American History 1

Colonization of Jamestown

1612

This was the first English settlement in North America.

Washington

Apr 30, 1789

George Washington was the first United States President.

John Adams

Mar 4, 1797

John Adams was the second U.S president. He was also a Founding Father.

Thomas Jefferson

Mar 4, 1801

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. In this election he beat former president John Adams.

James Madison

Mar 4, 1809

He was the fourth president of the United States.

James Monroe

Mar 4, 1817

He was the fifth president of the United States.

John Quincy Adams

Mar 4, 1825

The sixth president of the United States.

Andrew Jackson

Mar 4, 1829

The seventh president of the United States. He founded the Democratic party.

Martin Van Buren

Mar 4, 1837

The eighth president of the Unites States.

William Henry Harrison

Mar 4, 1841

The Ninth president of the United States. He died of pneumonia one month after his inauguration as president.

John Tyler

Apr 6, 1841

The tenth president of the United States.

James K. Polk

Mar 4, 1845

The eleventh president of the United States.

Zachary Taylor

Mar 5, 1849

The twelfth president of the United States.

Millard Fillmore

Jul 10, 1850

The Thirteenth President of the United States.

Franklin Pierce

Mar 4, 1853

The fourteenth president of the Unites States.

James Buchanan

Mar 4, 1857

The fifteenth president of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln

Mar 4, 1861

The sixteenth president of the United States. He led the nation through the American civil war.

Andrew Johnson

Apr 15, 1865

The seventeenth president of the United States.

Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 4, 1869

The eighteenth president of the United States.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Mar 4, 1877

The nineteenth president of the United States of America.