18th Century (1700-1799)
Year | Event |
1701 | The English Board of Trade Creates Royal Colonies |
1701 | French Return Soldiers to the North American Interior |
1701 | Yale College is Founded |
1702 | Colonists Sack St. Augustine |
1702 | Cotton Mather Publishes "The Ecclesiastical History of New England" |
1709 | Quakers Erect a Meeting House in Boston |
1713 | Treaty of Utrecht |
1739 | The Great Awakening Begins |
1739 | Black Uprising in South Carolina |
1739 | The War of Jenkins Ear Begins |
1739-41 | New Explorations |
1747 | The Ohio Land Company is Established |
1750 | Native American Cultures Dominate the Great Plains |
1750 | Parliament Passes Iron Act |
1783 | Noah Webster Issues "Blue-backed Speller" |
1785-1787 | Continental Congress Passes Land Ordinance Acts |
1786 | Shay's Rebellion |
1787 | The United States Constitution is Created |
1789 | George Washington Elected First President |
1789 | James Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights |
1789 | Alexander Hamilton becomes Secretary of the Treasury |
19th Century (1800-1899)
Year | Event |
1800 | Library of Congress Established |
1803 | Louisiana Purchase |
1803 | Ohio Enters the Union |
1807 | The Embargo Act |
1812 | War of 1812 |
1815 | The Treaty of Ghent |
1820 | Missouri Compromise |
1824 | The Adams-Onis Treaty |
1830 | Indian Removal Act |
1836 | Texas Declares Independence |
1846 | Mexican-American War |
1848 | California Gold Rush |
1850 | Compromise of 1850 |
1850 | Fugitive Slave Act |
1850 | California Enters the Union |
1850 | Nashville Convention |
1850 | September 9 |
1850 | September 18 |
1852 | "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published |
1858 | Minnesota enters the Union |
1858 | Treaty of Tianjin |
20th Century (1900-1999)
Year | Event |
1900 | Galveston hurricane leaves 6,000-8,000 dead |
1901 | McKinley assassinated, succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt |
1903 | Wright brothers make first controlled flight |
1906 | San Francisco earthquake destroys much of the city |
1908 | FBI predecessor established |
1913 | 17th Amendment ratified, direct election of Senators |
1914-1918 | World War I, U.S. enters in 1917 |
1914 | Panama Canal opens |
1916 | U.S. purchases Virgin Islands from Denmark |
1917 | U.S. enters World War I |
1917 | First regular airmail service begins |
1919 | 18th Amendment ratified, prohibiting alcohol |
1920 | 19th Amendment ratified, women's suffrage |
1929 | Stock market crash leads to Great Depression |
1933 | 21st Amendment repeals Prohibition |
1941-1945 | World War II, U.S. enters in 1941 |
1945 | U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
1947 | Cold War begins |
1950-1953 | Korean War |
1954 | Brown v. Board of Education ends segregation in schools |
1955 | Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat, sparking boycott |
1961 | Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba fails |
1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis brings U.S. and USSR close to war |
1963 | JFK assassinated in Dallas |
1964 | Civil Rights Act bans discrimination |
1965 | Voting Rights Act outlaws discriminatory voting practices |
1965 | Immigration Act ends national origins quota system |
1969 | Apollo 11 lands first men on the Moon |
1972 | Watergate scandal begins, leads to Nixon's resignation |
1973 | U.S. withdraws last troops from Vietnam |
1979 | Iran hostage crisis begins |
1980s | Reagan Doctrine provides aid to anti-communist movements |
1989 | Berlin Wall falls, symbolizing end of Cold War |
1991 | Gulf War expels Iraqi forces from Kuwait |
1995 | Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 |
1998 | Clinton impeached, acquitted by Senate |
1999 | Columbine High School massacre |
This comprehensive timeline covers major political, military, economic, social, and cultural events that shaped the United States over the course of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It includes key moments like the Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, World Wars, Civil Rights Movement, and Space Race. The events illustrate the dramatic transformation of America from a fledgling nation to a global superpower.
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[4] Events That Changed America in the Eighteenth Century - Google Books https://books.google.com/books/about/Events_That_Changed_America_in_the_Eight.html?id=2ugVHv81DeYC
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