United States History Class Timeline 2015-2016

  • First American Mill

    First American Mill
    In the year of 1704, the first cotton mill was invented in America. This invention changed the course of human history.
  • Signing of the Declaration of Independance

    Signing of the Declaration of Independance
    The Declaration of Independance was a document that settled peace among the 13 colonies with Great Britian.
  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

    The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
    The Articles of Confederation were the United States' first form of written government.
  • The British Surrender at Yorktown

    The British Surrender at Yorktown
    The British surrendered to the colonists in Yorktown, Virginia. The British brought 8,000 troops but despite all their efforts the colonists outsmarted them and they surrenedered.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion
    Shay's Rebellion was a series of protests against the local taxes that lasted from 1786 till 1787.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention
    The Constitutional Convention was a convention that where the problems of the U.S. were disscussed.
  • The Ratifying of the Constitution

    The Ratifying of the Constitution
    The constitution was a document that stated the way a government ran in the United States of America.
  • The Ratification of the Bill of Rights

    The Ratification of the Bill of Rights
    The bill of rights is where the first ten amendments to the constitution were written.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    The Cotton Gin was a machine that helped slavemasters produce more cotton. The Cotton Gin was pattented on March 14, 1794.
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    The Lewis and Clark Expedition was a journey that two men took to explore the Louisianna Puschase. The reason being so that white settlers could then later live there.
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    Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears was also known as the Indian Removal Act. As the name says, president Andrew Jackson removed all Indians form the Louisianna Territory and moved them all west. Many pepole died on the journey
  • Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill

    Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill
    One day, at Sutter's Mill, gold was discovered. This discovery triggered one of the biggest events in American history. The event was known as the California Gold Rush.
  • Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a treaty signed for peace from mexico. This increased the size of America greatly by adding what is now known as Arizona, California, and Colorado.
  • The Battle of Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter
    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the begging of the Civil War time period.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the biggest battle in the American Civil War. The battle itself lasted for three days.
  • The Battle of Little Bighorn

    The Battle of Little Bighorn
    The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to Lakota as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The Great Depression was started by a huge stock market crash on thursday October 27, 1929. This date was known as "Black Thursday". The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939.
  • Apollo 11 Landing

    Apollo 11 Landing
    The Apollo 11 landing was Neil Armstrongs first visit to the moon. It was the first time a human has ever visited the moon. He put an american flag on it.
  • 9/11 Attacks

    9/11 Attacks
    The attacks of 9/11 were terrorist bombings targetted towards the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House. The Twin Towers were bombed down along with the Pentagon. The White House was saved becuase of quick thinking passengers that fought for the controls and aimed it away.
  • Birthday

    Birthday
    This is the glorious day on which I was introduced into the world. The day I was born.
  • The Inauguration of Barrack Obama

    The Inauguration of Barrack Obama
    The day that Barrack Obama became President of the United States of America for his first term.