Berno American History Timeline
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Updated: 11 Apr 2018
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Jamestown, Virginia, foundedFirst Africans arrive in VirginiaVirginia House of Burgesses formedPilgrims found Plymouth, MassachusettsPuritan migration to MassachusettsCalverts found MarylandAnn Hutchinson convicted of heresyFundamental Orders of ConneticutFirst Navigational Act (mercantilism)English conquer New Netherlands (New York)Bacon's rebellion (Virginia)Pennsylvania settledMassachusetts becomes a royal colonySalem witch huntsEngland, Wales, and Scotland unite into the United Kingdom (Great Britian)Georgia foundedJohn Peter Zenger TrialAlbany CongressGeorge III accedes to ThroneProclamation of 1763Stamp Act and ProtestBoston MassacreTea Act and Boston Tea PartyIntolerable Acts; First Continental CongressBattles of Lexington and Concord;
Washington appointed commander in chiefDecleration of IndependanceArticles of Confederation; Battle of SaratogaFrench AllianceArticles of Confederation ratified;
Cornwallis surrenders at YorktownTreaty of ParisDecleration of Independance; states adopt new constitutionsArticles of Confederation ratifiedOrdinance of 1784Land Ordinance of 1785Shays' Rebellion; Indian Ordinance of 1786; Annapolis ConventionConstitutional Convention; Northwest Ordinance; The Federalist papersConstitution ratified by
all states except Rhode Island and North CarolinaNew goverment formsWashington electedFirst Bank of United States establishedWashington begins second term; cotton gin patentedWhiskey Rebellion; Battle of Fallen TimbersJay's Treaty; Pinckeys TreatyWashington's farewell address; John Adams electedFarewell Address; Quasi war with FranceWashington D.C. becomes capitalJefferson elected; John Marshall appointedLouisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark expeditionAaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton; Jefferson reelectedBritish seize American shipsEmbargo Act; Burr acquitted for treasonAfrican Slave Trade ends; James Madison electedCongress boycotts British and French tradeBattle of Tippecanoe;
BUS charter expires;
first steamboat on Ohio and Mississippi riversU.S. and Britian engage in War of 1812; Madison reelectedBattle of Lake Erie and ThamesBritish burn Washington D.C.;
Battle of Lake Champlain/Plattsburgh; Hartford ConventionBattle of New OrleansTreaty of Ghent ends war of 1812James Monroe electedAndrew Jackson seizes Florida from Spain and the SeminolesAdams-Onis TreatyMonroe Doctrine; Fort Union established on Missouri riverJohn Quincy Adams defeats Jackson in electionJackson defeats Adams; Tariff of AbominationsWorcester v. Georgia (Cherokee court case)Texas Independance; Martin Van Buren ElectedAlamo overrun by Santa Anna's forcesWilliam Henry Harrison elected; Harrison dies; John Tyler
assumes presidency; Amistad decision,
Supreme Court frees African Slave MutineersPolk pledges to annex Texas and Oregon Territory; Polk electedTexas annexationTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War;
annexation of Oregon Territory and Southwest;
Zachary Taylor electedGold discovered in CaliforniaCompromise of 1850; California admitted as free state;
Fugitive Law passed; Taylor dies in office;
Millard Fillmore becomes PresidentHarriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin";
Franklin Pierce becomes presidentGadsen PurchaseKansas-Nebraska Act;
formation of Republican PartyJames Buchanan elected; John C Freemont comes within
three states of carrying election with only northern votesPanic of 1857; Dred Scott decisionlincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas issues Freeport DoctrineJohn Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, VirginiaAbraham Lincoln elected without a single southern vote;
South Carolina secedesLower south secedes and founds Confederacy;
Lincoln and Davis inaugurated;
