Social Studies Timeline

Christopher Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

He sailed to the Americas.

Ponce Claims Florida

Feb 10, 1521

He claims it for Spain.

Spanish Win Control of Florida

Sep 24, 1565

Pedro de Coronas

Aug 24, 1566

Lands at Currituck Sound.

Spain Gives Up

Dec 24, 1570

Walter Raleigh

Mar 25, 1584

Takes over Gilbert's charter.

John White

Dec 24, 1590

Returns only to find The Lost Colony. Also, I could only find the exact year for this event and many others. Sorry about that.

Walter Raleigh Again

Dec 24, 1603

He got imprisoned.

Jamestown

May 14, 1607

Founded in VA. First permanent English settlement.

Slaves

Dec 24, 1619

First Africans brought to America.

Charlestown

Dec 24, 1628

Established.

Puritans

Dec 24, 1630

They settle Massachusetts Bay Colony.

John Cabot

Aug 6, 1698

His voyage.

Tobacco

Dec 24, 1750

Thrives and prospers.

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped British tea off of the Boston Harbor.

Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

First one held.

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

British Departure

Mar 17, 1776

Left Boston knowing they had been defeated.

Industrial Revolution

Jul 4, 1776

Industrial Revolution begins. Tons of factories.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Articles of Confederation

Dec 24, 1781

Approved.

Bill of Rights

Dec 24, 1791

Passed.

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 30, 1803

Purchase was made between US and France.

Lewis and Clark

May 21, 1804

They began their expedition.

Andrew Jackson

Dec 2, 1828

Elected president.

First Railroad Company

Dec 24, 1834

Chartered.

Mexico War

Apr 25, 1846

US declares war on Mexico.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mar 20, 1852

Published.

Abraham Lincoln

Nov 6, 1860

Elected president.

Civil War

Apr 12, 1861

It begins.

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Takes effect.

Lincoln's Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

He was murdered by John Wilkes Booth in a theater.

End of Civil War

May 9, 1865

Civil War ended.

KKK

Dec 24, 1865

Ku Klux Klan formed.

Alexander Graham Bell

May 3, 1876

Invents the telephone.

Spanish-American War

Feb 15, 1898

Wright Brothers

Dec 17, 1903

They made their first flight.

WW1

Jul 28, 1914

U.S. Enters WW1

Apr 6, 1917

On the side of The Allies.

End of WW1

Nov 11, 1918

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Roaring 20s

Jan 1, 1920

Sustained economic prosperity.

The Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

Economic slump. The stock market had crashed.

End of Roaring 20s

Dec 31, 1929

FDR Announces the New Deal

Mar 4, 1933

WW2

Sep 1, 1939

Allies vs Axis Powers

FDR Re-elected

Nov 5, 1940

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

The Allies invaded Normandy.

Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Jan 30, 1945

Carrying way too many passengers while trying to evacuate, the Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed by a Russian sub.

Hitler's Death

Apr 30, 1945

Knowing he was defeated, Hitler killed himself in Berlin, Germany.

Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

End of WW2

Sep 2, 1945

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

Japan surrenders, finally closing all hostilities of WW2.

Start of the Cold War

Sep 2, 1945

War with no bloodshed between the Soviet Union and the United States.

African-American "Sit-In"

Feb 1, 1960

In Greensboro, there was a nonviolent protest of racial segregation.

Martin Luther King Jr "I Have a Dream"

Aug 28, 1963

JFK Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.

US Enters Vietnam War

Mar 8, 1965

Martin Luther King Jr Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

He didn't deserve it.

US Leaves Vietnam War

Aug 15, 1973

However, the actual war doesn't end until later.

The Berlin Wall Falls

Nov 9, 1989

The Soviet Union Falls

Dec 25, 1991