Tommy, Kathleen, Hayley's Timeline!

By Tommy Kervian
  • Columbus finds America
    Aug 29, 1492

    Columbus finds America

    Columbus, seeking a western route to Asia, reaches San Salvador Island in the Caribbean *This is important because, this is our homeland, and life could have been different without him finding this at the time he did.
  • First permanent English colony in North America founded at Jamestown

    First permanent English colony in North America founded at Jamestown

    If we didn’t have this English Colony then we wouldn’t have 13 English colonies and we could also not be English because if a different type of race could have first established there before and English colony.
  • Mayflower Pilgrims arrive at Cape Cod.

    Mayflower Pilgrims arrive at Cape Cod.

    Established colony at Plymouth *We would never have Thanksgiving if this never happened.

  • Massachusetts begins printing paper money.

    *We wouldn’t have any money, or the same type of currency.

  • Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod.

    *This is important because people might have died if he didn’t invent it, also it stopped fires before they started..
  • Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod.

    Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod.

    *This is important because people might have died if he didn’t invent it, also it stopped fires before they started.
  • 1759-1761 The war between Cherokee Nation and English settlers begins and ends.

    1759-1761 The war between Cherokee Nation and English settlers begins and ends.

    *This is important because we wouldn’t have all of America today if we didn’t have this war.
  • The Boston Tea Party•

    The Boston Tea Party•

    • This is important because this led to the Revolutionary War which gave us Independence.
  • Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence; it's sent to the printer.

    Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence; it's sent to the printer.

    *This is important because if we wouldn’t have adopted the Declaration of Independence then we wouldn’t have our independence today.

  • George Washington became president of the United States.

    *Because he was our first president, and he helped make the United States the way it is today.
  • George Washington became president of the United States.

    George Washington became president of the United States.

    *This is important because he was our first president, and he helped make the United States the way it is today.

  • The Bill of Rights is ratified in Philadelphia

    *This is important because we wouldn’t have rights without it.
  • The Bill of Rights is ratified in Philadelphia

    The Bill of Rights is ratified in Philadelphia

    *This is important because we wouldn’t have rights without it.
  • Louisiana though Montana Jefferson purchases Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.

    Louisiana though Montana Jefferson purchases Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.

    *This was one of the things that made America as big as it is today.
  • Texas- Stephen Austin founds the first American colony.

    Texas- Stephen Austin founds the first American colony.

    *Without this America might have been founded.
  • Russia sells Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2Million, less than 2 cents an acre

    Russia sells Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2Million, less than 2 cents an acre

    *This is important because we might not have Alaska in our 50 states today.
  • Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina Civil War begins

    Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina Civil War begins

    • This is important because it was fought so that the slaves could be free.
  • Montana Jeanette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to Congress.

    Montana Jeanette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to Congress.

    *This is a big step since women can now be able to be elected in Congress and not just men.
  • President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

    President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

    *Kennedy was also very important when it comes to discrimination as president he told everyone that he would end discrimination so that everyone human being has the right to sit wherever they wanted to on the bus, go to school, vote, and live in the same type of houses. He did this by the Civil Rights act in 1964.
  • Martin Luther assissiended

    Martin Luther assissiended

    *Kennedy was also very important when it comes to discrimination as president he told everyone that he would end discrimination so that everyone human being has the right to sit wherever they wanted to on the bus, go to school, vote, and live in the same type of houses. He did this by the Civil Rights act in 1964.
  • Astronaut Neil Armstrong because the first human to walk on the moon.

    Astronaut Neil Armstrong because the first human to walk on the moon.

    *This is important because without Neil Armstrong landing on the moon we didn’t necessarily know what the moon was or really have any space programs going to discover new things.
  • 911 was a tragedy in which 2 planes crashed into the World Trade center, one plane crashed on the Pennsylvania border, and one crashed into the Pentagon.

    911 was a tragedy in which 2 planes crashed into the World Trade center, one plane crashed on the Pennsylvania border, and one crashed into the Pentagon.

    •9/11 is important because this is the first time in most of our live times that the U.S was attacked. Many things changed after the attack such as, patriotism was bolstered following this event, and right after the attack the you had to pay more money for gasoline.
  • Osama Bin Laden was killed

    Osama Bin Laden was killed

    • This is an important event that Osama Bin Laden was killed because he showed us that he has power and that’s exactly what we showed Al Qaeda when the U.S. Navy Seals planned a trip to kill Osama Bin Laden.