Fort Sumter surrends to ConfederacyBattles of Shiloh and Antietam;
preliminary Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation;
battles of Vicksburg and GettysburgFall of Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea;
Lincoln reelectedLee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox; Lincoln assassinatedCivil War ends; Andrew Johnson elected; Thirteenth AmendmentKu Klux Klan foundedMilitary Reconstruction Act; Purchase of AlaskaJohnson impeachment trial ends in acquittal;
Fourteenth Amendment; Grant electedFifteenth AmendmentCredit Mobiler ScandalCrime of 1873First Large Oregon Trail wagon trailCalifornia Gold Rush beginsAlaskan Gold RushEdmunds ActPlain Indian Wars BeginWounded Knee MassacreSand Creek MassacreGreat Railway StrikeKnights of Labor FormedJames A. Garfield Elected PresidentGarfield AssassinatedChinese Exclusion ActGrover Clevland Elected PresidentPanic of 1893J.P. Morgan lends US gov gold to stave off federal bankruptcyPullman StrikePendleton Civil Service ActMckinley ElectedMckinley Assasinated; Theodore Roosevelt becomes presidentHawaii annexedPanama Canal ZoneRoosevelt Elected presidentTaft Elected PresidentWilson Elected PresidentWoodrow Wilson ElectedFederal Reserve Act PassedWWI Begins in EuropeWoodrow Wilson ReelectedSinking of US Lusitania19th Amendment RatifiedUS declares war on germanyHarding Elected PresidentWashington ConferenceHarding dies in officeNew
eventLocarno PactStock market crashBank collapseFranklin Roosevelt electedJapanese aggresion in ChinaHitler named Chancellor in germanyRoosevelt reelectedUS unemployment soarsWWII beginsJapanese Bomb Pearl Harbor; US declares war on axis powersGermany defeats French and British troops in France; France surrenders; Normay and France occupied by germanyUS & England Invade North AfricaMidwayAllies begin to bomb europeAllies invade Sicily and ItalyInvasion of France; Paris liberated; invasion of PhilippinesAtomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Germany and Japan surrendersCold War beginsNATO foundedHarry Truman ElectedTruman Doctrine implementedBerlin airliftCommunists take control of ChinaKorean War BeginsSEATO formedEisenhower reelectedEisenhower electedCastro captures CubaJohn F. Kennedy electedBay of Pigs invasion of CubaSoviet Union erects Berlin WallCuban Missile CrisisCivil Rights ActUS troops sent to VietnamMartin Luther King Jr. & John F. Kennedy assasinated; Richard Nixon electedUS puts astronauts on the moonNixon visits China; Watergate ScandalLast US troops leave VietnamNixon resigns; Ford assumes presidencyOil crisisVietnam overrun by North VietameseComputer language invented by Bill GatesSteve Jobs and Steve Wozniak make first personal computersIranians strom US embassy in Tehran and take Us hostages; Soviets place missiles in western russia, aimed at EuropeSoviets invade Afghanistan; Us Olympic team wins gold medal; Ronald Reagan electedIntermediate Nuclear Forces TeatyGeneva conference with Reagan and GorbachevGeorge H.W. Bush electedBerlin Wall fallsIraq invades KuwaitSoviet Union CollapsesWorld Trade Center bombed by Al QaedaOklahoma City bombingClinton reelectedLewinsky ScandalUS embassies in africa bombed by Al QaedaSenate Acquits ClintonEconomy begins to slowGeorge W. Bush electedAl Qaeda attacks World Trade Center and PentagonUS invades AfghanistanAl Qaeda bases in Afghanistan destroyedNew Iraqi Government formedHurricane KatrinaPeriods
Columbus' four voyagesCortes conquers MexicoRoanoke Island (Carolinas) colony failsPequote Indian WarEnglish Civil WarKing Phillip's War (Massachusetts)English Glorious Revolution and Bill of RightsQueen Anne's WarGeorge I's reignGeorge II's reignFirst Great AwakeningKing George's WarFrench and Indian WarFrench RevolutionMissouri CompromisesWar of 1812Panic of 1837Mexican - American WarAmerican Civil WarPanic of 1873World War IWorld War IICold WarKorean WarVietnam War
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