U.S. History Timeline

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  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pilgrims come to North America

    Pilgrims come to North America
    In the 1500's Europeans began to come to North America and start colinies. The Plymouth Rock is where the pilgrims made there first home.

  • Revolutionary War

    Revolutionary War
    Started in 1775, and in 1776, the colinies proclaimed their freedom in the Declaration of Independance. By 1783, the United States had won the war against Great Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independance was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. It was written for the colinies in North America to proclaim their freedom.

  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution
    I period where there were many changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport, and technology.

  • Lousiana Purchase

    Lousiana Purchase
    Thomas Jefferson bought the Lousiana Territory from France.

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    The Civil War was a conflict between North and South over the issues of the state's rights and slavery. The began in 1861 and ended in 1865.

  • World War 1

    World War 1
    Also know as the "Great War" was a war that included Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan.

  • Great Depression

    Great Depression
    The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic decrease. The Great Depression predicted World War ll.

  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
    A period of severe dust storms that caused drought and dry farmland.

  • World War 2

    World War 2
    A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. This war contained many conflicts.

  • Cold War

    Cold War
    Conflict between U.S military and politices.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Neil Armstrong is the first person to ever set foot on the moon.

  • 9/11

    9/11
    A group of terrorists that hijacked 3 planes. One crashed into the World Trade center in New York, another one in the Pentegon and the last one was belived to be heading to the White House but never made it there. These attacts killed nearly 3,000 people, making it the worst attack on the United States in history.

  • Michael Phelps Wins First Gold Medal

    Michael Phelps Wins First Gold Medal
    Olympic swimmer, michael Phelps wins his first gold medal in the 2004

  • America Donates $1 Billion

    America Donates $1 Billion
    When a deadly tsunami struck Asia in 2004, Americnas gave over $1 billion to relief efforts.