US TIMELINE By Karla Garay 1600 British colonization 1776 Independence 1812 War with England 1819 Conquest of Florida 1846 Westward expansion 1846 War with Mexico 1861 Civil war 1863 Abolition of slavery 1865 The era of Reconstruction 1870 Gilded Age 1870 - 1900 1890 American colonialism 1914 First World War 1920 Happy years 1929 The great Depression 1939 Second World War 1945 Cold War 1955 Vietnam War 1990 War on terrorism. 2001 9/11 2008 Financial Crisis
