US History Timeline 1492-2011 Lindsay Galloway

Columbus "discoveres" America

Oct 12, 1492

John Cabot claims North America for England

Jun 24, 1497

href='http://www.historycentral.com/explorers/Cabot.html' >John Cabot</a>

Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River

Apr 20, 1534

Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh

Jan 1, 1585

Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown

Dec 19, 1607

1619 - Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves importedinto Britain’s North American colonies.

Aug 1, 1619

A stormy day in August, im not sure about the specific day of month

Mayflower Compact

Nov 21, 1620

The Mayflower Compact was signed in the cabin of the Mayflower on the 21 of November

First Public School (Boston Latin School)

Apr 23, 1635

First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north Americancolony, established at Cambridge in Massachusetts

Feb 1, 1636

couldn't find exact date

1636 - Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier,Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts

Oct 10, 1636

not sure of exact date

English Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

[English Bill of Rights](www.constitution.org/bor/eng_bor.htm)
The first Bill of Rights is
1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, and peaceable assembly as well as the right to petition the government.

Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod

Oct 9, 1749

French & Indian war

Jan 1, 1763

Couldn't find an exact date

Proclamation of 1763 by King George III

Oct 7, 1763

Proclamation of 1763 by King George III
This was when England promised to respect indian land rights

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1766

Stamp act photostamp act
March 22- the Stamp act was passed by British Parliament
March 18(next year)-Stamp act was repealed

Santa Claus - Colonial America

Dec 23, 1773

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence
It changed the American "rebellion" against Great Britain into a "revolution."

Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves

Jul 2, 1777

Revolution war

Sep 3, 1783

Constitution

May 25, 1787

constitution
It was subpos to be signed on the 14th of may but only to two delegations from there states were present so they had to wait til 5th more delegation were present

Articles of Confederation

Sep 29, 1787

Articles of Confederation
legally established the United States of America

Delaware was added to Union

Dec 7, 1787

Pennsylvania was added to Union

Dec 12, 1787

New Jersey was added to Union

Dec 18, 1787

Georgia was added to Union

Jan 2, 1788

Connecticut was added to Union

Jan 9, 1788

Massachusetts was added to Union

Feb 6, 1788

Maryland was added to Union

Apr 28, 1788

South Carolina was added to Union

May 23, 1788

New Hampshire was added to union

Jun 21, 1788

Virginia was added to Union

Jun 25, 1788

New York was added to Union

Jul 26, 1788

North Carolina added to Union

Nov 21, 1789

4 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1790

Rhode Island was added to union

May 29, 1790

Vermont was added to Union

Mar 4, 1791

Bill of Rights

Dec 15, 1791

Bill of Rights fun facts
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 ammendments of the constitution

Kentucky was added to Union

Jun 1, 1792

Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin

Mar 14, 1793

11th Amendment

Feb 7, 1795

factsdate (wikipedia)
This amendment does not change legislative of executive power

Tennessee added to Union

Jun 1, 1796

George Washington,

Mar 3, 1797

5.3 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1800

John Adams,

Mar 3, 1801

Ohio was added to union

Mar 1, 1803

12th amendment

Jun 15, 1804

wikipedia (12th amendment)
its the procedure for electing vice presidents and presidents

Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809

Mar 3, 1809

7.2 million population od U.S.

Jan 1, 1810

Louisiana was added to Union

Apr 30, 1812

War of 1812

Jun 18, 1812

Indiana was added to Union

Dec 11, 1816

James Madison, 1809-1817

Mar 3, 1817

Mississippi Dec. 10, 1817

Dec 10, 1817

Illinois Dec. 3, 1818

Dec 3, 1818

Alabamawas added to union

Dec 14, 1819

9.6 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1820

Missouri was added to union

Aug 10, 1821

James Monroe, 1817-1825

Mar 3, 1825

Graham Cracker

Jan 1, 1829

created in New Jersey on no exact date

John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829

Mar 3, 1829

12.8 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1830

Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears)

Mar 18, 1831

trail of tears
the name given when the native american relocated

Oberlin College - First college to accept Women

Sep 2, 1833

Oberlin College - First School to accept Blacks

Jan 1, 1835

couldn't find exact date

Texas Revolution

Apr 21, 1836

Arkansas was added to Union

Jun 15, 1836

U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837

Jan 1, 1837

couldn't find exact date

Michigan was added to Union

Jan 26, 1837

Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837

Mar 3, 1837

Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear

Jan 1, 1839

mimdsummer of 1839

17 million

Jan 1, 1840

Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841

Mar 3, 1841

William Henry Harrison, 1841

Apr 4, 1841

Florida was added to Union

Mar 3, 1845

John Tyler, 1841-1845

Mar 3, 1845

Baseball - Alexander Cartwright

Oct 10, 1845

Alexander Cartwright invented the modern baseball field in that year but not really a specific date

Texas was added to Union

Dec 29, 1845

Doughnut

Jun 27, 1847

Mexican American War

Feb 2, 1848

Wisconsin May 29, 1848

May 29, 1848

James Knox Polk, 1845-1849

Mar 3, 1849

23 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1850

Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850

Jul 9, 1850

California was added to Union

Sep 9, 1850

Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853

Mar 3, 1853

Michigan State

Feb 12, 1855

Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857

Mar 3, 1857

Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman

Mar 30, 1858

Minnesota was added to Union

May 11, 1858

Oregon was added to Union

Feb 14, 1859

31.4 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1860

Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry

Oct 16, 1860

Kansas was added to Union

Jan 29, 1861

James Buchanan, 1857-1861

Mar 3, 1861

Jelly Bean - William Schrafft

Jul 5, 1861

Machine Gun - Richard Gatling

Sep 12, 1861

Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson

Mar 28, 1863

West was added to union

Jun 20, 1863

Nevada was added to Union

Oct 31, 1864

13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery

Jan 31, 1865

American Civil War

Apr 9, 1865

Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865

Apr 15, 1865

Nebraska was added to Union

Mar 1, 1867

14th amendment

Jul 28, 1868

14th amendmentCongressman John A. Bingham from Ohio wrote the first section of the 14th amendment

Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869

Mar 3, 1869

American Football - Walter Camp

Jul 5, 1869

Soccer - Princeton vs. Rutgers (6-4 Rutgers)

Nov 6, 1869

38.6 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1870

15th Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

15th amendment facts (wikipedia)
doesn't allow the government to deny citizenship

African Americans’ Right to Vote

Feb 3, 1870

Jeans - Levi Strauss

May 20, 1873

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877

Mar 3, 1877

Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler

Jul 25, 1877

Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison

Dec 31, 1879

50.1 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1880

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881

Mar 3, 1881

James Abram Garfield, 1881

Sep 19, 1881

Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885

Mar 3, 1885

Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton

Aug 16, 1886

Softball - George Hancock

Nov 24, 1887

Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889

Mar 3, 1889

North was added to Union

Nov 2, 1889

South was added to Union

Nov 2, 1889

Montana was added to Union

Nov 8, 1889

Washington was added to Union

Nov 11, 1889

62.9 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1890

Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno

Apr 10, 1890

Idaho was added to Union

Jul 3, 1890

Wyoming was added toUnion

Jul 10, 1891

1892 - CMU

Jan 1, 1892

couldn't find exact date

Radio - Nikola Tesla

Jan 1, 1893

don't know exact date

Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893

Mar 3, 1893

Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg

Apr 14, 1894

Volleyball

Jan 1, 1895

I wasn't able to find an exact date

Utah was addedto Union

Jan 4, 1896

Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897

Mar 3, 1897

76.2 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1900

Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds

Jan 1, 1901

don't know exact date

Assembly Line - Henry Ford

Jun 16, 1901

William McKinley, 1897-1901

Sep 14, 1901

Teddy Bear - Morris Michtom

Nov 16, 1902

Banana Split - David Strickler

Jan 1, 1904

don't know exact date

Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907

Nov 16, 1907

Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909

Mar 3, 1909

92.2 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1910

New Mexico was added to Union

Jan 6, 1912

Arizona was added to Union

Feb 14, 1912

16th Amendment (Income Tax)

Feb 3, 1913

Allows congress to shange income tax

William Howard Taft, 1909-1913

Mar 3, 1913

17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote)

May 31, 1913

the election goes by most votes

World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol)

Jan 16, 1919

It banned liquer which created some frustration for certain people

106 million poplation of U.S.

Jan 1, 1920

Maine was added to Union

Mar 15, 1920

19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote

Aug 18, 1920

it gave women the right to vote

Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921

Mar 3, 1921

Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923

Aug 2, 1923

Kool Aid

Jan 1, 1927

don't know exact date

Television - Philo T. Farnsworth

Aug 19, 1927

Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”

Jan 1, 1928

i don't know exact date

Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney

Nov 18, 1928

Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929

Mar 3, 1929

123 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1930

Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker

Jan 1, 1931

There is not an exact date

20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration.

Jan 23, 1933

it says how to deal with there being no president

Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933

Mar 3, 1933

21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment

Dec 5, 1933

repealed the 18th amendment

Soft Serve Ice Cream

Jun 3, 1938

132 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1940

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945

Apr 12, 1945

World War 2

Sep 2, 1945

Iowa was added to union

Dec 28, 1946

Cable TV

Jan 1, 1948

I don't know exact date

Video Game

Dec 14, 1948

151 million popultion of U.S.

Jan 1, 1950

22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President

Feb 27, 1951

established by president Harry S. Truman

22nd ammendment

Feb 27, 1951

2 term limit for president

Barcode

Oct 7, 1952

Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953

Jan 20, 1953

Korean War

Jul 27, 1953

Video Tape

Nov 11, 1956

Alaska was added to Union

Jan 3, 1959

Hawaii was added to Union

Aug 21, 1959

179.3 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1960

Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961

Jan 20, 1961

23 amendment

Mar 29, 1961

Wash. D.C. representation

Computer Mouse

Jan 1, 1963

Don't know exact date

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963

Nov 22, 1963

24th amendment

Jan 23, 1964

poll taxes illegal

Buffalo Wings

Oct 30, 1964

Minicomputer ($18,000!)

Mar 22, 1965

1965 - CD

Nov 10, 1965

25th amendment

Feb 23, 1967

presidential succession

Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969

Jan 20, 1969

203 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1970

26th amendment

Jul 1, 1971

18 as voting age

Email

Oct 10, 1971

I don't know exact date

Cell Phone

Apr 3, 1973

Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974

Aug 9, 1974

Vietnam War

Apr 30, 1975

Colorado was added to Union

Aug 1, 1976

Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977

Jan 20, 1977

226.5 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1980

James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981

Jan 20, 1981

Laptop

Apr 1, 1981

it was invented in April but I don't know what day exactly

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Jul 15, 1983

Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989

Jan 20, 1989

248.7 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 1990

Persian Gulf War

Feb 28, 1991

27th amendment

May 20, 1992

Congress salary changes take place in next term

George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993

Jan 20, 1993

281.4 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 2000

William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001

Jan 20, 2001

US Invasion of Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2001

iPod

Oct 23, 2001

Invasion of Iraq

May 1, 2003

George Walker Bush, 2001-2009

Jan 20, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama, 2009-

Jan 20, 2009

308.7 million population of U.S.

Jan 1, 2010