American History
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Updated: 6 Feb 2024
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Christopher ColumbusVasco da GamaJohn CabotPedro Alvares CabralJuan Ponce de LéonAmerigo VespucciVasco Núñez de BalboaHernando CortésFrancisco PiarroEstebán and Fray MarcosFrancisco CoronadoHenry HudsonThe beginning of the American RevolutionGeorge Washington is elected first president of the new United StatesPotomac River site picked for the new capitalDeath of Benjamin FranklinThe first U.S. censusVermont becomes the 14th stateSamuel Slater's spinning mill starts up in Pawtucket, Rhode IslandRobert Carter III frees his slavesKentucky becomes the 15th stateEli Whitney invents the cotton ginJohn Adams is elected second presidentTennessee becomes the 16th stateDeath of George WashingtonThomas Jefferson is elected third presidentOhio becomes the 17th stateThe Louisiana PurchaseJames Madison is elected fourth presidentThe slave trade to America becomes illegalLouisiana becomes the 18th stateJames Monroe is elected fifth presidentIndiana becomes the 19th stateMississippibecomes the 20th stateIllinois becomes the 21st stateAlabama becomes the 22nd stateThe Missouri CompromiseMaine becomes the 23rd stateFlorida is bought from Spain for $15 millionMissouri becomes the 24th stateJohn Quincy Adams is eelected sixth presidentThomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on July 4thAndrew Jackson is elected sixth presidentMartin Van Buren is elected eighth presidentArkansas becomes the 25th stateMichigan becomes the 26th stateCherokees walk the Trail of Tears westwardThe slave Frederick Douglass flees the SouthWilliam Henry Harrison is elected ninth presidentJohn Tyler becomes 10th president when Harrison diesJames K. Polk is elected 11th presidentFlorida becomes the 18th stateTexas becomes the 28th stateIowa becomes the 29th stateZachary Taylor is elected 12th presidentWisconsin becomes the 30th stateMissouri CompromiseGold RushKansas-Nebraska ActFirst Transcontinental RailroadAlaska PurchasedHawaii becomes U.S. PossessionSpanish-American WarU.S. Gains Control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and Other Pacific IslandsUnited States has become a World PowerSuez Canal OpensU.S. takes over Panama Canal ConstructionCarnegie builds steel millFirst telephone conversation--Alexander Graham BellEdison invents electric light bulbThe Panic of 1893Labor unions started--late 1800sTheodore Roosevelt becomes PresidentWright brothers make first airplane flightHenry Ford builds cars on assembly lineU.S. opens the Panama CanalRussian RevolutionFirst atomic bomb explodedBeginning of Cold WarCuban RevolutionAssassination of President KennedyCollapse of Communism in EuropeEnd of the Cold War and Break up of the Soviet UnionFormation of the European UnionTerrorists attack American landmarksElection of President Barack ObamaPeriods
PrehistoryThe migration out of AfricaThe migration to North AmericaThe Mexican—American WarLewis and Clark expeditionWar of 1812American Civil WarReconstruction from The Civil WarJim Crow Laws CreatedHomesteading The PlainsCattle Drives in Great PlainsPlains WarsElectricity for citiesMassive immigration to AmiercaProgressive EraWorld War IWorld-wide DepressionWorld War IIKorean WarAmerican Civil Rights MovementVietnam WarIraq War
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