Timeline: US History timeline 1492-2011 Trenton dove

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus “Discovers” America

When columbus discoverd america and that he sailed with his brave crew and that when you go sailing you might find something new

Jan 1, 1497

John Cabot claims North America for England

John Cabot claimed north america even though he didnt discover america

May 10, 1534

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

you can explore other places when you want to find new places and make new homes

Mar 25, 1584

Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh

early settlers try to find new land and make more mankind in the new world

May 24, 1607

Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown

Captian John Smith created jamestown for settlers to get food and homes

Oct 21, 1619

Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves importedinto Britain’s North American colonies. Like indentured servants, they were probably freed aftera fixed period of service.

Nov 21, 1620

Mayflower compacted

the mayflower was compacted by early settlers when they went to go to the new world

Apr 23, 1635

First Public School (Boston Latin School)

Mar 13, 1636

First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north American

Oct 21, 1636

Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier,Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.

Dec 16, 1689

english bills of rights

the english bills of rights was passed on december 16 1689

Oct 21, 1749

Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod

Period: Apr 25, 1754 to May 28, 1763

French & Indian

Oct 7, 1763

Proclamation of 1763 by King George III

King George lll was proclamed in 1763

Period: Nov 1, 1765 to Mar 17, 1766

stamp act

the stamp act cause tons of peple to pay taxes

Oct 21, 1773

Santa Claus - Colonial America

Period: Oct 21, 1775 to Oct 21, 1783

Revolution

Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence

the declaration of independence was sighned in 1776

Oct 21, 1777

Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves.

May 14, 1787

Constitution

the constitution was made on may 14th 1787

Dec 7, 1787

Delaware Dec. 7, 1787

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

Jul 26, 1788

New York

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 3, 1797

George Washington

Nov 21, 1789

North Carolina

Jan 1, 1790

census population 4 millon

census population back in 1790

May 29, 1790

Rhode Island

Mar 4, 1791

Vermont

Dec 15, 1791

Bill of Rights

the bill of rights was made in decmber 15 1791 when by three fourths of the legislatives by conistiution by 10

Jun 1, 1792

Kentucky

Period: Mar 4, 1793 to Jan 20, 1933

20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration

Mar 14, 1793

Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin

Feb 7, 1795

11th Amendment

the 11th amendment was ratified in febuary 7th 1795

Mar 4, 1795

11th Amendment

past by congress march 4th

Jun 1, 1796

Tennessee

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 3, 1801

John Adams

Jan 1, 1800

census population 5.3 millino

1800 population was 5.3 million

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 3, 1809

Thomas Jefferson

Mar 1, 1803

Ohio

Jun 15, 1804

12th Amendment

the 12th amendment was made on june 15th 1804

Dec 9, 1804

12th Amendment

the 12th amendment was for electing the president and vice presidant

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 3, 1817

James Madison

Jan 1, 1810

census population 7.2 million

population 7.2 million

Period: Oct 21, 1812 to Oct 21, 1814

War of 1812

Dec 11, 1816

Indiana

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 3, 1825

James Monroe

Oct 14, 1817

U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837

Dec 10, 1817

Mississippi

Dec 3, 1818

Illinois

Dec 14, 1819

Alabama

Jan 1, 1820

census population 9.6 million

the census population was 9.6 million

Mar 15, 1820

Maine

Aug 10, 1820

Missouri

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 3, 1829

John Quincy Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 3, 1837

Andrew Jackson

Oct 21, 1829

Graham Cracker

Jan 1, 1830

census population 12.8 million

the population was 12.8 million

May 26, 1831

Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears)

