Timeline: US History | Timetoast

Period: Feb 8, 1607 to Jul 4, 1776

Colonial America

Delaware,Pennsylvania,New Jersey, Georgia,Connecticut,Massachusetts Bay,Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantaions
Period: Feb 8, 1754 to Feb 8, 1763

French-Indian War
Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

American Revolution
Jul 4, 1776

Declaration Of Independance

Thomas Jefferson
Life,Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
delcare freedom from Great Britain
Feb 8, 1803

Louisiana Purchase
Period: Feb 8, 1848 to Feb 8, 1920

Women's Rights Movement

Susan B. Anthony
the right to vote
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Civil War

Abraham Lincoln
Slavery
Jan 1, 1863

Emanication Proclamation

Freed the slaves in the Confederate states
Feb 8, 1887

Consitutional Convention

The Constitution was written and Benjamin Franklin was the oldest member present
Period: Apr 8, 1898 to Aug 8, 1898

Spanish-American War
Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 12, 1898

Spanish-American War
Period: Jan 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1945

World War 1

President: Woodrow Wilson
Period: Feb 8, 1929 to Feb 8, 1939

Great Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War 2

Germany, Italy and Japan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Period: Feb 8, 1947 to Feb 8, 1991

Cold War

Communism
Period: May 17, 1954 to Apr 4, 1968

Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King,JR.;Rosa Parks;Malcolm X
End Racial Discrimination
Sep 11, 2001

9/11/01

terrorist attack in the United States