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The United States Army is established.
The army was made to protect the 13 colonies. And the army evolved from a little force to a big force -
The United States Marine Corps is established
The Marine Corps was for ship to ship fighting to provide shipboard security -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence justified our right to revolt against the government that doesn't guarantee us our natural rights -
The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation
This was a significant part because the Articles of confederation provided structure on the government should be run -
French join the war against the British
The French wanted to help the American colonist during the war in order to get their independence and also Frenches -
The Treaty of Paris 1783
This treaty ended the American Revolutionary war which allowed Britain to give the US independence -
The delegates at the Philadelphia convention approve the Constitution
The states came together at the Philadelphia convention and out of all the 55 delegates only 39 supported the ratification -
George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States
This president had a major effect on decisions that happen in society and politically -
Lousinana Purchase
The Lousiana Purchase allowed the US to expand exceptionally -
Slave trade ended
In 1807, the British government passed an Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade throughout the British Empire. -
War with England (1812)
War of 1812, conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. -
Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. -
Texas Revolution
Texas Revolution War fought from October 1835 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico. -
Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo was an 18th century Franciscan Mission in San Antonio, Texas, which was the location of an important battle for Texans fighting for independence from Mexico. -
Telegraph Invented
The telegraphs revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
Gold Rush
The Gold Rush significantly influenced the history of California and the United States. It created a lasting impact by propelling significant industrial and agricultural development. -
The Civil War
The Civil War was also a significant event in world history because the North's victory proved that democracy worked. When war broke out in 1861, many monarchs in Europe had believed smugly that the United States was on the brink of collapse. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed slaves abolished slavery -
Reconstruction
Ultimately, the most important part of Reconstruction was the push to secure rights for former slaves. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
A supporter of slavery Booth believed that Lincoln was determined to overthrow the Constitution and to destroy his beloved South. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1875, and the last of the major Reconstruction statutes, which guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service on juries. -
Spanish American War
U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict. -
The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.
The Spanish-American War, 1898. ... U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict. -
World War I (WWI)
The contribution made during the war by women was seen as an important reason for laws changing, and progress being made in terms of better equality and opportunities for them. World War One resulted in the political map of Europe being reshaped. -
The Panama Canal opens for business.
The Panama Canal opened for business 100 years ago this Friday, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and providing a new route for international trade and military transport. -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
The Treaty of Versaille was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The other Central Powers on the German side signed separate treaties. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920 after a long struggle known as the women's suffrage movement. -
First radio broadcast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
the first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which went on the air in the evening of Nov. 2, 1920, with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was a famous aviator. In 1927 he became the first man to successfully fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday refers to October 29, 1929, when panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange (four times the normal volume). Black Tuesday is often cited as the beginning of the Great Depression. -
World War II
World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945. -
Pearl Harbor
The significance of Pearl Harbor is it reminded Americans of what they loved and what they most hold dear. It gave them a reason to fight for their lives and their freedoms. It reminded them that others give their all to give them what they have. Pearl Harbor was a symbol of America's survival, of America's hope. -
DDay
Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from German occupation. Early on 6 June, Allied airborne forces parachuted into drop zones across northern France. -
1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The devastation led to Japan's unconditional surrender and brought an end to World War II. -
Baby Boom
Baby boom, in the U.S., the increase in the birth rate The hardships and uncertainties of the Great Depression and World War II led many couples to delay marriage and many married couples to delay having children. -
The Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union
The Cold War began after the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 when the alliance between the United States and Great Britain on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other started to fall apart the Americans and the British worried that Soviet domination in eastern Europe might be permanent. -
Human rights
Human rights also guarantee people the means necessary to satisfy their basic needs, such as food, housing, and education, so they can take full advantage of all opportunities. Finally, by guaranteeing life, liberty, equality, and security, human rights protect people against abuse by those who are more powerful. -
Korean War
The Korean War was one of several military conflicts that occurred during the Cold War, as the United States and its allies attempted to stop the spread of communism. This conflict began on June 25, 1950, when North Korea, a communist nation, invaded South Korea. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Sputnik Satellite
Sputnik was the world's first artificial satellite, launched Oct. 4, 1957. the Soviet probe that became the first manmade object to reach space. The feat proved the Soviet Union's technological bonafide and spurred the United States into stepping up its game in space. -
NASA formed
Launching NASA. "An Act to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes. -
The Bill of Rights is ratified by 3/4ths of the states
It was added to the constitution and was not for strict constructionist unless -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK made many reforms in which it helped te Us and it took them out of recession -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
The Civil Rights Act of 1960 is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a major federal political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 which resulted at the end of Nixon's presidency. ... Meanwhile, Nixon's administration resisted its probes, which led to a constitutional crisis. -
Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War. On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. -
Fall Of the Berlin Wall
Though East and West Germany were formally reunified on October 3, 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall served as a symbol of the country's unification—and, for many, the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the Cold War. -
September 11th
The September 11 attacks were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil; nearly 3,000 people were killed.