the indians were removed in may 26

Sep 2, 1833

Oberlin College - First college to accept Women

Period: Oct 21, 1835 to Oct 21, 1836

Texas Revolution

Dec 3, 1835

Oberlin College - First School to accept Blacks

Jun 15, 1836

Arkansas

Jan 26, 1837

Michigan

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 3, 1841

Martin Van Buren

Oct 21, 1839

Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear

Jan 1, 1840

census population 17 million

17 million population

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 3, 1841

William Henry Harrison

Period: Apr 6, 1841 to Mar 3, 1845

John Tyler

Mar 3, 1845

Florida

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 3, 1849

James Knox Polk

Oct 21, 1845

Baseball - Alexander Cartwright

Dec 29, 1845

Texas

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

Mexican American War

Dec 28, 1846

Iowa

Oct 21, 1847

Doughnut

May 29, 1848

Wisconsin

Period: Mar 5, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

Zachary Taylor

Jan 1, 1850

census population 23 million

1850 population 23 million

Period: Jul 9, 1850 to Mar 3, 1853

Millard Fillmore

Sep 9, 1850

California

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 3, 1857

Franklin Pierce

Feb 12, 1855

Michigan State

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 3, 1861

James Buchanan

May 11, 1858

Minnesota

Oct 21, 1858

Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman

Feb 14, 1859

Oregon

Jan 1, 1860

census population 31.4 million

31.4 was the population for 1860

Oct 21, 1860

Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry

Jan 29, 1861

Kansas

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

American Civil War

Oct 21, 1861

Jelly Bean - William Schrafft

Oct 21, 1861

Machine Gun - Richard Gatling

Jun 20, 1863

West Virginia

Oct 21, 1863

Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson

Oct 31, 1864

Nevada

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 3, 1869

Andrew Johnson

Oct 21, 1865

13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery

Mar 1, 1867

Nebraska

Aug 1, 1867

Colorado

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 3, 1877

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Oct 21, 1869

American Football - Walter Camp

Oct 21, 1869

Soccer - Princeton vs. Rutgers (6-4 Rutgers

Jan 1, 1870

census population 38.6 million

the population for 1870 was 38.6 million

Feb 3, 1870

15th Amendment

15th amendment was passed on febuary 3rd

Oct 21, 1870

African Americans’ Right to Vote

Oct 21, 1873

Jeans - Levi Strauss

Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 3, 1881

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Oct 21, 1879

Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison

Jan 1, 1880

census population was 50.1 million

the census population in 1880 was 50.1

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

James Abram Garfield

Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 3, 1885

Chester Alan Arthur

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 3, 1889

Grover Cleveland

Apr 21, 1886

Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton

Jul 9, 1886

14th Amendment

Oct 21, 1887

Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler

Oct 21, 1887

Softball - George Hancock

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 3, 1893

Benjamin Harrison

Nov 2, 1889

North Dakota

Nov 2, 1889

South Dakota

Nov 8, 1889

Montana

Nov 11, 1889

Washington

Jan 1, 1890

census population 62.9 million

Jul 3, 1890

Idaho

Jul 10, 1890

Wyoming

Oct 21, 1890

Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno

Jun 1, 1892

CMU

Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 3, 1897

Grover Cleveland

Oct 21, 1893

Radio - Nikola Tesla

Oct 21, 1894

Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg

Oct 21, 1895

Volleyball

Jan 4, 1896

Utah

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

William McKinley

Jan 1, 1900

censu population in 1900 was 76.2 million

every year the popualtion is growing

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 3, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt

Oct 21, 1901

Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds

Oct 21, 1901

Assembly Line - Henry Ford

Oct 21, 1902

Teddy Bear - Morris Michtom

Oct 21, 1904

Banana Split - David Strickler

Nov 16, 1907

Oklahoma

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 3, 1913

William Howard Taft

Jan 1, 1910

census popualtion 92.2 million

Jan 6, 1912

New Mexico

Feb 14, 1912

Arizona

Feb 3, 1913

16th Amendment (Income Tax)

it was redified in febuary 3rd

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 3, 1921

Woodrow Wilson

May 31, 1913

17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote

Oct 21, 1913

17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote)

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War 1

Jan 16, 1919

18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol)

Jan 1, 1920

census popualtion 106 million

Aug 18, 1920

19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote

Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Period: Aug 3, 1923 to Mar 3, 1929

Calvin Coolidge

Oct 21, 1927

Kool Aid

Oct 21, 1927

Television - Philo T. Farnsworth

Oct 21, 1928

Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble

Oct 21, 1928

Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney

Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 3, 1933

Herbert Clark Hoover

Jan 1, 1930

census popualtion 123 million

Oct 21, 1931

Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker

Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Dec 5, 1933

21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment

Oct 21, 1938

Soft Serve Ice Cream

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War 2

Jan 1, 1940

census population 132 million

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Harry S. Truman

Oct 21, 1948

Cable TV

Oct 21, 1948

Video Game

Jan 1, 1950

census population 151 million

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War

Feb 27, 1951

22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President

Oct 21, 1952

Barcode

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Dwight David Eisenhower

Oct 21, 1956

Video Tape

Jan 3, 1959

Alaska

Aug 21, 1959

Hawaii

Jan 1, 1960

census population 179.3 million

Period: Jun 17, 1960 to Mar 29, 1961

23rd Amendment - Wash. D.C. representation

Period: Nov 1, 1960 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Oct 21, 1963

Computer Mouse

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Jan 23, 1964

24th Amendment - poll taxes illegal

Oct 21, 1964

Buffalo Wings

Oct 21, 1965

CD

Oct 21, 1965

Minicomputer ($18,000!)

Feb 23, 1967

25th Amendment - presidential succession

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Richard Milhous Nixon

Jan 1, 1970

census popualtion 203 million

Jul 1, 1971

26th Amendment - 18 as voting age

Oct 21, 1971

Email

Oct 21, 1973

- Cel Phone

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Gerald Rudolph Ford

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

James Earl Carter, Jr

Jan 1, 1980

census population 226.5 million

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Oct 21, 1981

Laptop

Oct 21, 1983

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

George Herbert Walker Bush

Jan 1, 1990

census population 248.7 million

Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991

Persian Gulf War

May 18, 1992

27th Amendment - Congress salary changes take place in next term

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

William Jefferson Clinton

Jan 1, 2000

census population 281.4 million

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

George Walker Bush

Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Oct 21, 2011

US Invasion of Afghanistan

Oct 21, 2001

iPod

Period: Mar 19, 2003 to May 1, 2003

Invasion of Iraq

Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Oct 21, 2011

Barack Hussein Obama

Jan 1, 2010

census population 308.7 million

Apr 30, 2011