1492
Columbus "discovered" the Americas
1607
Jamestown, 1st British Colony, founded in what would becme the US
1619
1st enslaved Africans arrived in what would become US. House of Burgesses created in Virginia
1763
7 Years War ended and the Proclamation Line established
1776
13 Colonies declared independence from Britain and established the US
1783
Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War
1787
Consitiutional Convention convened in Philadelphia
1789
Consititution ratified & George Washington was unanimously elected 1st POTUS
1800
Thomas Jefferson was elected illustrating that the US would have peaceful transitions of power
1803
Lousiana Territory was purchased by Thomas Jeffereson from France
1815
Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812
1820
Missouri Compromise passed in attempt to preserve balance of power in Congress between free and slave states
1823
Monroe Doctrine proclaimed US the protector of the Americas
1828
Andrew Jackson ( member of the new Democratic Party) was elected POTUS, solidifying the 2 party system in the US
1846
Mexican-American War began after the annexation of Texas
1848
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War & US gained Mexican Cession. 1st Women's Rights Conference held in Seneca Falls, NY
1854
Kansas-Nebraska Act became law, repealing Missouri Compromise
1861
Civil War began
1863
Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln
1865
Civil War ended
1877
Reconstruction ended due to Compromise of 1877
1890
Sherman and Antitrust Act was passed
1896
Segregation ruled consitituional by the SCOTUS ruling in Plessy V. Ferguson
1898
Spanish-American War began in April and ended in August with the Treaty of Paris
1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire killed 146 workers, mostly women and girls
1914
WWI began
1917
US joined WWI
1918
The influenza pandemic killed 50 million. An armistice ended the fighting in WWI
1919
Treaty of Versailles officially ended WW1 and ensured there would be a WWII
1929
Stock market crashed signaling the beginning of the Great Depression
1933
The worst year of the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt took office and started New Deal. Hitler became Chancellor in Germany
1939
WWII began
1941
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused the US to enter WWII
1945
WWII ended with US dropping 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
1949
Soviet Union (USSR) gained atomic weapons. NATO established
1954
Segregated schools ruled unconstitutional by the SCOTUS ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
1964
The Civil RIghts Act passeed, ending segregation
1968
Bad year. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinations, riots at the Democratic National Commitee (DNE), and the Tet Offensive
1974
Nixon resigned from office. Stader arrived on earth
1981
Reagan was inaugurated as president, illustrating success of Conservative Movement
1991
US invaded Iraq in Operation Desert Storm
2001
NYC and DC were attacked by Al Qaeda on Sep. 11th