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Colonial America
13 colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) In 1607 was when the dates were founded. -
French Indian war
1754 – 1763 -
American Revolution
April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 -
Declaration of independence
July 4, 1776 is the original date of the declaration of independence. The authors are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston. -
Constitutional Convention
May 25 to September 17, 1787. Five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest member of the convention. -
Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803 is the date of the Lousiana Purchase. -
Civil war.
Jefferson Davis was president. This event happened March 4, 1861. the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862 – January 1, 1863. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Spanish-American war.
April 1898 – August 1898 -
World war 1.
Woodrow Wilson was president during World war 1. July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918. -
Great Depression.
October 29, 1929 – 1939. Herbert Hoover was president at this time of Great depression. -
World war 2.
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945. The United States fought the Axis alliance in World War 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt was president during World war 2.. -
Cold war.
The main concern of the United States and the other western powers during the Cold War was that the Soviet Union would obtain control of the Western European countries through either invasions or by communist takeovers of unstable governments. -
Womens rights movement
1848-1920 were the dates to the Womens rights movement. Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Abby Kelley Foster, and Sojourner Truth were the leaders. The purpose was so women could have rights like everyone else to vote & do certain things. -
Civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of the civil rights movement. 1954-1968 was the date of the Civil rights movement. The purpose of this was to end racial segreration. -
9/11
Islamist extremist group, that occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, DC. York, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
