US HISTORY TIMELINE

1. Declaration of Independence

1.1. IN Congress, July 4, 1776

1.2. 56 Signatures on the Declaration Paper.

1.3. Thomas Jeferson is the author” of the Declaration of Independence.

1.4. Independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776.

1.5. December 13, 1952, the Declaration was formally delivered to the National Archives .

2. Christopher columbus

2.1. Born on 1451.

2.2. Discovered America.

2.3. Discovered Cuba.

2.4. Discovered the Northern Coast of South America.

3. Civil War

3.1. January 9, 1861-November 6, 1865.

3.2. First battle between ironclad ships .

3.3. First successful submarine attack.

3.4. Diplomatic naval crises brought the North and Great Britain to the brink of war--twice.

3.5. New Orleans, the largest city in the South, was captured primarily through naval action.

4. Louisiana Purchase

4.1. 1803

4.2. Area: 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France.

4.3. Amount : $11,250,000

4.4. 18th U.S. State.

5. Revolutionary War

5.1. 1775-1783

5.2. Against Kingdom of Great Britian.

5.3. Turn into world war between France, Netherlands, Spain .

6. Women's suffrage

6.1. 1848 to 1920

6.2. Includes the fame women's right Convention in Seneca fall,NY .

6.3. Formation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association .

6.4. The passage of the Nineteenth amendment to the Constitution, giving Women the right to vote .

7. Emancipation Proclamation

7.1. January 1, 1863

7.2. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

7.3. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war.

7.4. The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to the states in rebellion.

7.5. The Emancipation Proclamation was a firm demonstration of the President’s executive war powers .

8. Lincoln’s Assassination

8.1. Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C .

8.2. Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C .

8.3. Led to the end of Slavery.

8.4. Fight to prevent the nation from splitting apart.

9. WW-1

9.1. 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918 .

9.2. Two Opposing Alliances : the Allies and Central Powers .

9.3. 70 Million Military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.

9.4. Result : Four major imperial powers—the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman .

10. WW-2

10.1. 1939 to 1945

10.2. Involved the vast majority of the World's Nations .

10.3. Two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis .

10.4. Involved more than 100 Million people, From more than 30 different Countries .

10.5. First use of nuclear weapons in combat .

10.6. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts..

10.7. United states become the super power of the whole world.

10.8. United States become the super power of the whole world.

11. Cold War

11.1. 1945–1991

11.2. Cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly Between the Two sides .

11.3. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the U.S as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences .

12. Kennedy Assassination

12.1. May 29, 1917, Brookline, MA .

12.2. Assassinated: November 22, 1963, Dallas, TX .

12.3. 35th President of the United States .

13. StoneWall

13.1. June 28, 1969

13.2. Violent demonstrations by members of the Gay Community .

13.3. After the Stonewall riots, gays and lesbians in New York City faced gender, race, class, and generational obstacles to becoming a cohesive community.

14. Moon Landing

14.1. Arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.

14.2. Apollo 11 was the first Manned Mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969 .

14.3. United States is the only country to have Successfully conducted manned missions to the Moon b/w 1969 and 1972.

15. MLK Assasination

15.1. Born: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, GA .

15.2. Assassinated: April 4, 1968, Memphis, TN .

15.3. American Pastor, activist, Humanitarian, and Leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

15.4. He is best known for his role in the Advancement of Civil Rights using non-violent Civil Disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

16. Beatles British Invasion

16.1. British Invasion was a phenomenon that occurred in the mid-1960s .

16.2. That same year featured the first three acts with British roots to reach the Hot 100's summit .

17. Apollo the Second

17.1. November 14, 1969 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida

17.2. Pilot Richard F. Gordon

17.3. Unlike the first landing on Apollo 11, Conrad and Bean achieved a precise landing at their expected location, the site of the Surveyor 3 unmanned probe .

17.4. They carried the first color television camera to the lunar surface on an Apollo flight .

18. 911

18.1. For 102 minutes on September 11, 2001

18.2. Hijacked passenger planes into New York City's mighty twin towers .

18.3. Killing more than 2,700 people.

18.4. unfiltered videos from nine New Yorkers who witnessed the day that changed America.

19. Assassination of Osama Bin Laden

19.1. May 2, 2011

19.2. Location : Osama bin Laden's compound in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, Pakistan .

19.3. Participants : Barack Obama , William McRaven , Central Intelligence Agency , Special Activities Division, U.S. Naval Special Warfare , Development Group , 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) , Marine Tactical Electronic , Warfare Squadron 4 .