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Spanish conquistadors brought horses to America

Mar 1, 1493

horsesHorses arent native to america they were brought up from Mexico and other hispanic countries.

John came to America

May 13, 1610

Mayflower landed on plymouth rock

Apr 13, 1620

mayflowerThe pilgrims came to America and landed on plymouth rock.

whites braught plaig

Apr 13, 1621

Pilgrims and indians fight rival tribe

Aug 13, 1621

Pocahontas

Feb 13, 1700

pocahontasPocahontas was a native american who led Louis and clark on their expedition.

Whaling

Feb 16, 1712

WhalingWhaling was huge back in the 17th, 18th, and even 19th century, they used whale oil for everything from lamps to massive belts used in factorys.

British tax wine colonist take ship

May 9, 1768

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

The Boston Massacre was basically just a street fight between British soldiers and colonists. The colonists were taunting and throw snow balls and other objcts at troops

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

boston tea partyDue to Britain tryin to tax us on tea, the colonist snuck onto a British ship and threw all there tea over board

Paul revere midnight ride

Apr 19, 1775

Paul RevereHe was an express rider on his way to lexington to give Samuel Adams and John Hancock a letter, warning them of british troops.

Daniel morgan leading rebel army

Feb 13, 1776

dan He led the rebel army and also was in charge of many militia's.

British on staton island

Jun 29, 1776

Declaration Created

Jul 4, 1776

DeclarationThe Declaration of independence was created by Thomas Jefferson and many other deligates from the conference.

Warships open fire on New York City

Jul 12, 1776

NYBritish ships opened fire on New York but the colonist defeated them and drove them off.

retreat on broadway

Sep 16, 1776

Retreat on broadwayIt's also know as the battle of Harlem Heights, and the American colonist pushed the british out of Manhatten

General Burgoyne surrenders

Oct 17, 1777

surrenderGeneral Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga, New York. Following many grusome and fierce battles

small pox show up

Feb 13, 1778

smallpoxSmall pox was never in America until it was brought over from Europe where it was an epidemic

Valley Forge

Apr 21, 1778

Valley forgeThe continental army led by General George Washington got stranded at valley forge with very little supplies and rations, barely made it through the rough winter.

captured British baracks at yorktown

Oct 17, 1781

Power Loom

Feb 16, 1785

power loomEdmund Cartwright was the first to patent the power loom and started a factory in England, once U.S had them it was huge boom for cotton indusrty and put alot of women to work

Washington inagurated as President

Apr 30, 1789

washingtonGeorge Washinton was the first president of the united states, he was inaugurated on April 30th of 1789.

Cotton Gin

Mar 14, 1794

ginThe cotton gin was a machine that was used to sperate the seeds from the good cotton fiber and was invented by Eli Whitney.

around quarter million slaves in America

Feb 13, 1800

Jefferson buys Louisiana territory

Feb 13, 1803

purchase The biggest land contract between to nations was the louisiana purchase from France for about 15 million dollars.

Lewis and Clark expedition

May 13, 1804

lewis n clarkLewis and Clark were to chosen to lead an expedition into the louisiana territory to chart the land and make maps

Steamboats on Mississippi

Sep 16, 1811

steamboatsBefore they invented steamboats farmers would have to build a flat boat to transport goods down river to sell and walk back home. Now there are powered boats that can go against water current.

Milk sickness strikes

Oct 16, 1818

milkMilk sickness was a terrible epidemic that struck back in 1818, in Kentucky, Ohio, and even in Indiana. Probobly the most famous case of milk sickness was Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mom.

Jed smith fur trapping

Oct 13, 1823

jedJedediah Smith was a man of many accomplishments. He led many western expansion expeditions and was mostly know for trapping beaver. He had worked out a deal to where he could trapp all the beaver he wanted to in upper Missouri.

