US History Timeline

1. US History Timeline

2. Native Americans hunted and habited land
across the Americas.

3. In 1492 Columbus and other European explorers
began to colonize America.

4. In 1619 the House of Burgesses formed new
government.

5. In 1776 the
Declaration of
Independence
was written.

6. In 1781 the American Revolution was over.

7. In 1787 the
Constitution was
written and six
years later
Washington was
the first president.

8. The US grew and grew and in 1803 the
Louisiana Purchase doubled its size.

9. The Industrial Revolution grew the economy in
big ways.

10. The Civil War began in 1861 and threatened to
divide the country.

11. Even after the Civil War the nation was still
separated because of segregation.

12. For the next 30 years, the government required
Native Americans to leave their land and move
to reservations.

13. Immigrants flooded the US and found jobs in
the nation’s many new industries.

14. In 1929, the Depression began and in 1932
Roosevelt offered the New Deal as a way to help
the economy grow.

15. In 1914 WWI began in Europe.

16. In 1939 WWII began in Europe again.

17. The US attempted to stay out of both, but when
US was attacked they joined.

18. The US and Russia experienced tension called
the Cold War that lasted for 40 years.

19. Technology like computers changed the world.
In 1969, the US put the first man on the moon.

20. In 1954 the Supreme Court finally said it was
wrong to separate blacks and whites in schools.

21. On September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked the
United States.