American Timeline

Delaware

Dec 7, 1787

Delaware was the first state to ratify constitution.

Pennsylvania

Dec 12, 1787

Keystone state,.., state bird is the ruffled grouse.

New Jersey

Dec 18, 1787

Garden State... 3rd state. State bird is eastern goldfinch

Georgia

Jan 2, 1788

Peach State.. Cherokee rose state flower.....

Connecticut

Jan 9, 1788

Constitution state... State bird is the robin

Massachusetts

Feb 6, 1788

Bay state. State tree. Is the American elm

Maryland

Apr 28, 1788

Old line state. State bird is Baltimore Oriole

South Carolina

May 23, 1788

Palmetto state... Great Carolina wren is state bird..

New Hampshie

Jun 21, 1788

Granite state.... Purple finch is state bird..

Virginia

Jun 25, 1788

Evergreen state. Eastern finch state bird

New York

Jul 26, 1788

Empire State. Bluebird is state bird.

George Washington

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

First president of the United States. First president to sign Declaration of Independence. Had war expertise.

North Carolina

Nov 21, 1789

Old North state/Tar heel state.. State bird is Cardinal

Rhode Island

May 29, 1790

The ocean state. State tree is red Maple..

Vermont

Mar 4, 1791

Green mountain state.. Hermit thrush state bird

Whiskey rebbellion

Jul 8, 1791

Put taxes on whiskey and bandits stormed and killed some people and Hamilton called in forces.

Kentucky

Jun 1, 1792

Bluegrass state.. State bird is the cardinal

Tennessee

Jun 1, 1796

Volunteer state.. Mockingbird is the state bird...

Washingtons Farewell address

Sep 17, 1796

To try to get people not to make political parties.

John Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

Elected for 1 term as second president. He helped navy win first battle

alien and sedition acts

Jun 18, 1798

signed by john adams the act was for citizens, to be able to inprision aliens who considered to be dangerous. made it harder for immigrates to vote

Thomas Jefferson

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

TJ becomes the 3rd president and serves 2 terms. Signs enabling act.

Ohio

Mar 1, 1803

Buckeye state... State bird is the cardinal

Maybury v Madison

Mar 9, 1803

William maybury, Madison, Madison was denied a right. impact.. its in history got a law maybury won

Cheif Justice John Marshall

Mar 9, 1803

big cases was the maybury and madison case.

Louisiana Purchase

Mar 9, 1803

530,000,000 acres of land. 15$ million dollars.

Lewis and Clark

Dec 1, 1803

We're sent off by the president to search the Louisiana purchase territory.

James Madison

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

4th president.. Occupied Florida. Helped with tensions against France.

War of 1812

Mar 9, 1812

US passed a bill and people didn't like it and rioted and war broke out.

Louisiana

Apr 30, 1812

Pelican state... Eastern brown Pelican is state bird

Indiana

Dec 11, 1816

Hoosier state... Cardinal is state bird

James Monroe

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

5th president. Last president from the founding fathers.

Mississippi

Dec 10, 1817

Magnolia State. Mockingbird is state bird..

Fredrick Douglas

Mar 9, 1818

escaped slavery, writings, campained against slavery

Dartmouth College v. Woodward

Mar 10, 1818

tried to change dartmouth in to a state college. players... john marshall, College and woodward. dartmouth was able to stay private institution.6-1 vote

Illinois

Dec 3, 1818

Prairie state.. Cardinal is state bird

Transcontinental treaty

Jan 9, 1819

Purchase of Florida

McCullouch v. Maryland,

Mar 9, 1819

judgment for mccullouch. Mccullouch adn maryland, john marshall inpact on banks.

Alabama

Dec 14, 1819

Yellowhammer State.. State bird yellowhammer

Missouris compromise

Mar 9, 1820

Tried to stop political policies and slavery. Separarated states. Free states and slave states.

Maine

Mar 15, 1820

Pine tree state.. Chickadee is state bird.

