50 Important Dates

  • The United States Army is established.

    The Continental Army was created on 14 June 1775 by the Second Continental Congress as a unified army for the colonies to fight Great Britain, with George Washington appointed as its commander.
  • The United States Marine Corps is established

    The United States Marine Corps, also referred to as the United States Marines,
  • Declaration of Independence

    A meeting in the state house of phili was held and adopted by the second continetal congress.
  • The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation

    an agreement with all 13 original states
  • French join the war against the British

    Fremch became an allly
  • the treaty of paris

    ended the french and Indian war
  • The delegates at the Philadelphia convention approve the Constitution

    One of the legacies of the Continental and Confederation Congresses was the convening of the Federal Convention of 1787.
  • The Bill of Rights is ratified by 3/4ths of the states

    vratified on November 3, 1791 and Virginia was the final state to ratify on December 15, 1791. Massachusetts, Georgia, and Connecticut ratified in 1939 on the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights by the First Congress.
  • George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States

    Washington took office after the 1788–89 presidential election, the nation's first quadrennial presidential election, in which he was elected unanimously.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803
  • slave trade ended

    the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act entered the statute books. Nevertheless,
  • war with england

    The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom,
  • Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory
  • Battle of the Alamo

    The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing the Texian and immigrant occupiers
  • texas revolution

    The Texas Revolution was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico
  • Telegraph

  • gold rush

    The California Gold Rush was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln effective January 1, 1863.
  • civil war

    fought between the northern United States and the southern United States
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    The Civil Rights Act of 1875 sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans
  • Reconstruction

    . It was a significant chapter in the history of American civil rights
  • The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.

  • The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.

  • Spanish American War

    The Spanish–American War was an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898.
  • The Panama Canal opens for business.

    the Panama Canal opened for business, with the passage through of the Ancon, an American cargo-passenger ship. The Canal was built primarily to make a faster way to the West Coast for American settlers in the 19th Century.
  • world war 1

    World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918
  • The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.

    The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
  • Nineteenth Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
  • First radio broadcast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    KDKA
  • Charles Lindbergh

    american activist
  • black tuesday

    the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash that occurred in 1929.
  • pear harbor

  • DDay

    The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.