History Timeline

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  • Purchase pf Alaska

    Purchase pf Alaska
    Williams Seward purchased Alaska from Russia, It was William Seward's biggest move ever. William was the 12th governor of New York City.

  • Queen Liliuokalani

    Queen Liliuokalani
    Queen Liliuokalani became the leader of Hawaii, She was the first and last Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii. In 1893 a group called Committee of Safety seeking to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom, depose the Queen, and seek annexation to the United States.

  • Sino Japanese War

    Sino Japanese War
    The Japanese War ends with Japenese victory over China. It was between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea.

  • Maine

    Maine
    President McKinley sent the U.S.S. Maine to Cube. Then 1 month later it exploded, and sank killing 260 sailors.

  • President McKinley

    President McKinley
    President McKinley signed a congressional resolution that called for Cuba's independence demanded a withdrawal of Spanish forces.

  • Spanish War

    Spanish War
    The Spanish War begun. McKinley gave Spain 3 days to respondto a letter saying to gice Cuba independence, and they didn't reply so the war begun. The war took place in a spanish colony.

  • Spain Truce

    Spain Truce
    Spain signed a truce. It was to the U.SS Secretary of State John Hay. The U.S did a suprise attack on the islands for independence of Cuba, The war lasted 10 years.

  • Boxer Rebellion

    Boxer Rebellion
    Boxer Rebellion occurs in China.It was also known as Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement, It was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901, opposing foreign imperialism and Christianity.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt becomes President. After President McKinley was aassassined. On September 6, President McKinley was shot while at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He didnt die till Sptember 14th.

  • Death of McKinley

    Death of McKinley
    8 days after being shot in Buffalo, New York. President McKinley died at 5:22 in the morning.

  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    Panama Canal opens.The Canal was 51 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, it was 436 square miles,and width 10 miles. The first ship to cross thru was called the S.S. Ancon in Septeber 26, 1913.