US History Timeline 1492 - 2011 - Tyler Liverance

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    columbus discoers america

    He discovered and land on San Salvador on October 12 1492. Born in October 1951 and died May 1506
  • Jan 1, 1497

    1497 - John Cabot claims North America for England

    He discovered North America in 1497 he ''Claimed" the land 300 years after the vikings did though.
  • Jan 1, 1535

    1534 - Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River

    Jaques Cartier explored the st. Lawrence river around 1535. It was his 2nd exploration.

  • 1585 - Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh

    He discovered it and told stories of the lost colony to his group.

  • 1607 - Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown

    John Smith explored Jamestown in 1607 he sailed in 3 small ships

  • 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 servic

  • 1620 - Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower landed on shore in 1620

  • 1635 - First Public School (Boston Latin School)

  • 1636 - First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north America

  • 1636 - Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier,Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.

  • 1689 - English Bill of Rights

    English bill of Rights was made in 1689

  • 1749 - Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod

  • 1763 - Proclamation of 1763 by King George III1

    Proclamation of King george was made in 1763

  • 1766 - Stamp Act

    In 1766 there was a stamp act

  • 1773 - Santa Claus - Colonial America

  • 1775 - 1784 Revolution

  • 1776 - Declaration of Independence

    The decloration of independance was created

  • 1777 - Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves.

  • 1781 - 1787 Articles of Confederation

    The articles of confederation started and didn't end until 1787

  • 1787 - Constitution1

    The constitution was made in 1787

  • Delaware Dec. 7, 1787

  • Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1787

  • New Jersey Dec. 18, 1787

  • Georgia Jan. 2, 1788

  • Connecticut Jan. 9, 1788

  • Massachusetts Feb. 6, 1788

  • Maryland Apr. 28, 1788

  • New Hampshire June 21, 1788

  • Virginia June 25, 1788

  • New York July 26, 1788

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    George Washington, 1789-1797

  • North Carolina Nov. 21, 1789

  • 1790 - 4 million

    4 million

  • Rhode Island May 29, 1790

  • 1791 - Bill of Rights

    Bill of rights wa made in 1791

  • Vermont Mar. 4, 1791

  • Kentucky June 1, 1792

  • 1793 - Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin

  • 1795 - 11th Amendment

    11th amendment was made in 1795

  • Tennessee June 1, 1796

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    John Adams, 1797-1801

  • 1800 - 5.3 million

    5.3 million
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    Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809

  • Ohio Mar. 1, 1803

  • 1804 - 12th Amendment

    the 12th amendmant was made in 1804
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    James Madison, 1809-181

  • 1810 - 7.2 million

    7.2 million

  • 1812 - 1815 War of 1812

  • Louisiana Apr. 30, 1812

  • Indiana Dec. 11, 1816

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

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    James Monroe, 1817-1825

  • Mississippi Dec. 10, 1817

  • Illinois Dec. 3, 1818

  • 1820 - 9.6 million

    9.6
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    John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829

  • 1829 - Graham Cracker

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    Andrew Jackson, 1829-183

  • 1830 - 12.8 million

    12.8 million

  • 1831- Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears)

    Indian removal act was in 1831

  • 1833 - Oberlin College - First college to accept Women

  • 1835 - 1836 Texas Revolution

  • 1835 - Oberlin College - First School to accept Blacks

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    Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841

  • Michigan Jan. 26, 1837

  • 1839 - Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear

  • 1840 - 17 million

    17 million
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    William Henry Harrison, 1841

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    John Tyler, 1841-1845

  • 1845 - Baseball - Alexander Cartwright

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    James Knox Polk, 1845-1849

  • Florida Mar. 3, 184

  • Texas Dec. 29, 1845

  • Iowa Dec. 28, 1846

  • 1847 - Doughnut

  • 1846 - 1848 Mexican American War

  • Wisconsin May 29, 1848

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    Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850

  • 1850 - 23 million

    23 million
  • Period: to

    Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853

  • California Sept. 9, 1850

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    Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857

  • 1855 - Michigan State

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    James Buchanan, 1857-1861

  • 1858 - Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman

  • Minnesota May 11, 1858

  • Oregon Feb. 14, 1859

  • 1860 - Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry

  • 1861 - Jelly Bean - William Schraf

  • 1861 - Machine Gun - Richard Gatling

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    Abraham Lincoln, 1861-186

  • Kansas Jan. 29, 1861

  • 1863 - Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson

  • West Virginia June 20, 1863

  • Nevada Oct. 31, 1864

  • 1861 - 1865 American Civil War

  • 1865 - 13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery

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    Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869

  • Nebraska Mar. 1, 1867

  • 1868 - 14th Amendment

    the 14th amendment was made in 1868

  • 1869 - American Football - Walter Camp

  • 1869 - Soccer - Princeton vs. Rutgers (6-4 Rutgers)

