American history

By Saam1234
  • Period: 18,000 BCE to 13,000 BCE

    First people in America

    This was when most of the ancestors of the Native Americans crossed the land bridge through Beringia into North America. They did this because the new land was rich in animals and fish and berries.
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    Prehistory

  • Columbus reaches the Bahamas
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas

    This was when Columbus became the first European (along with the people on the voyage) to step foot on the Americas. He took back resources, including gold, Indians, spices, etc. He had no idea he was the first European in the Americas and thought that he was in the West Indies

  • Jamestown

    The first permanent settlement in the United States.

  • Plymouth

    Started from the pilgrims from the Mayflower. The second colony.

  • Stamp Tax

    The British were taxing the colonists because they were losing lots of money from the wars they were fighting in.
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    King Phillip’s War

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    The French and Indian War

  • Boston Massacre (The Bloody Massacre)

    Boston Massacre (The Bloody Massacre)

    An angry mob roams the streets of Boston. A Redcoats fire and kill several colonists. This outrage spreads and is soon known to the 13 colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The anger of the colonists causes taxes to be repealed, except on tea. Rebels dump over $1,000,000 of tea in Boston Harbor. The British respond by shutting down Boston Harbor. Because of this, hundreds lose their jobs.

  • First Continental Congress

    56 delegates gather. It’s the first step to American democracy. Among them are John Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Washington.
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    American Revolutionary War

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    60 militias face hundreds of redcoats in Lexington and Concord. This battle marks the first of the American Revolution.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • United States Constitution signed

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Missouri Compromise

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    Trail of Tears

    Native Americans get forced onto reservations. More than 10,000 of them died during the journey of 1,000 miles.
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    Mexican War

    The Mexican-American war was a conflict between Mexico and the U.S.
  • Gold Rush begins

    Gold Rush begins

    The Gold Rush was when gold was found by Carpenter James Marshall in 1848 and people from all over the world come to California—where the gold was found—in search for gold. In two years the population of California expands from 15,000 to over 200,000. Within 6 years, the Gold Rush is over.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

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    American Civil War

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    Homesteading the plains

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    Reconstruction

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    Cattle drives in Great Plains

  • Alaska purchased

  • Suez Canal opens

  • First transcontinental railroad

  • Suez Canal opens

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    Massive immigration to America

  • Carnegie builds steel mill

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    Plains Wars

  • First telephone conversation—Alexander Graham Bell

  • Edison invents electric lightbulb

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    Electricity for cities

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    Jim Crow Laws created

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    Labor unions started

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    Progressive era

  • The Panic of 1893

    The Panic of 1893

  • Hawaii becomes U.S. possession

  • U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific Islands

  • Spanish-American War

  • U.S. becomes a world power

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction

  • Wright brothers make first airplane flight

    Wright brothers make first airplane flight

  • Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line

    Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line

  • U.S. opens Panama Canal

    U.S. opens Panama Canal

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    World War 1

  • Russian Revolution

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    World wide depression

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    World War 2

  • First atomic bomb exploded

    First atomic bomb exploded

  • Bombing of Hiroshima (WW2)

    Bombing of Hiroshima (WW2)

    The bombing of Hiroshima was when the U.S. decided to drop an atomic bomb over Hiroshima (a city in Japan) to end the war. They chose the city Hiroshima because of its war-making industries and because it is the headquarters of the 2nd Japanese army.

  • Beginning of Cold War

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    Korean War

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    American Civil Rights Movement

  • Cuban Revolution

  • Assassination of Kennedy

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    Vietnam War

  • Apollo 11

  • Collapse of communism in Europe

  • End of the Cold War and break up of the Soviet Union

  • Formation of the European Union

  • Terrorists attack American landmarks

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    Iraq war

  • Election of president Barack Obama