Social Studies Timeline

  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He sailed to the Americas.
  • Ponce Claims Florida
    Feb 10, 1521

    Ponce Claims Florida

    He claims it for Spain.
  • Spanish Win Control of Florida
    Sep 24, 1565

    Spanish Win Control of Florida

  • Pedro de Coronas
    Aug 24, 1566

    Pedro de Coronas

    Lands at Currituck Sound.
  • Dec 24, 1570

    Spain Gives Up

  • Walter Raleigh

    Walter Raleigh

    Takes over Gilbert's charter.
  • John White

    John White

    Returns only to find The Lost Colony. Also, I could only find the exact year for this event and many others. Sorry about that.
  • Walter Raleigh Again

    He got imprisoned.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Founded in VA. First permanent English settlement.
  • Slaves

    Slaves

    First Africans brought to America.
  • Charlestown

    Charlestown

    Established.
  • Puritans

    Puritans

    They settle Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • John Cabot

    John Cabot

    His voyage.
  • Tobacco

    Tobacco

    Thrives and prospers.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped British tea off of the Boston Harbor.
  • Continental Congress

    First one held.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

  • British Departure

    Left Boston knowing they had been defeated.
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution begins. Tons of factories.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Approved.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    Passed.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Purchase was made between US and France.
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark

    They began their expedition.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson

    Elected president.
  • First Railroad Company

    Chartered.
  • Mexico War

    Mexico War

    US declares war on Mexico.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Published.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Elected president.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    It begins.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Takes effect.
  • Lincoln's Assassination

    Lincoln's Assassination

    He was murdered by John Wilkes Booth in a theater.
  • End of Civil War

    Civil War ended.
  • KKK

    KKK

    Ku Klux Klan formed.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell

    Invents the telephone.
  • Spanish-American War

  • Wright Brothers

    Wright Brothers

    They made their first flight.
  • WW1

    WW1

  • U.S. Enters WW1

    On the side of The Allies.
  • End of WW1

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

  • Roaring 20s

    Roaring 20s

    Sustained economic prosperity.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Economic slump. The stock market had crashed.
  • End of Roaring 20s

  • FDR Announces the New Deal

  • WW2

    WW2

    Allies vs Axis Powers
  • FDR Re-elected

    FDR Re-elected

  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The Allies invaded Normandy.
  • Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

    Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

    Carrying way too many passengers while trying to evacuate, the Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed by a Russian sub.
  • Hitler's Death

    Hitler's Death

    Knowing he was defeated, Hitler killed himself in Berlin, Germany.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Bombing of Nagasaki

  • End of WW2

    End of WW2

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan surrenders, finally closing all hostilities of WW2.
  • Start of the Cold War

    War with no bloodshed between the Soviet Union and the United States.
  • African-American "Sit-In"

    African-American "Sit-In"

    In Greensboro, there was a nonviolent protest of racial segregation.
  • Martin Luther King Jr "I Have a Dream"

    Martin Luther King Jr "I Have a Dream"

  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination

    Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • US Enters Vietnam War

    US Enters Vietnam War

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassination

    He didn't deserve it.
  • US Leaves Vietnam War

    However, the actual war doesn't end until later.
  • The Berlin Wall Falls

    The Berlin Wall Falls

  • The Soviet Union Falls

    The Soviet Union Falls