US History

Colonial America

Feb 2, 1607

13 colonies: Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia

French-Indian War

Period: Feb 1, 1754 to Feb 1, 1773

American Revolution

Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1991

Decloration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

authors: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston; 3 rights: EQUAL RIGHTS, UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, UNDERMINING THE LEGAL CONSENSUS

Constitutional Convention

Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

address weakness to central gov. that existed under the Articles of Confederation

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 30, 1803

Women's right movement

Period: Feb 2, 1848 to Feb 2, 1920

Leaders: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Abby Kelley Foster, and Sojourner Truth; what they wanted: Women rights, treated equally

Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

slavery
Pres: Abraham LIncoln

Emancipation Proclamation

Period: Sep 22, 1862 to Jan 1, 1863

All slaves shall be free

Spanish-American War

Period: Apr 2, 1898 to Aug 2, 1898

WWI

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Pres. Woodrow Wilson

Great Depression

Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Feb 1, 1939

Pres: Herbert Hoover

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Germany, Japan, Italy; Pres: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Generals: Eisenhower, Ford, Truman, Patton.

Cold War

Period: Feb 1, 1947 to Feb 1, 1991

The geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR

Civil Rights movement

Period: Feb 1, 1954 to Feb 1, 1968

Leaders: Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, . William Ryan, James Farmer, and John Lewis
Reason: African American

9/11/01

Sep 11, 2001

Terrorist attack the US