U.S. History timeline

By lilliantdeaton1

  • boston tea party

    when americans dumped all the british tea into the boston harbor

  • battles of lexington and concord

    it kicked off the revolutionary war

  • declaration of independence is signed

    when the united states declared their freedom and war on great britain

  • the winter at valley forge

    washington moved his troops there after having bad turnouts with the battle of brandywine they suffered from cold and famine

  • the constitution is ratified

    it became ratified when new hampshire joined the states and became the ninth one to join

  • death of george washington

    the day the first president of the untied states died

  • articles of confederation ratified

    virginia and maryland delayed it for 4 years and it took four yeas from the beggining to ratify it because of that

  • battle of yorktown

    entrapped a large british army and got them to surrender in yorktown

  • presidential inauguration of george washington

    when the first presidnet of the united states of america was put into office

  • washingtons farewell address

    he warned them that the the forces of geographical sectionalism, federalism, and and interference with foreign powers

  • election day 1800

    thomas jefferson became president and thought it was great because finally another party had finally become president and thought it would be a turning point for the country

  • marbury vs. madison

    landmark us supreme court decision that established for the first time that federal courts had the power to overturn an act of congress

  • The Dead Rabbits Riot

    a two dat riot in new york that was originally a street fight between members of dead rabbit and the bowery boys

  • The Ku Klux Klan is Established

    when the kkk was formed thet are a racist and brutal club

  • John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil

    by 1880 it controlled over 90 percent of the oil refineries

  • Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone

    he worked in london with his father and developed visible speech

  • The Great Oklahoma Land Race

    first land run into indian territory which earlier been assigned to the creek seminole people

  • ellis island opens to process immigrants

    700 people passed through the day it opened and nearly 450,000 through the whole year

  • J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel

    he formed us steel on this day

  • The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published

    the book was banned but unbanned

  • Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

    he gained after mckinley was assassinated

  • Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil

    she had said how he had unethical tactics and didnt like how he did things

  • Ford Motor Company is Founded

    when the ford brothers invented and patended the first car

  • The 16th Amendment is Passed

    passed the right for federal income tax

  • Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants

    over objections of chinese community that hastiliy built the immigration station

  • The 17th Amendment is Passed

    it let them direcctly send their vote for the senate

  • The Empire State Building Opens

    he pressed a button that turned on its lights from the white house