Erie canal

Jul 4, 1825

canalThe Erie Canal was a great accomplishment for our naton it linked the Atlantic Ocean with the Great lakes allowing ships to bring goods that far into the country.

Trail of Tears

Feb 16, 1830

indiansIt was part of Andrew Jacksons indian removal policy, made them leave all land east of Mississippi. On the trail the Cherokee people lost around 4000 of the 15000 in the tribe.

The Alamo

Mar 16, 1836

alamoRemember the Alamo. What a great line and at the Alamo was a battle between Mexico and The U.S. for power over Texas

Frederick Douglass

Feb 16, 1838

fredFrederick Douglass was one of the fisrt and most know African Americans to learn to read and write. He eventually escaped from his owner at the age of twenty by impersonating a sailor.

Morris Code and the Telegraph

Feb 16, 1844

codeMorris code was a means of communication back then, using dots and dashes the could transmit messages over great distance through wires linking stations together. Played big role in helping us win the was by being able to relay messages from Washingto DC to the where the battle was actually going on.

migration to west

May 13, 1846

donnerThere were many westward migrations to discover new land and live better lives. The most famous was the Donner Party on there way through Utah and Nevada, thought they were taking a faster route through the Mountains but ended up getting snowed in. The only way for any of them to survive was to become cannibals, so they started eating each other.

Gold Rush

Feb 16, 1848

goldThe California fold rush of 1848 was a huge boom time for California. Hundreds of thousands of people cam to California to become part of this great opportunity of wealth.

fugative slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

Also known as the Compromise of 1850, let slave owners track down any runaway slaves in anystate and bring them back into slavery.

Uncle Toms Cabin

Feb 16, 1852

First safe elevator

Mar 6, 1853

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Elisha Otis invented the first safe elevator and the brake that would stop the elevator if the cable were to snapp. It made it possible to build up, skyscrapers, not out and get up without walking.

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

Oct 16, 1859

harpThe raid in Hrpers Ferry was led by John Brown, him, his sons, and a few others raided the U.S. Federal Arsenal. They planned on stealing all the weapons freeing the slaves, arming them to help free them.

The Underground Railroad

Feb 16, 1860

rrrrThe underground railroad was a system of houses, where runnaway slaves could stop and hide or rest on there way to freedom.

Rail Roads used in war

Feb 16, 1860

rr cwRail roads were essential to the North during the Civil war. They used it to ship everything from food and weapons to people down to the south where the battle was taking place.

Boom Period

Feb 23, 1860

Production of clothing, patents, and big industry all doubled in the north during the civil war.

Lincoln elected President

Nov 6, 1860

lincolnLincoln was elected president on Nov 6, 1860. He di alot of great things for our developing nation and gave us many important documents such as the Emancipation Proclomation.

Clara Barton battlefield nurse

Apr 16, 1861

claraClara Barton was a battlefield nurse back in 1861, she later bacame the founder of the American Red Cross.

Battlefield postal serice during civil war

Apr 23, 1861

postalThey eventually came up with a battlefield postal service, which allowed troops to mail letters to their families with easily.

Minie Ball

Feb 16, 1862

minie The minie ball was critical for accuracy in the battlefield. it allowed to ball to travel much farther at greater speeds, they also did alot more damage.

Homestead Act

May 20, 1862

govIt gave federal land grants to settlers moving out west. Wasnt taking into affect until 1862.

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

procThe emancipation proclomation was a very important document given to us by Abraham Lincoln, it freed the slaves and ended slavery.

LIncoln offers south to rejoin the union

Jan 1, 1863

rejoin Lincoln offers confederate states to rejoin the union and end the war, the south turns him down.

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

address The Gettysburg Address was an event that happened during civil war giving by Abraham Lincoln.

Started using embalming fluid

Feb 23, 1867

fluidThey started using embalming fluid to help preserve the bodies and keep them from decaying.

