U.S. History Timeline 1492-2011 Abby Van Otteren

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  • Columbus "discovers" America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus "discovers" America

    Columbus comes to America from Europe
  • John Cabot claims North America for England
    Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot claims North America for England

    John Cabot comes to North America and decides to claim this land for England, the land he came from.
  • Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River
    May 10, 1534

    Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River

    Jacques arrives at Newfoundland on May 10, 1534 and explores the Michigan, Canada area.
  • Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh

    Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh

    Roanoke Island is located along US highway 64
  • First Slaves imported to North America

    First Slaves imported to North America

    20 African slaves are brought to Jamestown.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    This was signed by the 41 men who were on the Mayflower.
  • First Public School

    First Public School

    Boston Latin School
  • First College

    First College

    The first college built was Harvard University.
  • North American Slave Trade Begins

    North American Slave Trade Begins

    The first American slave carrier is built and launched in Massachussetts.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    These were made to satisfy the needs of the citizens
  • Lightening Rod

    Lightening Rod

    Invented by Ben Franklin
  • French and Indian War 1754-1756

    French and Indian War 1754-1756

    This was located in North America
  • Proclamation of 1763 by King George lll

    Proclamation of 1763 by King George lll

    This was made to organize Great Britain's new North American empire.
  • Stamp Act 1765-1766

    Stamp Act 1765-1766

    Stamp tax had to be payed in valid British money
  • Santa Claus-Colonial America

    Santa Claus-Colonial America

    He is said to have had a green suit, not red at some point.
  • 1775 - 1784 Revolutionary War

    1775 - 1784 Revolutionary War

    America wanted to be free of Great Britain rule.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Ben Franklin helped write this.
  • Articles of Confederation  1781-1787

    Articles of Confederation 1781-1787

    This was the 13 founding states first constitution
  • Constitution was brought into contact with the US

    Constitution was brought into contact with the US

    This took place at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
  • Deleware becomes a state

    Deleware becomes a state

    Deleware only has 3 counties!!!
  • Pennsylvania becomes a state

    Pennsylvania becomes a state

    Pennsylvania's state dog is the Great Dane!!!
  • New Jersey becomes a state

    New Jersey becomes a state

    Their state mammal is a horse!!!
  • Georgia becomes a state

    Georgia becomes a state

    Georgia has a state possum called the Pogo Possum
  • Conneticut becomes a state

    Conneticut becomes a state

    Conneticut's state song is Yankee Doodle!
  • Massachusetts becomes a state

    Massachusetts becomes a state

    The state beverage is cranberry juice!
  • Maryland becomes a state

    Maryland becomes a state

    Maryland's state bird is the oriole
  • South Carolina becomes a state

    South Carolina becomes a state

    Their state beverage is milk!
  • New Hampshire becomes a state

    New Hampshire becomes a state

    The state fruit is a pumpkin!
  • Virginia becomes a state

    Virginia becomes a state

    The state bird is a cardinal!
  • New York

    New York

    The state flower is a rose!
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    In office 1789-1797
  • North Carolina

    North Carolina

    The state mammal is the gray squirrel!
  • Population: 4 million

  • Rhode Island becomes a state

    Rhode Island becomes a state

    Their state flowers are violets.
  • Vermont becomes a state

    Vermont becomes a state

    The state bird is the hermit thrush.
  • US Bill of Rights

    US Bill of Rights

    James Madison proposed the US bill of rights.
  • Kentucky becomes a state

    Kentucky becomes a state

    Kentucky came from the Iroquois Indian word "Ken-tah-ten"
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Invented by Eli Whitney.
  • 11th Ammendment

    11th Ammendment

    The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
  • Tennessee

    Tennessee

    The state wild animal is the raccoon
  • John Adams

    John Adams

    In office 1797-1801
  • Population: 5.3 million

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    In office 1801-1809
  • Ohio becomes a state

