Timeline: The Americas

Period: 800 BCE to 400 BCE

The Olmecs
Period: 200 BCE to 800

Teotihuacan
Period: 200 to 800

The Mayas
Period: 900 to 1150

The Toltecs
1325

The Mexica (Aztecs) settle Tenochtitlan
Period: 1428 to 1519

The Aztec empire
Period: 1438 to 1532

The Inca
Period: 1450 to 1850

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

/Triangular trade
Period: 1492 to 1504

Columbus's voyages
1516

First boat of slaves arrives
1607

Establishment of Jamestown
Period: 1700 to 1799

bourbon reforms
Period: 1756 to 1763

Seven Years' War
Period: 1775 to 1781

American Revolution
Period: 1791 to 1804

Haitian Revolution
Period: 1808 to 1826

Latin America wars of Independence

(End date unclear, just note that they took place in the early 19th century.) Included are Simon bolivar's conquests
1815

Jamaca Letter
1815

Letter to Jamaica
Period: 1861 to 1865

American Civil War
1863

U.S. Emancipation of Slaves
1898

U.S. Acquisition of the Philippines and Hawaii
Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Jul 17, 1898

Spanish-American War
Period: 1910 to 1920

Mexican Revolution
Period: 1914 to 1918

WW I
1917

U.S. enters WW I

Troops don't arrive until 1918.
1929

New York stock market crash
Period: 1929 to 1939

Great Depression
Period: 1930 to 1945

Vargas 1st term
Period: 1933 to 1945

FDR presidency
Period: 1939 to 1945

WW II
1941

US enters WW II
1944

Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1947

NATO created
Period: 1947 to 1991

Cold War
Period: 1950 to 1953

Korean War
Period: 1951 to 1954

Vargas 2nd turn
1953

Cuban Revolution
1954

Arbenz overthrown by US
Period: 1954 to 1975

Vietnam war
Period: 1960 to 1970

US student protests
1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
1973

Allende assnainated
Period: 1981 to 1989

Reagan Presidency
Period: 1990 to 1991

Persian Gulf War
1994

NAFTA created
Sep 11, 2001

Sep. 11th Attacks

The Olmecs

Teotihuacan

The Mayas

The Toltecs

The Mexica (Aztecs) settle Tenochtitlan

The Aztec empire

The Inca

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Columbus's voyages

First boat of slaves arrives

Establishment of Jamestown

bourbon reforms

Seven Years' War

American Revolution

Haitian Revolution

Latin America wars of Independence

Jamaca Letter

Letter to Jamaica

American Civil War

U.S. Emancipation of Slaves

U.S. Acquisition of the Philippines and Hawaii

Spanish-American War

Mexican Revolution

WW I

U.S. enters WW I

New York stock market crash

Great Depression

Vargas 1st term

FDR presidency

WW II

US enters WW II

Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

NATO created

Cold War

Korean War

Vargas 2nd turn

Cuban Revolution

Arbenz overthrown by US

Vietnam war

US student protests

Cuban Missile Crisis

Allende assnainated

Reagan Presidency

Persian Gulf War

NAFTA created

Sep. 11th Attacks

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