Missouri

Aug 10, 1821

Show me state. Bluebird is state bird

Gibbons v. Ogden

Mar 9, 1824

Steamboat rights. Ogden, gibbons, john marshall. found a need to check out of staters to have steam boat. all votes were for gibbons.

John Quincy Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

6th president. Erie Canal was completed. Resolved war damages.

Andrew Jackson

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

7th president. Signs Indian removal act

Nat Turners rebellion

Aug 9, 1831

Slave that killed owners and started rebellion. Was killed

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Dec 15, 1833

Scott sued for slavery against missouri because he beileived he was a free man. Scott, Sandford, made missouri change slave policy. Scott won

Toledo war

Jul 15, 1835

Unofficial war between Ohio and Michigan over the Toledo strip. No one died or was injured.

Arkansas

Jun 15, 1836

Natural state. State bird is the mockingbird.

Michigan

Jan 26, 1837

The Wolverine state... State bird is the robin

Martin Van Buren

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

8th president. Aroostook war ends. He signs the independent treasury act.

Manifest Destiny

Mar 9, 1838

Americans moved or expanded west toward ocean.

Trail of tears

Mar 9, 1838

Indians were kicked out of their homes and forced to go west toward Oklahoma. Andrew Jackson was president

Abolitionist movement

Mar 9, 1839

Racial discrimination end

William Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1841

9th president . Harrison dies of pneumonia a month after elected.

John Tyler

Period: Apr 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

10th president. First telegraph line comes out.. He get married. Florida becomes a slave state

Florida

Mar 3, 1845

Sunshine state. State bird is the mockingbird.

James K. Polk

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849

11th president. Texas becomes slave state. United States declares war on Mexico. Oregon act is passed. Iowa becomes free state.

Texas

Dec 29, 1845

Lone star state. Mocking bird is state bird.

Iowa

Dec 28, 1846

Hawkeyes state. Eastern goldfinch state bird

Mexican-American war

Mar 9, 1847

Fight over land. Texas.

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Mar 9, 1848

Was slave that escaped. Came to help slaves with underground tunnel to free slaves. He was leader.

Wisconsin

May 26, 1848

Badger state. Robin is state bird.

Susan B. Anthony

Jul 19, 1848

played key role in woman sufferage. collected anti-slavery petitions at 17

Elizibeth Stanton

Jul 19, 1848

abolitionist and key figue on womens rights movement.

Seneca Falls Convention

Jul 19, 1848

players, stanton, Mott. a convention to discuss womens rights. Womens rights convention.

Sojourner Truth

Jul 19, 1848

Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Wrote speech and was against slavery.

Seneca falls resolution

Jul 19, 1848

goal- spread news of womens rights movement, rights asled for cil, social, political,and religious rights. Declaration of Sentiments . document signed by 100 of 300 attendants to list out resolutions.

Zachary Taylor

Period: Mar 5, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

12th president. Debates expansion into Mexican territories. Gets sick. Dies of cholera morbus.

Millard Fillmore

Period: Jul 9, 1850 to Mar 3, 1853

13th president. Three cent pieces created. Gold is found in Oregon.

California

Sep 9, 1850

Golden state. State bird is a quail.

Franklin Pierce

Period: Jan 6, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

14th president.. Signs Gadsden Purchase Treaty...

James Buchanan

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

15th president. Confederacy is formed. Confederate flag Is created...

Minnesota

May 11, 1858

North state state. State bird is the common loon.

Oregon

Feb 14, 1859

Beaver state. State bird is the western meadow lock.

Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education .

Mar 9, 1859

Wanted free compulsive public education

John Brown and the armed resistance,

Mar 9, 1859

Was against slavery. Killed five slavery supporters. Was hung because of this.

William Lloyd Garrison,

Mar 9, 1860

Abolishonist who wrote poems and wanted to free slaves.

Abraham Lincoln

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

16th president. Civil War starts. His brother dies. General Robert E Lee becomes commander of confederate army