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    Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877

  • 1870 - 38.6 million

    38.6 million

  • 1870 - 15th Amendment

    the 15th amendment was mad in 1870

  • 1870 - African Americans’ Right to Vote

  • 1873 - Jeans - Levi Strauss

  • Colorado Aug. 1, 1876

  • 1877- Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler

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    Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881

  • 1879 - Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison

  • James Abram Garfield, 1881

  • Period: to

    Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885

  • Period: to

    Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889

  • Period: to

    Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889

  • 1886 - Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton

  • 1887 - Softball - George Hancock

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    Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893

  • North Dakota Nov. 2, 1889

  • South Dakota Nov. 2, 188

  • Montana Nov. 8, 1889

  • Washington Nov. 11, 1889

  • 1890 - Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno

  • Idaho July 3, 1890

  • Wyoming July 10, 1890

  • 1892 - CMU

  • 893 - Radio - Nikola Tesla

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    Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897

  • 1894- Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg

  • 1895 - Volleybal

  • Utah Jan. 4, 1896

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    William McKinley, 1897-1901

  • 1900 - 76.2 million

    76.2 million

  • 1901 - Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds

  • 1901 - Assembly Line - Henry Ford

  • Period: to

    Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909

  • 1902- Teddy Bear - Morris Michto

  • 1904 - Banana Split - David Strickler

  • Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907

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    William Howard Taft, 1909-1913

  • New Mexico Jan. 6, 1912

  • Arizona Feb. 14, 1912

  • 1913 - 16th Amendment (Income Tax

    income tax started in 1913

  • 1913 - 17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote

    17th amendment was in 1913
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    Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921

  • 1914 - 1918 World War

  • 1919 - 18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol)

    18th amendment was in 1919

  • 1920 - 106 million1

    106 million

  • 1920 - 19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote

    19th amendment was in 1920
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    Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923

  • Period: to

    Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929

  • 1927 - Kool Aid

  • 1927- Television - Philo T. Farnsworth

  • 1927- Television - Philo T. Farnsworth

  • 1928 - Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”

  • 1928 - Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney

  • 1930 - 123 million

    123 million

  • 1860 - 31.4 million

    31.4 million

  • 1931 - Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker

  • 1933 - 20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration.

    20th amendment was in 1933

  • 1933 - 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment.

    21st amendment was in 1933 reapealing the 18th amendment
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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945

  • 1938 - Soft Serve Ice Cream

  • 1939 - 1945 World War 2

  • 1940 - 132 million

    132 million
  • Period: to

    Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953

  • 1948 - Cable TV -

  • 1948 - Video Game

  • 1880 - 50.1 million

    50.1 million

  • 1950 - 151 million

    151 million

  • 1950 - 1953 Korean Wa

  • 1951 - 22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President.

    22nd amendment was made in 1951

  • 1952 - Barcode

  • Period: to

    Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961

  • 1754 - 1763 French & Indian

  • 1956 - Video Tape

  • Alaska Jan. 3, 1959

  • Hawaii Aug. 21, 1959

  • 1960 - 179.3 million

    179 million

  • 1960 - 1975 Vietnam War

  • 1961 - 23rd Amendment - Wash. D.C. representation

    23rd amendment was in 1961
  • Period: to

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963

  • 1890 - 62.9 million

    62.9 million

  • 1963 - Computer Mouse

  • Period: to

    Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969

  • 1964 - Buffalo Wing

  • 1965 - Minicomputer ($18,000!)

  • 1965 - CD

  • 1967 - 25th Amendment - presidential succession

    25th amendment was in 1967
  • Period: to

    Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974

  • 1970 - 203 million

    203 million

  • 1971 - 26th Amendment - 18 as voting age

    26th amendment was in 1971

  • 1971 - Email

  • 1973 - Cel Phone

  • Period: to

    Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977

  • Period: to

    James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981

  • 1980 - 226.5 million

    226.5 million

  • 1981 - Laptop

  • Period: to

    Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-198

  • 1983 - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

  • Period: to

    George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993

  • 1990 - 248.7 million

    248.7 million

  • 1990-1991 Persian Gulf Wa

  • 1910 - 92.2 million

    92.2 million

  • 1992 - 27th Amendment - Congress salary changes take place in next term.

    27th amendment was in 1992
  • Period: to

    William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-200

  • 2001: US Invasion of Afghanistan

  • 2001 - iPod

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    George Walker Bush, 2001-2009

  • 2003: Invasion of Iraq

  • Period: to

    Barack Hussein Obama, 2009-

  • 1964 - 24th Amendment - poll taxes illegal

    the 24th amendment was in 1964