US History Timeline 1492 - 2011 - Ashton Williams By KungFuJesus34 Jun 9, 1492 columbus descovers america In 1492 columbus descovers america. Period: Jun 9, 1492 to Sep 28, 2011 US History Timeline 1492 - 2011 Oct 3, 1497 John Cabot claims North America In 1497,Cabot claims North America Oct 31, 1585 The Virginia colony of Roanoke Island Sep 29, 1607 Captain John Smith the explorer Oct 10, 1619 The first slaves imported into America Sep 30, 1620 Mayflower Compact Jan 1, 1635 First Public School Oct 9, 1636 First College Oct 9, 1636 North America's slave trade begins Sep 30, 1689 English Bill of Rights Oct 9, 1749 Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod Period: Nov 24, 1754 to Jun 3, 1763 French & Indian war Nov 2, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 by King George III Period: Jan 27, 1765 to Jun 7, 1766 The stamp act Sep 30, 1765 Stamp Act Oct 10, 1773 Santa Claus - Colonial America Period: Nov 1, 1775 to Sep 16, 1784 Revolutionary war Sep 30, 1776 Declaration of Independence Oct 9, 1777 Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves Period: Apr 12, 1781 to Sep 27, 1787 Articles of Confederation Sep 30, 1787 The Constitution Dec 7, 1787 Delaware Dec 12, 1787 Pennsylvania Dec 18, 1787 New Jersey Jan 2, 1788 Georgia Jan 9, 1788 Connecticut Feb 6, 1788 Massachusetts Apr 28, 1788 Maryland May 23, 1788 South Carolina Jun 21, 1788 New Hampshire Jun 25, 1788 Virginia June 25, 1788 Jul 26, 1788 New York July 26, 1788 Period: Oct 10, 1789 to Oct 10, 1797 George Washington Nov 21, 1789 North Carolina May 29, 1790 Rhode Island May 29, 1790 Sep 29, 1790 census population 1790 - 4 million Mar 4, 1791 Vermont Jun 1, 1792 Kentucky Oct 9, 1793 Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin Jun 1, 1796 Tennessee Period: Oct 10, 1797 to Oct 10, 1801 John Adams Sep 29, 1800 census population 1800 - 5.3 million Period: Oct 10, 1801 to Oct 10, 1809 Thomas Jefferson Mar 1, 1803 Ohio Sep 30, 1804 12th Amendment Period: Oct 10, 1809 to Oct 10, 1817 James Madison Sep 29, 1810 census population 1810 - 7.2 million Apr 30, 1812 Louisiana Apr. 30, 1812 Period: Oct 6, 1812 to Oct 6, 1815 The War of 1812 Dec 11, 1816 Indiana Period: Oct 10, 1817 to Oct 10, 1825 James Monroe Dec 10, 1817 Mississippi Dec 3, 1818 Illinois Dec 14, 1819 Alabama Dec. 14, 1819 Mar 15, 1820 Maine Sep 29, 1820 census population 1820 - 9.6 million Aug 10, 1821 Missouri Period: Oct 10, 1825 to Oct 10, 1829 John Quincy Adams Oct 9, 1829 Graham Cracker Period: Oct 10, 1829 to Oct 10, 1837 Andrew Jackson Sep 29, 1830 census population 1830 - 12.8 million Jan 1, 1833 Oberlin becomes the first college to accept Women Jan 1, 1835 First School to accept Blacks Period: Nov 20, 1835 to Jan 9, 1836 Texas Revolution Jun 15, 1836 Arkansas Jan 26, 1837 Michigan Oct 9, 1837 - U of M- Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 Period: Oct 10, 1837 to Oct 10, 1841 Martin Van Buren Feb 4, 1838 Indian Removal Act (trail of tears) Oct 9, 1839 Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear Sep 29, 1840 census population 1840 - 17 million Oct 10, 1841 William Henry Harrison Period: Oct 10, 1841 to Oct 10, 1845 John Tyler Mar 3, 1845 Florida Oct 10, 1845 Baseball - Alexander Cartwright Period: Oct 10, 1845 to Oct 10, 1849 James Knox Polk Dec 29, 1845 Texas Period: Nov 28, 1846 to Dec 7, 1848 Mexican-American War Dec 28, 1846 Iowa Dec. 28, 1846 Oct 9, 1847 Doughnut May 29, 1848 Wisconsin Period: Oct 10, 1849 to Oct 10, 1850 Zachary Taylor Sep 9, 1850 California Sep 30, 1850 census population 1850 - 23 million Period: Oct 10, 1850 to Oct 10, 1853 Millard Fillmore Period: Oct 10, 1853 to Oct 10, 1857 Franklin Pierce Jan 1, 1855 Michigan State Period: Oct 10, 1857 to Oct 10, 1861 James Buchanan May 11, 1858 Minnesota Oct 9, 1858 Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman Feb 14, 1859 Oregon Sep 30, 1860 census population 1860 - 31.4 million Oct 9, 1860 Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry Jan 29, 1861 Kansas Jan. 29, 1861 Oct 9, 1861 Machine Gun - Richard Gatling Period: Oct 10, 1861 to Oct 10, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Period: Nov 19, 1861 to Apr 23, 1865 American Civil War Jun 20, 1863 West Virginia Oct 9, 1863 Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson Oct 31, 1864 Nevada Period: Oct 10, 1865 to Oct 10, 1869 Andrew Johnson Dec 17, 1865 1865 - 13th Amendment Mar 1, 1867 Nebraska Sep 3, 1868 1868 - 14th Amendment Oct 10, 1869 American Football - Walter Camp Oct 10, 1869 Soccer - Princeton vs. Rutgers (6-4 Rutgers) Period: Oct 10, 1869 to Oct 10, 1877 Ulysses Simpson Grant Sep 30, 1870 census population 1870 - 38.6 million Oct 6, 1870 15th Amendment Oct 9, 1870 African Americans’ Right to Vote Oct 9, 1873 Jeans - Levi Strauss Aug 1, 1876 Colorado Oct 9, 1877 Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler Period: Oct 10, 1877 to Oct 10, 1881 Rutherford Birchard Hayes Oct 9, 1879 Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison Sep 30, 1880 census population 1880 - 50.1 million Oct 10, 1881 James Abram Garfield Period: Oct 10, 1881 to Oct 10, 1885 Chester Alan Arthur Period: Oct 10, 1885 to Oct 10, 1889 Grover Cleveland Oct 9, 1886 Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton Oct 10, 1887 Softball - George Hancock Period: Oct 10, 1889 to Oct 10, 1893 Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 Nov 2, 1889 North Dakota Nov 2, 1889 South Dakota Nov 8, 1889 Montana Nov 11, 1889 Washington Jul 3, 1890 Idaho Jul 10, 1890 Wyoming Sep 30, 1890 census population 1890 - 62.9 million Oct 9, 1890 Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno Jan 1, 1892 CMU Oct 9, 1893 Radio - Nikola Tesla Period: Oct 10, 1893 to Oct 10, 1897 Grover Cleveland Oct 10, 1895 Volleyball Jan 4, 1896 Utah Period: Oct 10, 1897 to Oct 10, 1901 William McKinley Sep 30, 1900 1900 - 76.2 million Oct 9, 1901 Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds Oct 10, 1901 Assembly Line - Henry Ford Period: Oct 10, 1901 to Oct 10, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt Nov 16, 1907 Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907 Period: Oct 10, 1909 to Oct 10, 1913 William Howard Taft Sep 30, 1910 1910 - 92.2 million Jan 6, 1912 New Mexico Feb 14, 1912 Arizona Feb 25, 1913 17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote) Oct 6, 1913 16th Amendment (Income Tax) Period: Oct 10, 1913 to Oct 10, 1921 Woodrow Wilson Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918 World War 1 Apr 16, 1919 18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol) Jun 19, 1920 19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote Sep 30, 1920 census population 1920 - 106 million Period: Oct 10, 1923 to Oct 10, 1929 Calvin Coolidge Oct 10, 1927 Television - Philo T. Farnsworth Oct 10, 1928 Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble” Oct 10, 1928 Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney Period: Oct 10, 1929 to Oct 10, 1933 Herbert Clark Hoover Sep 30, 1930 census population 1930 - 123 million Oct 10, 1931 Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker Oct 6, 1933 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment Period: Oct 10, 1933 to Oct 10, 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Nov 4, 1933 20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration Oct 10, 1938 Soft Serve Ice Cream Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Jan 1, 1945 World War 2 Sep 30, 1940 census population 1940 - 132 million Period: Oct 10, 1945 to Oct 10, 1953 Harry S. Truman Oct 10, 1948 Cable TV Oct 10, 1948 Video Game Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1953 Korean War Sep 30, 1950 census population 1950 - 151 million Sep 13, 1951 22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President. Oct 10, 1952 Barcode Period: Oct 10, 1953 to Oct 10, 1961 Dwight David Eisenhower Oct 10, 1956 Video Tape Jan 3, 1959 Alaska Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jan 1, 1975 Vietnam War Sep 30, 1960 census population 1960 - 179.3 million Oct 6, 1961 23rd Amendment - Wash. D.C. representation Period: Oct 9, 1961 to Oct 9, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Period: Oct 9, 1963 to Oct 9, 1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Oct 10, 1963 Computer Mouse Oct 6, 1964 24th Amendment - poll taxes illegal Oct 10, 1964 1964 - Buffalo Wings Oct 10, 1965 Minicomputer Oct 10, 1965 CD Aug 16, 1967 25th Amendment - presidential succession Period: Oct 9, 1969 to Oct 9, 1974 Richard Milhous Nixon Sep 30, 1970 census population 1970 - 203 million Jun 15, 1971 26th Amendment - 18 as voting age Oct 10, 1971 Email Oct 10, 1973 Cell Phone Period: Oct 9, 1974 to Oct 9, 1977 Gerald Rudolph Ford Period: Oct 9, 1977 to Oct 9, 1981 James Earl Carter, Jr Sep 30, 1980 census population 1980 - 226.5 million Period: Oct 9, 1981 to Oct 9, 1989 Ronald Wilson Reagan Oct 10, 1981 Laptop Oct 10, 1983 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Period: Oct 9, 1989 to Oct 9, 1993 George Herbert Walker Bush Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Jan 1, 1991 Persian Gulf War Sep 30, 1990 census population 1990 - 248.7 million Oct 6, 1992 27th Amendment - Congress salary changes take place in next term. Period: Oct 9, 1993 to Oct 9, 2001 William Jefferson Clinton Sep 30, 2000 census population 2000 - 281.4 million Oct 9, 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan Period: Oct 9, 2001 to Oct 9, 2009 George Walker Bush Oct 10, 2001 iPod Jan 1, 2003 Invasion of Iraq Oct 9, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama, 2009- Sep 30, 2011 census population 2010 - 308.7 million Sep 30, 2011 1791 - Bill of Rights Oct 10, 2011 1927 - Kool Aid