US History Timeline 1492 - 2011-Cameron Jager By 203290cam Oct 13, 1492 Columbus discovers America Explorers Jan 1, 1497 John Cabot claims North America for England Explorers May 10, 1534 Jaques Cartier Explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River Explorers Jul 4, 1585 Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh Explorers May 14, 1607 Captain John Smith explores and founder of Jamestown Explorers Nov 11, 1620 1620 - Mayflower Compact Jan 1, 1636 First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north Americancolony, established at Cambridge in Massachusetts Dec 16, 1689 1689 - English Bill of Rights Period: Oct 9, 1754 to Oct 9, 1763 French and Indian War Period: Oct 9, 1755 to Oct 9, 1784 Revolution War Oct 7, 1763 1763 - Proclamation of 1763 by King George III Period: Nov 1, 1765 to Oct 9, 1766 Stamp Act Jan 1, 1773 Santa Clause- Colonial America Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: Mar 1, 1781 to Oct 9, 1787 Articles of Confederation Sep 17, 1787 Constitution Jan 1, 1790 Census Population-4 million Dec 15, 1791 Bill of Rights Feb 17, 1795 11th Amendment Jan 1, 1800 Census Population 5.3 million Feb 15, 1804 12th Amendment Jan 1, 1810 Census Population 7.2 million Period: Oct 9, 1812 to Oct 9, 1815 War of 1812 Sep 1, 1817 U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 Jan 1, 1820 Census Population 9.6 million Jan 1, 1830 Census Population 12.8 million May 28, 1831 Indian Remival Act Sep 2, 1833 Oberlin College - First college to accept Women Sep 30, 1835 Oberlin College - First School to accept Blacks Period: Oct 9, 1835 to Oct 9, 1836 Texas Revolution Jan 1, 1845 Baseball-Alexander Cartwright Period: Oct 9, 1846 to Oct 9, 1848 Mexican American War Jan 1, 1850 Census Population 23 million Feb 12, 1855 Michigan State Jan 1, 1860 Census Population 31.4 million Period: Oct 9, 1861 to Oct 9, 1865 American Civil War Oct 31, 1864 Nevada Mar 1, 1867 Nebraska Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Jan 1, 1870 Census Population 38.6 miilion Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Aug 1, 1876 Colorado Jan 1, 1880 Census Population 50.1 million Jan 1, 1887 Softball- George Hancock 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 Jan 1, 1892 1892 - CMU Jan 1, 1895 volleyball Jan 4, 1896 Utah Mar 4, 1897 William McKinley Jan 1, 1900 Census Population 76.2 million Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Nov 16, 1907 Oklahoma Mar 4, 1909 William Howard Taft Jan 1, 1910 Census Population 92.2 million Jan 6, 1912 New Mexico Feb 14, 1912 Arizona Feb 3, 1913 16th Amendment Mar 4, 1913 Woodrow Wilson May 13, 1913 17th Amendment Period: Oct 9, 1914 to Oct 9, 1918 World War 1 Jan 19, 1919 18th Amendment Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Oct 9, 1920 census 106 million Mar 4, 1921 Warrne Gamaliel Harding Aug 23, 1923 Calvin Collidge Jan 1, 1928 Mickey Mouse-Walt Disney Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Clark Hoover Jan 1, 1931 Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker Jan 23, 1933 20th Amendment Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dec 5, 1933 21st Amendment Jan 1, 1938 Soft Serve Ice Cream-JF and Alex McCullogh Period: Oct 9, 1939 to Oct 9, 1945 Wolrd War 2 Jan 1, 1940 Census Population 132 million Apr 12, 1945 Harry S Truman Jan 1, 1948 Video games Jan 1, 1948 Cable TV Jan 1, 1950 Census Population 151million Period: Oct 9, 1950 to Oct 9, 1953 Korean War Feb 27, 1951 22nd Amendment Oct 7, 1952 Barcode-woodland and silver Jan 19, 1953 Dwight David Eisenhower Jan 1, 1956 Vide Tape Jan 3, 1959 Alaska Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii Sep 29, 1960 Census Population 179.3 million Period: Oct 9, 1960 to Oct 9, 1975 Vietnam War Jan 20, 1961 JOhn Fitzgerald Kennedy Mar 29, 1961 23rd Amendment Nov 7, 1963 Computer Mouse Nov 22, 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson Jan 1, 1964 Buffalo Wings Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jan 1, 1965 Minicomputer Sep 1, 1965 CD Feb 23, 1967 25th Amendment Jan 20, 1969 Richard Milhous Nixon Jan 1, 1970 Census Population 1970 - 203 million Jan 1, 1971 Email Jul 1, 1971 26th Amendment Apr 13, 1973 cell phone Aug 9, 1974 Gerald Rudolpg Bush Jan 20, 1977 James Earl Carter, Jr Jan 1, 1980 Census Population 226.5 million Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Wilson Regan Jul 15, 1981 Nintendo Entertainment Jan 20, 1989 George Herbert Walker Bush Jan 1, 1990 Census Population 248.7 Period: Oct 9, 1990 to Oct 9, 1991 Persian Gulf War May 18, 1992 27th Amendment Jan 20, 1993 William Jefferson Clinton Jan 1, 2000 Census Population 281.4 million Jan 20, 2001 George Walker Bush Oct 9, 2001 US Invasion of Afghanistan Oct 23, 2001 ipod Oct 9, 2003 Invasion Of Iraq Jan 20, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama 2009 Jan 1, 2010 Census Population 308.7 million