    Ohio becomes a state

    The state beverage is tomato juice.
  • 12th Amendment

    12th Amendment

    The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves;...
  • James Madison

    James Madison

    In office 1809 to 1817
  • William Taft

    William Taft

    In office 1809-1813
  • Population: 7.2 million

  • Louisiana becomes a state

    Louisiana becomes a state

    The state reptile is the Alligator
  • 1812 - 1815 War of 1812

    1812 - 1815 War of 1812

    America and Great Britain were involved in this war.
  • Indiana becomes a state

    Indiana becomes a state

    The state flower is the peony.
  • University of Michigan

    University of Michigan

    Founded in Detroit.
  • Michigan State University

    Michigan State University

    Their colors are green and white.
  • James Monroe

    James Monroe

    In office 1817-1825
  • Mississippi becomes a state

    Mississippi becomes a state

    The state water animal is the bottlenosed dolphin
  • Illinois becomes a state

    Illinois becomes a state

    The state mineral is Fluorite.
  • Alabama becomes a state

    Alabama becomes a state

    The state nut is the pecan.
  • Population: 9.6 million

  • Maine becomes a state

    Maine becomes a state

    Their state animal is a moose.
  • Missouri becomes a state

    Missouri becomes a state

    The state animal is the Missouri mule
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams

    In office 1825-1829
  • Graham Cracker

    Graham Cracker

    Invented by Sylvester Graham.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson

    In office 1829-1837
  • Population: 12.8 million

  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    The Trail of Tears in 1838 was the removal of the cherokee
  • Oberlin College

    Oberlin College

    This was the first college to accept women. In 1835 it is the first college to accept blacks.
  • 1835 - 1836 Texas Revolution

    1835 - 1836 Texas Revolution

    War between Mexico and Texas.
  • Arkansas becomes a state

    Arkansas becomes a state

    Arkansas has no state fish
  • Michigan becomes a state

    Michigan becomes a state

    The state soil is Kalkaska sand.
  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren

    In office 1837-1841
  • Vulcanized Rubber

    Vulcanized Rubber

    Invented by Charles Goodyear.
  • Population: 17 million

  • William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison

    In office 1841-1841.
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler

    In office 1841-1845
  • Florida becomes a state

    Florida becomes a state

    The state mammal is a Florida panther
  • James Knox Polk

    James Knox Polk

    In office 1845-1849
  • Baseball

    Baseball

    This was created by Alexander Cartwright.
  • Texas becomes a state

    Texas becomes a state

    The small state mammal is the armadillo
  • 1846 - 1848 Mexican American War

    1846 - 1848 Mexican American War

    War between America and Mexico.
  • Iowa becomes a state

    Iowa becomes a state

    The state flower is a wild rose.
  • Doughnut

    Doughnut

    Invented by Hanson Gregory.
  • Wisconsin becomes a state

    Wisconsin becomes a state

    The state animal is the badger
  • Zachary Taylor

    Zachary Taylor

    In office 1849-1850
  • Population: 23 million

  • Millard Fillmore

    Millard Fillmore

    In office 1850-1853
  • California becomes a state

    California becomes a state

    The state mineral is gold!
  • Franklin Pierce

    Franklin Pierce

    In office 1853-1857
  • James Buchanan

    James Buchanan

    In office 1857-1861
  • Pencil Eraser

    Pencil Eraser

    Hymen Lipman invented the pencil eraser.
  • Minnesota becomes a state

    Minnesota becomes a state

    The state muffin is blueberry.
  • Oregon becomes a state

    Oregon becomes a state

    The state animal is the US beaver
  • Population: 31.4 million

  • Repeating Rifle

    Repeating Rifle

    Invented by Benjamin Tyler Henry.
  • Machine Gun

    Machine Gun

    Created by Richard Gatling.
  • Kansas becomes a state

    Kansas becomes a state

    The state animal is the Bison
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    In office 1861-1865
  • 1861 - 1865 American Civil War