Transcontinental Railroad

May 10, 1869

Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire

Nov 24, 1874

Varnagy's steel production

Mar 6, 1875

steelVarnagy figured out a way to make steel much faster nand cheaper than the previous way they used to make steel

Thomas Edison invents the lightbuld

Dec 31, 1879

bulb Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, electicity. there were many of power plants built because of him and designed by him.

Standard Time is born

Nov 18, 1883

Statue of Liberty

Oct 28, 1885

libertyThe statue of liberty was a gift to the U.S. from France as a Representation of freedom.

Buffalo Depleting

Mar 1, 1889

buffaloOnly 85 buffalo left in the U.S. do to hunting them for there meat and pelt.

Mugshot

Mar 20, 1890

rogueMugshots all started back in 1890 when the Rogues ggallary used pictures to help identify wanted people.

Jacob Riis

Mar 20, 1890

riisWrote how the other half lives, he was a polllitcal cartoonist who had alot to do with helpin find and help the slums. he also inveted flash, so you can take pictures in the dark

Indian reservation

Dec 29, 1890

reservationDo to population growth and the need for more room and resources the American Colonists forced Indians to relocate to reservations.

Half pop. of Nebraska go back east

Feb 23, 1892

Colonel George Wary cleans up NY

Mar 20, 1895

clean George Wary was probably the biggest push for cleaning up NewYork. he headed all kinds of street cleaning crews and set sanitation.

Sears catalog

Feb 23, 1896

searsSears catalog first started out rather small mostly with watches and jewelry, as time went on it grew and partnered up with Roebuck.

skyscrapers fill the sky

Mar 20, 1902

skyBy 1902 Manhatan had over 65 skyscrapers being built, no room to build out so build up.

Air conditioning

Jul 17, 1902

air Air conditioning was in vented in 1902 to beat the heat and humidity. It made it easier to live in hot places such as desert and caused more people to move there

Infrastructure improved

Mar 20, 1907

sewerAll of the larger cities in America now have sewer systems to dispose of waste. It helped tramendously and kept alot of people from getting sick.

triangle shirtwaist fire

Mar 25, 1911

Triangle shirtwaist The triangle shirt waist fire was a horrible tragety that happened back before fire codes were up to date. Many young women losy their live from either the fire or jumping from the nineth floor windows.

Assembly line

Mar 20, 1913

ford In 1913 Henry Ford came up with the idea of the assembly line. It made him able to mass produce cars cheaper and faster than ever.

LA Aqueduct

Nov 5, 1913

water The Los Angeles Aquaduct made it possible for people to live in desert and other dry places in the region. It brought water for hundreds of miles from a lake in the mountains.

Prohibition

Jan 16, 1919

proh Prohibition was passed to bann alcohal completely from the U.S. It made it illegal to produce, posses, and even consume.

Red Summer

Mar 22, 1919

<ahref='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110488/Chicago-Race-Riot-of-1919' >race</a> The Red summer was the summer of 1919 in Chicago, there were many race riots. A black boy on the beach was also killed by some white men throwing rocks.

Ballistics

Mar 22, 1927

godard Calvin Goddard one of first to use ballstics and bullet comparision.

Oscar Depriest

Mar 22, 1928

oscar He was the first ever black congressman back in 1928.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

al capAl Capone was one of the biggest mobsters back in the 20s and 30s, he headed many of the illegal operations had some guys dress up as cops and unload on other mobsters.

Great Depression

Oct 5, 1929

depre The Great depression was a time in history when the united states was deaply in debt. It took WWII to bring us out of our slump and get back on track.

Stock market crash

Oct 29, 1929

bank The stock market crashed back in 1929 because of men taking bank runs and selling all there stock and withdrawling all of there money from bank.

Bank of U.S. collapse

Dec 22, 1930

bank The Bank of the United States collapsed due to bank runs and the bank spending money they didn't have.

