USA History timeline
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Updated: 8 Jan 2020
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Christopher Columbus discovered AmericaJamestown foundationMayflower Compact signed.Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ratify the ConstitutionGeorgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York ratify the ConstitutionRatification of the United states constitutionGeorge washington elected 1st president of the united states of AmericaNorth Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, with a vote of 194–77 (November 21)Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes 13th stateVermont, formerly the independent Vermont Republic, becomes the 14th stateKentucky, formerly Kentucky County, Virginia, becomes the 15th stateTennessee, formerly part of North Carolina, becomes the 16th stateLibrary of Congress foundedLouisiana PurchaseOhio, formerly part of Connecticut, becomes the 17th stateLouisiana becomes the 18th stateIndiana becomes the 19th stateMississippi becomes the 20th stateIllinois becomes the 21st state
Jackson Purchase in KentuckyAdams-Onís Treaty, including acquisition of Florida Alabama becomes the 22nd state in the U.S.Maine and Missouri becomes states of the UnionMonroe Doctrine proclaimedIndian Removal actSamuel Colt invents the revolverArkansas become a stateMichigan become a stateTexas annexionFlorida, Texas and Iowa becomes statesWisconsin becomes a stateCalifornia becomes a stateCommodore Matthew Perry opens JapanMinnesota becomes a stateAbraham Lincoln eclected president of the united states of america.The Civil WarThe Civil WarBattle of GettysburgNeveda becomes a stateKKK foundedPurchase of AlaskaNebraska becomes a stateThe First Transcontinental RailroadGreat Chicago FireColorado becomes a stateU.S population exceeds 50 MillionChinese Exclusion ActNational Geographic Society foundedNorth Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington become statesGeneral Electric Company foundedUtah becomes a stateHawaii annexedNewlands ResolutionU.S population exceeds 75 MillionNewlands Reclamation ActPanama Canal Zone acquiredOklahoma becomes a stateFederal Bureau of Investigation createdSupreme Court breaks up Standard OilNew Mexico and Arizona becomes statesRMS Titanic sinksHenry Ford develops the modern assembly lineU.S. acquires Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands purchased from DenmarkImmigration ActGreat Depression startsEmpire State Building opens in New York.Franklin D. Roosevelt elected presidentPresident Roosevelt establishes the New DealDust Bowl beginsHindenburg disaster, killing 35 people and marking an end to airship travelGolden Gate Bridge completed in San FranciscoAttack on Pearl HarborJapanese American internment begins, per executive order by President
Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property.Battle of MidwayD-Day (also known as Operation Overlord)Bretton Woods ConferenceYalta ConferenceBattle of Iwo JimaAtomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.United Nations Charter signed in San Francisco, establishing the United NationsThe Marshall PlanTruman Doctrine establishesNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formedSenator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism (1950–1954) beginsSaint Lawrence Seaway ActRay Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurantAlaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th U.S. states; to date, they are the final two states admitted to the union.John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th PresidentTrade Expansion ActCuban Missile Crisis, the closest nuclear confrontation involving the U.S. and USSRMarch on Washington; Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speechPresident Kennedy assassinated in Dallas; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President.The first Super Bowl is played, with the Green Bay Packers defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinatedU.S population goes over 200 Million.Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon on the Apollo 11 missionPresident Richard Nixon ends the United States Gold standard monetary policy, known as the Nixon ShockSweet Home Alabama released by Lynyrd Skynyrd.Bill Gates founds Microsoft, which will eventually dominate the home computer operating system market.1976 – Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne found Apple Inc.Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, diesRonald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President (January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989); George Bush becomes Vice President.The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet service.The Cold War ends as the USSR is dissolved.George W. Bush becomes the 43rd President, Dick Cheney becomes Vice President.Terrorist attack on the twins towers, The Pentgone, the white house and theThe American population is over 300 Million peopleU.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of among other factors international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro.Post Subprimes actions.U.S. presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected president, and Joe Biden vice president.Subprimes crisisDonald Trump becomes the 45th President, Mike Pence becomes Vice President.Beginning of the U.S intervention in syria.Opening of the cumberland gapPeriods
United States Revolution or WarBill of Rights ratifiedCalifornia Gold RushThe secessionist Nashville ConventionThe Civil WarWorld War OneWorld War twoVietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in SaigonThe "Summer of Love"The Gulf War is waged in the Middle EastU.S war in AfghanistanThe United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invades Iraq marking the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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