United States History Timeline

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United States History Timeline

Now, choose between event summaries written by MrNussbaum, and by HistoryKids.net - my fourth grade gifted and talented class at White Oaks Elementary!

Click on a century: 1500/1600 | 1700 | 1800 | 1900 |

1600's

1587 - The Lost Colony at Roanoke | History Kids

1607 - Jamestown Colony | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1609-1610 "The Starving Time" | History Kids

1609 - New Canada | MrNussbaum

1619 - Virginia House of Burgesses | MrNussbaum

1620 - Plymouth Colony | MrNussbaum

1626 - New Amsterdam (The Creation of New York City) | MrNussbaum

1636 - Providence (The creation of the Rhode Island colony) | MrNussbaum

1673 - The Explorations of Marquette and Joliet | MrNussbaum

1675 - Indian Wars - King Philip's War in Massachusetts | MrNussbaum

1683 - William Penn and the Quakers (The Founding of Pennsylvania) | MrNussbaum

1692 - Salem Witch Trials | MrNussbaum

1700's

1752 - Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity | MrNussbaum

1754 - 1763 French and Indian War | MrNussbaum | MrNussbaum Interactive

1763 - Proclamation of 1763 | MrNussbaum

1763 - 1766 Pontiac's Rebellion | MrNussbaum

1765 - Stamp Act | MrNussbaum

1767 - Townshend Act | MrNussbaum

1770 - Boston Massacre | MrNussbaum

1773 - Boston Tea Party | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1774 - Continental Congress | MrNussbaum

1775 - American Revolution | MrNussbaum (Timeline) | MrNussbaum Interactive

1776 - Declaration of Independence | MrNussbaum

1781 - Articles of Confederation | MrNussbaum

1783 - Treaty of Paris | MrNussbaum

1787 - Constitutional Convention | MrNussbaum

1787 - Federalist Papers | MrNussbaum

1789 - The First Inauguration | MrNussbaum

1791 - Bill of Rights | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1792 - The White House | MrNussbaum

1794 - Whiskey Rebellion | MrNussbaum

1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts | MrNussbaum

1800's

1803 - Louisiana Purchase | MrNussbaum

1804 - Lewis and Clark | MrNussbaum | MrNussbaum Interactive | History Kids

1811-1814 War of 1812 | MrNussbaum | MrNussbaum Interactive | History Kids

1820 - Missouri Compromise | MrNussbaum

1823 - Monroe Doctrine | MrNussbaum

1825 - Erie Canal | MrNussbaum

1829 - Amistad | History Kids

1836 - Battle of Alamo and Texas Independence | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1838 - Trail of Tears | MrNussbaum

1840's - Emigrant Trails/Manifest Destiny (Oregon, Santa Fe. California, Mormon) | MrNussbaum

1840's - Oregon Trail | History Kids

1846 - Mexican War | MrNussbaum

1850 - The Compromise of 1850 | MrNussbaum

1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act | MrNussbaum

1859 - John Brown's Rebellion | MrNussbaum

1850-1860 - Events Leading to the Civil War | MrNussbaum

1861 - Civil War | MrNussbaum | MrNussbaum Interactive

1862 - The Battle of Hampton Roads (Ironclads) | History Kids

1863 - Emancipation Proclamation | MrNussbaum

1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg | History Kids

1865 - 1870's - Reconstruction | MrNussbaum

1865-1900's - Jim Crow Laws | MrNussbaum

1865 - 1900's - Carpetbaggers and Scalawags | MrNussbaum

1867 - Alaska Purchase | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1876 - The Invention of the Telephone | MrNussbaum

1877 - Indian Wars - Custer's Last Stand | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1878 - The Invention of the Light Bulb | MrNussbaum | History Kids

1898 - The Spanish American War | MrNussbaum

1900's

1929 - Stock Market Crash (Great Depression) | History Kids

1941 - Pearl Harbor |History Kids

1942 - World War II Pacific Theater | History Kids

1944 - D-Day | History Kids