One Hundred & Fifty Two Years In The USA

Measuring Longitude

Mar 12, 1761

Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.

Spinning Jenny

Mar 12, 1764

A device that made textile easier

Sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

The act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

A new tax that was imposed on all American colonist and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

Revolutionary War

Apr 19, 1765

First shots are fired at Lexington and Concord.

Quartering Act

May 15, 1765

Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

A group of people that were angered by Britian's colonial policy, started harrassing a groupd of soldiers guarding the customs house. A soldier was knocked off his horse which caused an uproar and five people were killed

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Taxers threw the tea over board into the boston harbor.

American fight for Independence

Apr 19, 1775

Bristish & American soliders exchanged fire in the Massachusettes towns of Lexington and Concord.

Battle Of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

A battle between Boston and British troops.

Battle of Moores creek bridge

Feb 26, 1776

The british troop oredered to move some of the planks and grease the rest of them

Submarine

Mar 12, 1776

David Bushnell invents a submarine

America Declares its Independence

Jul 4, 1776

America proclamed its independence from Great Britian.

Thomas Jefferson

Jul 4, 1776

Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Congress approves the first flag

Nov 15, 1777

Betsy ross sows the first glag with 13 stars.

Battle of Guilford Courthouse

Mar 15, 1781

The British against American troops.

U.S. Wins Indepence from Britian

Oct 19, 1781

British General Charles Cornwallis surrenedered his army of some 8,000 men to George Washington at York Town.

Hot Air Balloon

Apr 5, 1783

The Montgolfier brothers invent the hot-air balloon.

Steel roller

Jun 14, 1783

Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.

Northwest Territory is Established

Jul 13, 1787

Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, structuring settlement of the Northwest Territory and creating a new policy for the addition of the new states to the nation.

Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the constitution

Dec 7, 1787

Delware ratifys the United States Constitution.

George Washington was elected President

Apr 30, 1789

George Washington was elected into office

Bill of Rights Adopted

Dec 15, 1791

America adopted the bill of rights.

French Revolutionary War

Apr 20, 1792

Conflicts fought between the French Republic Government and several European monarchies.

Cotton gin

Mar 14, 1794

Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.

Quasi-War

Jul 7, 1798

A war fought at sea between the United States and the French Republic.

Sacajawea

Apr 7, 1805

Led Lewis and Clark on their expedition to find the Pacific Ocean.

War of 1812

Jun 18, 1812

Military conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Battle of New Orleans

Jan 8, 1815

Bristish soldiers attack US troops in New Orleans.

Trail of Tears

Jul 6, 1838

Indians were forced to relocate and up to 6,000 indians died on the trip.

Baseball becomes America's pastime

Jun 19, 1846

First recorded baseball match was held June 19,1846 at the Elysian Fields.

Dred Scott Slave Case

Mar 6, 1857

Dred Scott goes to court to sue for his freedom.

Theodore Rosevelt

Oct 27, 1858

26th US president. He was part of the progressive movement

Abraham Lincoln

Mar 4, 1861

Elected the 16th president of the US.

Vaccum Cleaner

Jun 8, 1869

A Chicago inventor, Ives McGaffey pattend a "sweeping machiene".

Albert Einstein

Mar 14, 1874

Helped generate the general theory of relativity.

Alexander Graham Bell

Feb 14, 1876

Invented the first telephone.

Sitting Bull

Jun 25, 1876

Led the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Thomas Edison

Aug 12, 1877

Invented the light bulb.

Escalator

Mar 15, 1892

Jesse Reno created the "moving stairs",

Henry Ford

Jun 4, 1896

Created the first car.

Zeppelin

Jul 2, 1900

First rigid frammed airship.

Oil Industry is born

Jan 10, 1901

the oil industry begins

Panama Canal

Apr 17, 1902

American interest in linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by means of a canal across Central America had existed for many years. With the signing of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

Teddy Bear

Nov 14, 1902

Theordore Roosevelt was responsible for giving the bear its name. People starting calling Roosevelt, Theordore "Teddy" Roosevelt.

World War 1

Jul 28, 1914

This was the start of world war 1.

America fights for freedom in the World War 1

Apr 6, 1917

The United States formally declared war against Germany and enetered the conflict in Europe.

Woodrow Wilson

Jan 9, 1918

Signed the 19th Amendment.

Lie Detector

Jan 1, 1921

John Larson invented the lie detector or a polygraph.

Women gain the right to vote

Feb 27, 1922

The 19th Amendement officially took effect.

Charles Lindemberg's solo crossing of the Atlantic

May 20, 1927

Charles Lindemberg becomes the first man to complete a nonstop transAtlantic airplane flight, from New York to Paris.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mar 4, 1933

This was the date he was elected president. His presidential term ended April 12th, 1945

motion picture was invented

Mar 1, 1989

motion picture was copyrighted