    1861 - 1865 American Civil War

    This is between the US and the Confederate States of America.
  • Jelly Bean

    Jelly Bean

    Created by William Schrafft.
  • Breakfast Cereal

    Breakfast Cereal

    Made by James Caleb Jackson.
  • West Virginia becomes a state

    West Virginia becomes a state

    The state tree is the sugar maple
  • Nevada becomes a state

    Nevada becomes a state

    The state reptile is the desert tortoise
  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson

    In office 1865-1869
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction...
  • Nebraska becomes a state

    Nebraska becomes a state

    The state fossil is the mammoth
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside...
  • Soccer

    Soccer

    This is known as football in some other countries.
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    in office 1869-1877
  • American Football

    American Football

    This was invented by Walter Camp.
  • Population: 38.6 million

  • African Americans are able to vote

    African Americans are able to vote

    The 15th Amendment declared this right.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude...
  • Jeans

    Jeans

    These were invented by Levi Strauss
  • Colorado becomes a state

    Colorado becomes a state

    The state bird is the Lard Bunting
  • Toilet Paper

    Toilet Paper

    This was invented by Seth Wheeler.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Rutherford B. Hayes

    In office 1877-1881
  • Light Bulb

    Light Bulb

    This was invented by Thomas Jefferson.
  • Population: 50.1 million

  • James Garfield

    James Garfield

    In office 1881
  • Chester Arthur

    Chester Arthur

    In office 1881-1885
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland

    In office 188501889
  • Coca Cola

    Coca Cola

    This was invented by John S. Pemberton
  • Softball

    Softball

    This was invented by George Hancock.
  • North Dakota becomes a state

    North Dakota becomes a state

    The state flower is the wild prairie rose
  • South Dakota becomes a state

    South Dakota becomes a state

    The state mammal is the coyote
  • Montana becomes a state

    Montana becomes a state

    The state soil is called the blackdog
  • Washington becomes a state

    Washington becomes a state

    The state fruit is the apple
  • Population: 62.9 million

  • Stop Sign

    Stop Sign

    This was invented by William Phelps Eno.
  • Idaho becomes a state

    Idaho becomes a state

    The state horse is the appaloosa.
  • Wyoming becomes a state

    Wyoming becomes a state

    The state dinosaur is the Triceratops
  • Central Michigan University

    Central Michigan University

    Their colors are gold and burgundy.
  • Radio

    Radio

    This was invented by Nikola Tesia.
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland

    In office 1893-1897
  • Corn Flakes

    Corn Flakes

    These were invented by Will Keith Kellogg.
  • Volleyball

    Volleyball

    This was invented by William G. Morgan.
  • Utah becomes a state

    Utah becomes a state

    The state emblem is a bee hive
  • William McKinley

    William McKinley

    In office 1897-1901
  • Population: 76.2 million

  • Assembly Line

    Assembly Line

    This was invented by Henry Ford.
  • Teddy Rosevelt

    Teddy Rosevelt

    In office 1901-1909
  • Car

    Car

    The first model was an Oldsmobile. This was invented by Ransom E. Olds.
  • Teddy Bear

    Teddy Bear

    This was invented by Morris Michtom.
  • Banana Split

    Banana Split

    This was invented by David Strickler
  • Oklahoma becomes a state

    Oklahoma becomes a state

    The state furbearer is the raccoon
  • Population: 92.2 million

  • New Mexico becomes a state

    New Mexico becomes a state

    The state flower is the Yucca
  • Arizona becomes a state

    Arizona becomes a state

    The state mammal is the ringtail
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration...
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson

    In office 1913-1921
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote...
  • 1914 - 1918 World War I

    1914 - 1918 World War I

    This battle was in many countries and was battle by many countries.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited...
  • Population: 106 million

