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Oct 28, 1500
Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock
In the 1500s, Europeans began to come to North America. The began a pattern of immigrants coming to the United Stateas from around the world. Over time, Europeans started many American colonies. The Spanish founded St. Augustine, Florida, one of the oldest U.S. settlements include Jamestown, Virginia, and Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. -
Industrial Revolution
Manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. Child labor was also during this time. -
Bloody Massacre
A mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The colonists responded by throwing snowballs and other objects at the British regulars, and Private Hugh Montgomery was hit, leading him to discharge his rifle at the crowd. The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead or dying—Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, and James Caldwell—and -
Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War started because Colonial Americans wanted their own country and they were tired of being governed by America and their unreasonable tax laws. Nobody wanted to pay taxes to the British government and everyone opposed it. -
Declaration of Independence.
The colonies proclaimed their freedom in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana, a large territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, from France. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size o fthe U.S. Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the region. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a two and a half-year military conflict between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its Indian allies. The British blockaded American ports so that America couldn't trade with France. -
Civil War
The Civil War was between the South and the North United States. The United States elected Abraham Lincoln to be president. He was a Northerner who hated slavery. The fighting began because the South wanted slavery but the North didn't. So they had a Civil War. The North won. -
WWI
World War I started in Europe. Most Amricans wanted to stay out of the fighting. Then Germany sank a number of ships, killing U.S. civilians. -
Great Depression
In 1929, stock prices plunged, and many people lost their money. That began the Great Depression, a period of severe economic decline in the United States. Businesses failed, and millions were out of a job. -
Dust Bowl
Life was hard in the Dust Bowl, a large area in the Great Plains that suffered drought and dust storms. Because of the Dust Bowl, Congress pasted the Homestead Act. -
World War II
By the late 1930s, war was again raging in Europe and Asia, and again the United States wanted to avoid fighting. Then in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the United States went to war. The fighting lasted for four more years until the war ended in 1945. -
Cold War
The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR. After World War II, there were many more communists. -
Moon Landing
On August 7, 1971 Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He said " That's one small step for man, That's one giant leap for mankind." -
9/11
19 hijackers took control of four commercial passenger jets flying out of airports on the east coast of the United States. On September 11, 2001 two planes smashed into the Twin Towers. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. 50,000 people went to work Twin Towers that day.
