Download Time Line of American History

The United States
of America
Before America was “America,” many tribes of
people lived on and worked the land.
When Christopher Columbus arrived in
America, he “thought he was in East India” so
he called the people “INDIANS.”
Today, we call those
who lived here before
we did “NATIVE
AMERICANS
Christopher Columbus
discovers America!!
• The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria
• King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain
financed the expeditions
Spanish Explorers of America
• Coronado marched through Texas, Arizona,
Oklahoma, Kansas
Jamestown, Virginia
• The First American Colony
Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock with Pilgrims
aboard
• The oldest town in the United States
13 British Colonies
New Hampshire
Maryland
New Jersey
Virginia
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Delaware
South Carolina
Georgia
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
French & Indian War Begins
•England wins the French & Indian War
•George Washington fought as an English soldier
Stamp Act
•Taxation without
Representation in
Parliament
Revolutionary War Begins
•The shot heard around the world
•Paul Revere warns the colonists of British soldiers
confiscating weapons
•Patrick Henry says, “Give me liberty or give me
death!”
The Declaration of Independence
• Thomas Jefferson: 3rd President of the United States
• George Washington crossed the Delaware River on
December 25, 1776 surprising and defeating the enemy.
Valley Forge
• Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the quarters for
American soldiers during the winter months
America Wins the
Revolutionary War!
Signing of the Constitution
of the United States of America
George
Washington
became the first
President of the
United States
The Louisiana Purchase
•French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land to
the US
•Meriwether Lewis & William Clark led an Expedition
west
•Sacajawea and the Shoshone tribe helped the
explorers
The War of 1812
•America vs. England
•Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled
Banner”
The Battle of the Alamo
•Texans declare Independence from Mexico
California Gold Rush
•The original “San Francisco 49ers”
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
•Author Harriet Beecher Stowe
•The book that started the Civil War
•“Missouri Compromise”
•Slave states & Free states
Civil War
•Abraham Lincoln, President of the US
•Gettysburg Address
Completion of the
Transcontinental Railroad
The Statue of Liberty
•A National Birthday Gift from France
•Ellis Island in New York Harbor – Immigration
Gateway
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free.”
Indians moved to Indian
Reservations
Henry Ford mass-produces the
Model T
•Ford Motor Company produces 1,000 autos per
day
•Mass production lead to a decrease in cost
•1909 - $850 for a Model T
•1924 - $260 for a Model T
The US enters World War I
•The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand & his
wife by a Serbian was the event that started the
war in 1914
•The “Defenders” – Servia, Belgium, France,
Great Britain, Russia, Japan, Montenegro
•The “Aggressors – Germany, Hungary-Austria,
Italy
•Planes first used for
military purposes
The Great Depression
The New Deal
•Franklin Delano Roosevelt became President of
the United States
• He wanted a “new deal” for America
•Federal Government becomes a large employer
of Americans
•Government workers built roads, dams, national
parks buildings, etc.
United States enters World War II
•Pearl Harbor, HA Bombed
•US, England & Russia are allies
•Germany, Italy & Japan are the enemy
Korean War
•United Nations formed to help avert war.
•It began with 50 countries - now has 160
Vietnam War Begins
Man on the Moon
•Neil Armstrong steps onto the moon
US Troops come home from
Vietnam
Berlin Wall Comes Down
War on Terror Begins
• Terror Attacks on 9-11-2001
Historic Election
•America elects its first African American as
President of the United States