The History Of US By Elijah W Dec 19, 1000 Vikings arrive Period: Dec 19, 1000 to Dec 19, 1775 History 1A Aug 23, 1492 Columbus Arrives Aug 23, 1497 Cabot Arrives Aug 31, 1507 Amerigo Vespucci Arrives Aug 23, 1510 First Enslaved Africans In America Aug 31, 1513 Balboa Sees Pacific Aug 31, 1520 Magellan Crosses The Pacific Aug 31, 1525 Verrazano Finds New York Harbor Aug 31, 1539 Hernando de Soto Arrives Aug 23, 1570 Iroquois Nation Founded Sep 12, 1585 Roanoke Sep 12, 1587 Roanoke 2 Sep 12, 1588 England Defeats Spanish Armada Apr 27, 1607 Jamestown Founded Sep 19, 1609 Hudson Sails Up Hudson River Sep 19, 1609 Jamestown Starves Oct 24, 1614 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe Oct 24, 1620 Mayflower Compact; Pilgrims Arrive Oct 24, 1626 Dutch buy Mannhattan Island Oct 24, 1692 Salem Witch Trials Oct 24, 1706 B. Franklin Born Nov 10, 1734 Daniel Boone is Born Nov 10, 1735 John Peter Zenger acquitted Nov 10, 1738 Spanish cut off Captain Jenkins' ear Nov 10, 1754 Albany Plan rejected Nov 10, 1755 Braddock's troops defeated Nov 10, 1760 George III King of England Nov 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris Nov 29, 1765 Stamp Act Nov 29, 1770 Boston Massacre Nov 29, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 18, 1775 Paul Revere's Ride Nov 10, 1775 Wilderness Road opens Nov 29, 1775 George Washington Becomes Commander in Chief Nov 29, 1775 Patriots Take Fort Ticonderoga Nov 29, 1775 Brittain Declaires War Nov 29, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill Period: Dec 19, 1775 to Dec 19, 1860 History 1B Feb 9, 1776 Washing Crosses the Delaware Jun 19, 1776 Tom Paine publishes Common Sense Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 30, 1776 British Capture New York City Feb 9, 1777 Valley Forge Feb 9, 1781 Yorktown Feb 9, 1781 Articles of Confederation Feb 18, 1789 George Washington First President Mar 22, 1791 Slater's Mill Mar 22, 1793 Cotton Gin Mar 22, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Mar 22, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Mar 22, 1803 Marbury vs. Madison Mar 23, 1807 Robert Fulton's Steamship Mar 23, 1814 Star Spangled Banner Written Mar 23, 1820 Missouri Compromise Mar 23, 1821 Sequoyah Invents Cherokee Alphabet Mar 23, 1823 Monroe Doctrine Mar 23, 1824 Erie Canal Mar 23, 1830 Peter Cooper Builds Steam-Powered Train Apr 12, 1833 Jackson Defeats Bank of US Apr 12, 1836 Alamo Apr 12, 1836 Texas an Independent Republic Apr 12, 1837 US Depression Mar 23, 1838 Trail of Tears Apr 2, 1838 Fredrick Douglass Escapes The South Apr 2, 1838 Osceola Dies Apr 2, 1840 William Henry Harrison Elected Apr 12, 1845 John L O'Sullivan writes Manifest Destiny Apr 12, 1849 California Gold Rush begins May 8, 1850 Compromise of 1850 May 8, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law May 8, 1851 Sojournor Truth May 8, 1851 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony May 17, 1852 More Than 20,000 Chinese enter California Aug 30, 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin" May 17, 1854 Republican Party Founded May 17, 1854 Walden Published May 17, 1855 Leaves of Grass Published Period: Dec 19, 1855 to Dec 19, 1900 History 2A Dec 19, 1858 Frederick Law Olmstead chief architect of Central Park Aug 30, 1859 John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry Nov 7, 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected 16th president Apr 30, 1861 Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederacy May 30, 1861 Richmond becomes Confederate capital Jul 30, 1861 US troops defeated at Bull Run Feb 28, 1862 Grant captures Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson in TN Mar 31, 1862 Robert E. Lee commander in chief of Confederate army Aug 31, 1862 Union again defeated at Bull Run Sep 28, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Jul 28, 1863 Confederates defeated at Gettysburg PA Mar 28, 1864 Grant named US Commander in chief Nov 28, 1864 Lincoln reelected Nov 28, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Apr 28, 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant, Appomattox