U.S.

By kristine.650
  • Oct 24, 1497

    John Cabot claims North America for England

  • Period: Oct 24, 1497 to

    United States

  • Oct 24, 1534

    Jacques Cartier Explores Places

    He explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River

  • Captain John Smith

    Captain John Smith found the English colony of Jamestown

  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson River.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Colonists declare their independence from England with the Declaration of Independence.

  • Louisiana Purchase Treaty

    Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed with France.

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812 between United States and Great Britain.

  • Oregon Treaty

    Oregon Treaty signed and the boundary between Canada and the United States is established at the 49th parallel (line of latitude)

  • Civil War begins

  • Civil War ends

  • Alaska

    Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Gold

    Gold is discovered in the Yukon's Klondike

  • WWI fighting

    United States enters WWI fighting with the British and French.

  • Great Depression

    Great Depression begins in the U.S.

  • Pearl Harbor, WWII

    Japan attacks U.S. at Pearl Harbor, U.S. enters WWII with the Allies

  • Atomic Bomb

    U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagaski.

  • Neil Armstrong

    Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.

  • Free Trade Agreement

    United States sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada.

  • Persian Gulf War

  • North American Free Trade Agreement

    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed between Canada, United States, and Mexico.

  • Occupation of Iraq

    Occupation of Iraq by the United States.