Timeline of the USA

By Alfie Fc

  • Delaware

    Three colonies merge to become the colony of Delaware in 1701.

  • Georgia

    Created as a "buffer zone" between British Carolina and Spanish Florida, Georgia is granted a charter in 1732.

  • Benjamin Franklin begins publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac"

    Filled with pithy sayings, Franklin's "Almanac" proved to be perenially popular.

  • War of Jenkins' Ear

    This war between Spain and England creates tension in the colony of Georgia, as all Georgians are required to fight for Britain.

  • Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

    Jonathan Edwards gives his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

  • Parliament forbids acceptance of New England paper money

    Paper money issued by the New England colonies cannot be accepted as legal tender, according to this unpopular Act of Parliament.

  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    King George III honors the 1758 promise to the Iroquois that he would grant them land free of British colonists. He orders the colonists living on this land to move.

  • Currency Act of 1764

    This Act of Parliament makes it illegal for the American colonies to print their own money, and threatens to destabilize the entire colonial economy.

  • Virginia Resolves

    Written by George Mason, these Resolves given in the Virginia House of Burgesses introduce the idea of "no taxation without representation." In response to the reading of the Resolves, Virginia's Royal governor dissolves the House of Burgesses.

  • Boston Massacre

    This mysterious incident starts when shots are fired while British troops patrol the streets of Boston. It ends in a shootout between the British troops and colonists, and is widely publicized by the American media as a British aggression.

  • Boston Tea Party

    In this celebrated event, 20-130 men board British tea ships and dump 347 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

  • King George offers to end the Revolutionary War

    England's Prime Minister Lord North sends word to America that King George III is willing to end the war on the terms demanded in July 1776.

  • Battle of Sarotoga

    Referred to as the "Turning Point" of the Revolutionary War. American forces surround General Burgoyne's troops at Saratoga, forcing them to surrender.

  • Benedict Arnold commits Treason

    Arnold offers to sell West Point to the British, and is arrested by the Americans. He goes to fight for the British against colonial forces.

  • John Adams becomes President

    In this contested election, John Adams became president after receiving 71 of the 70 votes needed to win.

  • George Washington Dies No description.

  • War of 1812

    U.S. declared war on Britain over Britian's interference and prevetion of American shipping to Europe and over their interference of America's westward expansion. Many important events took place during this war. For one, Washington D.C. got captured by the British and the White House and Capital Building were set on fire. Another event that happened was Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner as he watched Britian's attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore.

  • California Gold Rush

    Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. After news spread that gold had been discovered there, thousands of Americans dropped everything they had and moved to California. By 1849, it was the peak of the Gold Rush, thus, creating the name forty-niners for the many miners that searched for gold there. This event greatly increased America's westward expansion.

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected

    Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest and most remembered presidents of the America, was elected on this day. His election spurred on the most brutal and deadliest war in American history. Soon after he was elected, South Carolina seceded from the Union and was then followed by the Civil War.

  • Civil War

    The Civil War was the conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states and over the preservation of the Union. This war was had a higher fatality rate out of all of the wars fought in America combined. This sad event shaped our government for the better and opened the eyes of Americans to the brutality of slavery.

  • Statue of Liberty is dedicated

    The Statue of Liberty is dedicated to the U.S. by the people of France as a gift of friendship.

  • Spanish- American War

    Spanish- American War took place after the USS Maine was blown up in Havana harbor by Spain.