BreAnna and Clarissa's Timeline

  • Mayflower pilgrims arrive at Cape Cod and establish colony at Plymouth.

    Mayflower pilgrims arrive at Cape Cod and establish colony at Plymouth.

    We wouldn’t have the freedom that we do today, because the Pilgrims went to Plymouth to escape the corrupt wickedness.
  • English Civil War

    English Civil War

    The war happened because of the reformations or changes that were being made.
  • Charles the Second becomes king.

    Charles the Second becomes king.

    The English army was unhappy with Charles becoming king.
  • Pennsylvania was established.

    Pennsylvania was established.

    William Penn’s goal was to create a colony that allowed for freedom of religion.
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

    It was started to overthrow King James the second.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act

    The people had to pay six pence of tax per gallon to get sugar or molasses.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    They poured tea in the Harbor
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    The British drove the Americans away from the Charleston Peninsula.
  • The French-American Alliance

    The French-American Alliance

    It was a treaty between the American rebels and France.
  • Erie Canal begins

    Erie Canal begins

    The start of linking the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Missouri was passed as a slave state, and Maine as a slave free state.
  • Erie canal completed

    Erie canal completed

    The linking of the waters of Lake Erie and the Hudson River was finished.
  • McCormick invents mechanical reaper

    McCormick invents mechanical reaper

    The reaper was a horse drawn farm implement invented to cut small grain crops.
  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

    It brought people from all over the United States and the world in search for gold.
  • The US enters World War Two.

    The US enters World War Two.

    Japan pushed the United States into struggle by bombing Pearl Harbor.
  • United Nations Founded

    United Nations Founded

    States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters.
  • U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The bomb was dropped from an American B-29 Superfortress at 0815 local time. The plane's crew say they saw a column of smoke rising and intense fires springing up.
  • U.S. troops invade North Korea

    U.S. troops invade North Korea

    The United States has sent a sharp signal to Pyongyang that if its troops attack South Korea, American forces will invade the North and topple the 'Great Leader' Kim Jong-il.
  • September 11, terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers

    September 11, terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers

    Two thousand, eight hundred and nineteen people died in the attack.