United States History Timeline

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United States History Timeline

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

1600's

1607 - Jamestown/Virginia Colony

1607 - 1732 - 13 Original Colonies

1609 - New Canada

1613 - New York

1613 - New Jersey

1614 - Connecticut

1619 - Virginia House of Burgesses

1620 - Plymouth Colony

1620 - Massachusetts Colony

1622 - New Hampshire

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

1630 - The Founding of Boston

1631 - The Founding of Delaware

1632 - The Founding of Maryland

1632 - Williamsburg

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

1637 - Pequot War | All Indian Wars

1663 - North Carolina

1663 - South Carolina

1670 - Charleston

1673 - The Explorations of Marquette and Joliet

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

1682 - Philadelphia

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

1692 - Salem Witch Trials

1700's

1732 - Georgia Colony

1752 - Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity

1754 - French and Indian War

1763 - Proclamation of 1763

1763 - 1766 Pontiac's Rebellion | All Indian Wars

1765 - Stamp Act

1767 - Townshend Act

1770 - Boston Massacre

1773 - Boston Tea Party

1774 - Continental Congress

1775 - American Revolution Timeline | Revolution and Battles Interactive

1776 - Declaration of Independence

1781 - Articles of Confederation

1783 - Treaty of Paris

1787 - Constitutional Convention | Constitution Interactive

1787 - Federalist Papers

1789 - The First Inauguration

1791 - Bill of Rights

1792 - The White House

1794 - Whiskey Rebellion

1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts

1800's

1801-1815 - Barbary Wars

1803 - Louisiana Purchase

1804 - Lewis and Clark | MrNussbaum Interactive

1811-1814 War of 1812 | MrNussbaum Interactive

1811-1814 Creek War | All Indian Wars

1820 - Missouri Compromise

1823 - Monroe Doctrine (Era of Good Feeling)

1825 - Erie Canal | MrNussbaum

1836 - Battle of Alamo and Texas Independence

1838 - Trail of Tears

1840's - Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny (Oregon, Santa Fe, California, Mormon Trails)

1846 - Mexican War

1850 - The Compromise of 1850

1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act

1859 - John Brown's Rebellion

1850-1860 - Events Leading to the Civil War

1861 - Civil War | Civil War Battles and Events Interactive

1863 - Emancipation Proclamation

1865 - 1870's - Reconstruction

1865-1900's - Jim Crow Laws

1865 - 1900's - Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

1867 - Alaska Purchase

1876 - The Invention of the Telephone

1877 - Indian Wars - Custer's Last Stand | All Indian Wars

1878 - The Invention of the Light Bulb

1889 - The Johnstown Flood

1898 - The Spanish American War