United States History Class Timeline 2015-2016

  • Signing of the Declartion of Independence

    On this date congress approved the final text of the declaration. But it wasn't until August 2, 1776 till it was actually signed. Independance was origianlly declared on July 2, 1776
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    The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

    The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States,
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    Constitutional Convention

    address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. Although the Convention was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation
  • The British Surrender at Yorktown

    British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown.
  • Shays Rebellion: Attack on the Springfield Armory

    2,000 farmers from western Massachusetts attacked the new federal arsenal at Springfield. The government soldiers returned fire, killing three of the farmers. This was the beginning of the end of the uprising known as Shays' Rebellion.
  • Ratification of the United States Constitution

    The first congress adapted 12 amendments to the U.S constituion. They then sent them the the stayes for ratification.
  • The Ratification of the Bill of Rights

    first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification.
  • Patent issued for the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin to make cleaning cotton easier. Also the production of cotton is greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark were on anexpediton set forth by Thomas Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were set to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
  • First mill built in Lowell, Massachusetts

    The city of Lowell rose to fame as the birthplace of the American Industrial RevolutionThe spinning mills started out as small rural industries employing few workers.
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    Trail of Tears

    Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and move.
  • . Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
  • Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill

    Discovery of the California gold was made at Capt. John A. Sutter and James W. Marshall’s sawmill, on American Fork River, California.
  • The Battle of Fort Sumter

    This event started the American Civil War.
  • The Battle of Fort Sumter

    The battle of Fort Sumter had finally ended.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    One most important engagement of the American Civil War. General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg has now finally ended.
  • The Battle of LIttle Bighorn

    The battle was anengagment of between the combined forces of of Lakota , Northern Cheyenne and the Arapaho Tribes.
  • The Great Depression Started

    The American economy entered an recession during the summer of 1929. Stockmarkets dropped and people began to lose money.
  • The reat Depression Ended

    The stockmarket went back up and people started gaining there money back.
  • Apollo 11 moon landing

    Apollo 11 is a spaceflight that had landed the first humans on the moon.
  • September 11th Attacks

    September 11th 2001 is the date a were there were four terriost attack on the World Trade centers in New York City. It instaly killed and trapped people in higher floors. After that attack another plane hit the other tower next to the one that was already hit . We remember this day as 9/11.
  • My Birthday

    The day I came to this world got a whole lot better.
  • The inauguration of Barrak Obama

    The day Barrak Obama was inagurrated into office as the 44th presidant of the United States of America.