VA/US History Timeline By 4001889 Nov 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation Jan 1, 1783 The Critical Period May 20, 1785 Land Ordinance of 1785 Feb 27, 1786 Shay's Rebellion Sep 11, 1786 Annapolis Convention May 25, 1787 Consitiutional Convention Jun 29, 1787 The Great Cpomprmise Jul 12, 1787 The 3/5ths Compromise Jul 13, 1787 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Apr 21, 1789 Adam's Presidency Apr 30, 1789 Washington's Presidency Sep 24, 1789 Judiciary Act of 1789 Dec 15, 1791 Bill of Rights was signed Mar 14, 1794 Cotton Gin Mar 4, 1797 Jefferson's Presidency Jun 1, 1800 Gabe Prosser Revolt Revolt took place in the summer of 1800 Period: Feb 11, 1803 to Feb 24, 1803 Marubury vs. Madison Jul 4, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Period: Feb 22, 1819 to Mar 6, 1819 McCulloch vs. Maryland Jan 1, 1820 Age of the Common Man This appealed to the white man and helped Jackson win in election. Feb 15, 1820 Susan B. Anthony Mar 1, 1820 Missouri Compromise Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1823 Monroe Doctrine Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837 Jackson's Presidency May 28, 1830 Indian Removal Act Aug 21, 1831 Nat Turner Revolt Feb 23, 1836 Battle of Alamo Apr 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto Dec 29, 1845 U.S. annexed Texas Apr 25, 1846 Mexican War Jan 1, 1848 Reservation System Jan 24, 1848 Ca gold Rush Jul 20, 1848 Senca Falls Convention Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Case Nov 6, 1860 Election of 1860 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 13, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter May 20, 1862 Homestead Act Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclaimation Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1877 Reconstruction Jan 31, 1865 13th amendment Apr 9, 1865 Appomattox Court House Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln's Assassination Mar 2, 1867 Reconstruction Act of 1867 Period: Aug 7, 1867 to Sep 20, 1867 Election of 1867 Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Dec 1, 1869 Knights of Labor Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Jan 1, 1877 Jim Crow Laws Period: Nov 15, 1881 to Nov 18, 1881 American Federation of Labor May 6, 1882 Chinese Exculsion Act of 1882 May 4, 1886 Haymarket Square Feb 8, 1887 Dawes Act Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Jan 1, 1920 Progressive Movement Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike Jun 20, 1893 American Railway Union Period: Jul 15, 1894 to Jul 20, 1984 Pullman Strike May 8, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson Period: Apr 1, 1898 to Aug 1, 1898 Spanish-American War Oct 1, 1898 Treaty of Paris (1898) Jan 1, 1899 Open Door Policy Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Sep 7, 1901 Boxer Rebellion Jan 1, 1901 Immigration Restriction Act Period: Jan 1, 1903 to Jan 1, 1914 Panama Canal May 22, 1903 Platt Amendmant Jan 1, 1904 Roosevelt Corollary Feb 3, 1913 16th Amendment Apr 8, 1913 17th Amendment Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 Sep 26, 1914 Federal Trade Commission Act Oct 15, 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act Period: Jan 1, 1916 to Jan 1, 1918 Great Migration Apr 16, 1917 U.S. enters WW1 Jan 8, 1918 Fourteen Points Jan 16, 1919 18th Amendment Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 1, 1920 Harlem Renaissance (1920s) Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Jul 21, 1925 Scopes Trail Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1933 Herbert Hoover Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression Oct 29, 1929 Black Tuesday Jan 1, 1930 Dust Bowl (1930s) Jul 1, 1932 New Deal Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt Jun 16, 1933 FDIC Jan 1, 1935 CIO Jan 17, 1935 Social Security Act Jul 5, 1935 Wagner Act Jun 25, 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Aug 23, 1939 Non-Aggression PAct Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945 War in Europe Begins Sep 16, 1940 Selective Service Act in WWII Jun 22, 1941 War in Russia Begins Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 11, 1941 U.S. declares war Jun 1, 1942 Miracle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bugle Dec 18, 1944 Korematsu vs. U.S. May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Nagasaki A-Bomb Aug 16, 1945 Hiroshima A-bomb Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 Nuremburg Trials Period: Feb 5, 2014 to Mar 3, 2014 Gibbons vs. Ogden