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex...
  • Warren Harding

    In office 1921-1923
  • Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge

    In office 1923-1927
  • Kool Aid

    Kool Aid

    This was invented by Edward Perkins.
  • Television

    Television

    This was invented by Philo T. Farnsworth.
  • Mickey Mouse-Walt Disney

    Mickey Mouse-Walt Disney

    Mickey started out as a silent show in black and white
  • Bubble Gum

    Bubble Gum

    This was invented by Walter Dierner.
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover

    In office 1929-33
  • Population: 123 million

  • Electric Guitar

    Electric Guitar

    This was invented by George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker.
  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment

    The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified, and the terms of their successors shall then begin...
  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt

    In office 1933-1945
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment

    The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited...
  • Soft Serve Ice Cream

    Soft Serve Ice Cream

    J.F. and Alex McCullough invented soft serve ice cream.
  • 1939 - 1945 World War ll

    1939 - 1945 World War ll

    The most wide spread war in history.
  • Population: 132 million

  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman

    In office 1945-53
  • Cable TV

    Cable TV

    This was invented by Joseph Zettick.
  • Population: 151 million

  • 1950 - 1953 Korean War

    1950 - 1953 Korean War

    Located in the Korean Penninsula.
  • 22nd Amendment

    22nd Amendment

    No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once...
  • Barcode

    Barcode

    This was invented by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
  • Dwight Eisenhower

    Dwight Eisenhower

    In office 1953-1961
  • Video Tape

    Video Tape

    This was invented by John T. Mullin and Wayne R. Johnson.
  • Alaska becomes a state

    Alaska becomes a state

    The state flower is the Forget-me-not
  • Hawaii becomes a state

    Hawaii becomes a state

    The state mammal is the monk seal
  • Population: 179.3 million

  • 1960 - 1975 Vietnam War

    1960 - 1975 Vietnam War

    It was located in north and south Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy

    In office 1961-1963
  • 23rd Amendment

    23rd Amendment

    The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:...
  • Computer Mouse

    Computer Mouse

    This was invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • Lyndon Johnson

    Lyndon Johnson

    In office 1963-1969
  • Buffalo Wings

    Buffalo Wings

    This was invented by Teressa Bellissimo.
  • Minicomputer

    Minicomputer

    This cost $18,000!!!
  • CD

    CD

    This was invented by Philips Sony.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax...
  • 25th Amendment

    25th Amendment

    In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President...
  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon

    In office 1969-1974
  • Population: 203 million

  • Email

    Email

    Email stands for Electronic Mail.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age...
  • Cell Phone

    Cell Phone

    This was invented by Reginald Fessenden.
  • Gerald Ford

    Gerald Ford

    In office 1974-1977
  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter

    In office 1977-1981
  • Population: 226.5 million

  • Laptop

    Laptop

    This was invented by Alan Kay.
  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    In office 1981-1989
  • Nintendo Entertainment System

    Nintendo Entertainment System

    This was discontinued in 2003.
  • George Bush

    George Bush

    In office 1989- 1993
  • Population: 248.7 million

  • 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War

    1990-1991 Persian Gulf War

    This took place in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Israel.
  • 27th Amendment

    27th Amendment

    No Law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened...
  • Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

    In office 1993-2001
  • Population: 281.4 million

  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush

    In office 2001-2009
  • 2001: US Invasion of Afghanistan

    2001: US Invasion of Afghanistan

    Afghanistan has also been invaded by many other countries too.
  • iPod

    iPod

    The iPod was invented by Tony Fadell, Michael Dhuey, and Jonathon Ive.
  • 2003: Invasion of Iraq

    2003: Invasion of Iraq

    All of this war was located in Iraq.
  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama

    He is now our president and is doing a great job!
  • Population: 308.7 million

  • Vermont Frees Slaves

    Vermont Frees Slaves

    The first state to free all slaves.
  • Video Game

    Video Game

    This was invented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.
  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison

    In office 1889-1893