Al Capone guilty

Oct 18, 1931

capone They attempted many time to put Capone away, but could never pin anything on him. So they finally got him on tax evasion

Dust Storm hits New York

Apr 5, 1934

storm The Dust bowl's storm would get so big and pick up so much sand and dirt that would reach to New york and Boston.

Radio connects all over the world

Apr 5, 1935

radio Radio finally connects the world. You can now listen to the same radio announcement as other people in other countries.

Black Sunday

Apr 14, 1935

dust Black Sunday was one of the worst dust storms and stretched for miles, The worst probably struck Colorado and effected many peoples lifes and forced people to leave there homes.

Diverting the Colorado

Nov 30, 1935

colorado The Colorado river had to be diverted so that the river bed could dry up and they could begin work on the dam. They had to carve and blast a tunnel through 3 miles of rock.

Hoover Dam

Dec 30, 1935

damThe Hoover Dam was built to supply power to Nevada, mostly Los Vegas. Largest concrete structure.

Joe Louis Vs. Schmeling

Jun 22, 1938

joeJoe louis an African American from the united states boxed against Max Schmeling from Germany. They fought once and max won but they had rematch and Joe tore him up.

The Jeep

Apr 10, 1940

jeep The jeep was first designed and made by Bantam, which was baught out by Willy's who produced the army jeep

Mt. Rushmore

Mar 22, 1941

rushmore Mt Rushmore was started in 1927 took 14v yrs to complete. It stood 60 ft tall a cost a million dollars to complete.

The Japanese Zero

Apr 10, 1941

zero The Japanese zero was the japs best plane used during WWII, could fly 2,000 miles on a tank of gas.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

pearl That day in December no one in America ever expected the Japanese to Bomb our Naval base.

Bombing railway yard

Aug 17, 1942

yard We took B17 bombers over to France and destroyed German railways and supplies.

D-day

Jun 6, 1944

d day We stormed the beaches of Normandy, France and captured there baracks and that was key to winning the war.

The end of WWII

Apr 12, 1945

war World war two ended in 1945, they signed a peace treaty and the war was ended

Manhattan Project

Jul 16, 1945

bomb The project was actually the united states attempting to make the biggest bomb known to man at that time. Invented by Albert Einstein.

Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

japs bomb We dropped Atomic bombs on two Japanese cities that destroyed everything withinn a mile.

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

<ahref='http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/japansurrender.htm' >surrender</a> The Japanese surrender due to such great devastation in their country. Cities destroyed, food shortages, and oil shortages.

Hollywoodland

Mar 22, 1949

hollywood They changed the name and the sign on the hill in Hollywoodland just to Hollywood.

Levittown

Apr 12, 1949

levo Was the first suburb built, eventually there was 3 different Levittowns. Low cost housing quick and easy to build.

U.S production up

Apr 12, 1955

car After the war it was boom time for us. Back then the United states was producing more than 80% of the worlds automobiles.

Interstate highway

Jun 29, 1956

highway They came up with a system of roads that would all link togetheer and could get you from one side of country all the way to other much faster and easier.

Cuban Missile crisis

Apr 12, 1962

crisis Was a time in U.S. when everyone was paranoid about a nuclear attack, people were ready for dooms day bomb shelters and all.

MLK I have a Dream

Aug 28, 1963

mlk MLk jr. was a black man who played a huge role in the getting blacks to be equal.

Apollo 11 went to moon

Apr 12, 1969

apollo In 61 JFK within a decade they will have reached the moon and just 8 yrs later we made it.

51 million guns in Texas

Feb 23, 2012

Spindletop

Mar 20, 2012

oilThe Hamel Brothers drilled for oil at spindletop, found the largest oil deposite at the time. they had a new technigue of drilling allowed them to drill deeper much faster.

Women could work

Apr 12, 2012

workDuring war all men able to were already over seas at war, so women had to run the country back home. They worked in factories, offices, government jobs.

George Donor and The Donor Pass

Jun 16, 2012