May 28, 1865 Last armed Confederate force surrenders at New Orleans Aug 31, 1865 13th Amendment, slavery abolished Aug 31, 1865 Andrew Johnson 17th President Aug 31, 1866 Civil Rights Act Aug 31, 1868 Grant elected 18th President Aug 31, 1869 15th Amendment, black males get right to vote Aug 31, 1869 Susan B. Anthony founds National Woman Suffrage Association Dec 19, 1870 Standard Oil sells stock to public Aug 31, 1871 Barnum & Bailey's circus opens in Brooklyn Aug 31, 1872 Yellowstone first national park Aug 31, 1872 Half a million immigrants enter US Aug 31, 1875 Civil Rights act banning public discrimination Aug 31, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone Aug 31, 1877 Southern states introduce poll tax Aug 31, 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates lightbulb Aug 31, 1879 First skyscraper - in Chicago Aug 31, 1880 George Eastman patents roll film for cameras Aug 31, 1880 Census: US over 50 million, NY over 1 million Aug 31, 1881 Garfield 20th president, VP Chester Arthur becomes 21st president Aug 31, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge completed Aug 31, 1883 Joseph Pulitzer buys "The New York World" Aug 31, 1884 Mark Twain publishes "Huckleberry Finn" Aug 31, 1885 Grover Cleveland 22nd President Aug 31, 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated Dec 19, 1886 Apache leader Geronimo surrenders Dec 19, 1888 Secret ballot introduced Aug 31, 1889 2000+ die in Johnstown Flood Aug 31, 1889 Benjamin Harrison 23rd president Aug 31, 1890 Jacob Riis reveals plight of poor immigrants Aug 31, 1890 Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee, SD Aug 31, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Aug 31, 1893 Hawaii government toppled Aug 31, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson Aug 31, 1896 Gold discovered in Yukon Feb 12, 1900 Walter Reed discovers mosquitos spread yellow fever Aug 31, 1900 L. Frank Baum publishes "Wizard of Oz" Period: Dec 19, 1900 to Dec 19, 2014 History 2B Feb 15, 1901 Oil found in Texas Feb 15, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt Elected Feb 12, 1905 President Roosevelt's neice Elanor marries her fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt Feb 15, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Feb 15, 1914 Panama Canal Feb 12, 1918 Armistice Day Feb 12, 1919 Babe Ruth joins the New York Yankees Feb 15, 1919 18th Amendment Feb 15, 1920 KDKA Starts Broadcasting Feb 15, 1922 Teapot Dome Scandal Feb 22, 1922 Harlem Renaissance Feb 22, 1923 Calvin Coolidge Feb 22, 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial Mar 10, 1926 Robert Goddard invents liquid fuel rocket Mar 10, 1927 First Talikng Motion Picture, The Jazz Singer Mar 10, 1928 Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie Mar 16, 1932 Great Depression Mar 16, 1933 21st Ammendment Mar 16, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Mar 23, 1935 Social Security Act Mar 23, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Mar 23, 1941 Siege of Leningrad Mar 29, 1941 Pearl Harbor Mar 29, 1942 Enigma Machine Cracked! Mar 29, 1944 FDR wins 4th term Apr 16, 1945 WWII Ends Apr 16, 1948 Dewey Defeats Truman Apr 16, 1950 Joe McCarthy Apr 21, 1950 UN Forces in Korean War Apr 21, 1952 Dwight David Eisenhower Apr 21, 1954 Brown vs Board Apr 26, 1960 JFK President Apr 26, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Apr 26, 1963 I have a dream! Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Killed May 6, 1964 MLK jr Recieves Nobel Peace Prize May 6, 1968 Martin Luther King Junior Killed May 11, 1968 Nixon Elected May 11, 1969 First Man on the Moon May 11, 1971 Nixon Reelected May 20, 1973 Nixon Resigned May 20, 1973 North and South Vietnam Sign a Peace Agreement May 20, 1976 Carter Elected May 24, 1980 Ronald Reaagan President May 24, 1988 Bush Sr. Elected May 24, 1992 Bill Clinton President May 24, 1996 Bill Clinton Reelelcted May 24, 1998 Bill Clinton Impeached, Then Acquitted May 24, 2000 Bush II Elected Sep 9, 2001 9/11 May 24, 2004 Bush Reelected
