after civil war. It went quiet for some time but became more alive in 1924. The new headquarters was in New Hampshire. They worked quietly at first but then began holding bigger meetings although still sworn by secrecy. -
This was a huge case as high-school teacher, John T. Scopes, was charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution which was against Christianity and other religions and many people found it very wrong. They went to court and ended in evolution not being allowed to be taught in public schools until 1967. -
The worst economic downturn in history and it began after the stock market crashed which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. This depression lasted 10 years and devastated a lot of families and people were broke. This was eventually ended by World War 2. -
On Black Tuesday the New York Stock Exchange completely crashed becoming a huge factor in the Great Depression. This was the worst stock market crash in history which was an abrupt end to the thriving economy of the roaring 20s. -
Pearl Harbor was a surprise military attack from Japan to try and this event caused us to ender WWII. Two waves of jets attacked ships and land that Pearl Harbor had sinking many boats and killing over 2000 men. This led to us dropping nuclear bombs on Japan. -
This very famous speech given by president Franklin D. Roosevelt after the attack on Pearl Harbor was broadcasted everywhere. A very memorable speech that announced we were officially in World War 2 as Japan brought us into it. -
The Manhattan Project was was a research development of nuclear weapons during World War 2. Atomic bombs hadn't been invented yet and a very dangerous thing to have and if in the wrong hands could end very badly. Ended up using them for the first time in Japan during WW2. -
D-Day was an important time in WW2 as the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked Germany on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. -
The GI bill was signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt. This bill took place after WW2 and was something for the soldiers that declared they got free schooling, low interest loans, and housing. This bill was a thank you to soldiers who's entired lives changed while fighting in this war. -
When Germany surrendered during WW2 in marked the end of a the war. The decision to surrender was made public. They surrendered after having no way else to win and knew it would only be distavorous to not surrender -
The bombing of Japan's city Hiroshima was the first nuclear bomb of two. United States sent over this bomb after they refused to surrender. The bomb killed over 100,000 people alone and destroyed many lives and the city completely. This event was during World War 2. -
This was the second Atomic bomb in Japan in a city called Nagasaki. After the bomb in Hiroshima, Japan still didn't surrender which killed even more people than the first bomb. Japan finally surrendered after this atomic bomb as now two of their major cities were in ruins. -
Japan was being forced to surrender by United States by us dropping atomic bombs. We dropped the first one and after destroying many lives in Japan they still didn't surrender so another one was dropped and this led to them finally surrendering. -
The baby boom was a rapid increase of population in the United States after WW2. Soldiers came back home and this is when many people decided to settle down and have children. Starting in 1946 and lasting up until 1964 babies were being produced at an unusally high rate. -
The iron curtain was a big part of the Cold War as it separated Europe in two part during WW2 up until 1991. This was involved with the Berlin War. The wall divided west and east Germany and one side was communist while the other one wasn't. -
The Cold War began in march of 1947 which was a war of high tension between the United States, Soviet Union, and their allies. This war followed after WW2 ended and lasted up until 1991. A lot changed since the beginning of the Cold War and it started after Nazi's of Germany surrendered. -
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. This was to help prevent the threat of communism. -
Also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, this is a United States federal law that restricted the activities and powers of organized labor unions and prohibits certain union practices and requires that they disclose their financial and political activities. -
US explodes the first hydrogen bomb at a test site in Marshall Island and 1 year later USSR tests their bomb; fall out shelters built in both countries. The bomb vaporized an entire island, leaving behind a crater more than a mile wide. -
A big part of Vietnam war was on May 7, 1954 when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott started by Rosa Parks not giving up her seat to a white man sending her to jail. For the next year black people in Montgomery refused to ride the bus which devastated transportation companies as a way to peacefully stand up for what they want, equality. -
Ruled that the First Amendment protected radical and revolutionary speech, including that of Communists, unless it presented a "clear and present danger" to the safety of the country. -
Little Rock Nine were a group of nine students who challenged segregation by going to an all white school. They were faced with people not letting them in by governor, parents, and were faced with marshals. The president call in paratroopers to walk them to class and that's how they finally entered the building. -
On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which is known as NASA. Since then they've discovered many great things and was also a big part in space race. -
The Civil Right Act of 1960 was a federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote. -
This was an important election and the outcome was John F. Kennedy won beating Richard Nixon. The rising cold war tensions between US and the Soviet Union and fear of communism made this an important election as the US was going through a lot. -
On April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire. Cuban planes strafed the invaders, sank two escort ships, and destroyed half of the exile's air support. This was a huge regret for president Kennedy. -
In the Cuban Missile crisis, Khrushchev had launched plans to install medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear attack. They put nuclear weapons' in Cuba which now had United States in a huge scare of being attacked during cold war. -
The Letter from Birmingham Jail is a letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. from jail saying that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. That people need to stand up for themselves because if everyone is waiting for someone else to do it, no one will. -
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr. During the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
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A large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. This march was for civil and social justice and rights and one of the most attended event. -
The assassination of JFK devastated many people as he was riding in downtown Dallas a man named Lee Harvey Oswald who shot him as he was in the motor vehicle from a 6 stories up. JKF died pretty immediate after being shot. Many people were furious and Oswald was assassinated as well after being caught. -
In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This made them not able to hire people, fire people, etc on the basis of one of those things. -
The Voting Right Act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. Which meant that black people should be able to fairly vote and not said no to for no other reason besides skin color -
MLK was assassinating when he was standing on his balcony outside his second floor motel room. This caused a violent outbreak nation wide and over 40 deaths occurred. People were upset and saddened as MLK grown to be very well liked in not only the black communities but some white ones too. He was selfless and died accomplishing his ultimate goal, change in equality. -
Apollo 11 was a huge step for the United States as that ship finally landed humans on the moon for the first time ever in history. People watched on television this huge thing in history. Neil Armstrong gave one of the most famous quotes "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." -
During what were known as the Gulf War Iraq accused the United States and Israel of trying to weaken Iraq by encouraging Kuwait to reduce oil prices. When Iraq began to threaten Kuwait the United States staged maneuvers in the Gulf to warn Iraq against taking military action against the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. -
This act was one Eisenhower signed into law that authorized 41000 miles of highway to be built which made transportation faster and easier than he had ever been in the United States
