Important Events in
American History!
By: Mallory Simpson
The Colonies
• 1607 The first colony founded was
Virginia
• 1653 The eight colony founded was
North Carolina
• 1732 The thirteenth colony founded
was Georgia
The 1400’s
• 1400 Karl Benz invented automobiles
• 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue
and discovered America
The 1500’s
1590 Zacharias Janssen invented the
compound microscope
The 1600’s
• 1608 Hans Lippershey invented the telescope
• 1619 Slavery introduced to the colony of
Virginia
• 1620 The Mayflower Compact signed
• 1620 Cornelies Drebbel invented the
submarine
• 1643 Evangelista Torricellia invented the
barometer
• 1650 Otto Guericke invented the air pump
• 1670 The first candy cane was made
The 1700’s
• 1752 Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity
during his kite experiment
• 1754 The French and Indian war begin
• 1763 The end of the French and Indian war
• 1765 The stamp act was passed by Parliament
• 1770 The Boston massacre
• 1773 The Boston tea party
• 1776 Washington Crossed Delaware
• 1776 The Declaration of Independence was made
and 56 people singed it. This gave freedom to the 13
colonies.
• 1787 Delaware became the first state
• 1789 George Washington was elected the
first U.S. President
The 1800’s
• 1801 Tomas Jefferson was elected for our 3rd
president
• 1803 The Louisiana purchase
• 1804 Lewis and Clark discovered the west
• 1827 W.A. Bart invents the type writer
• 1848 The California gold rush started
• 1859 The California gold rush ended
• 1861 The beginning of the civil war
• 1861 Pierre Michoux invented the bicycle
• 1865 The end of the civil war
• 1876
Alexander Graham Bell invented the
telephone
• 1896 Hennery Ford invented the Ford
The 1900’s
• 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the
airplane
• 1919 The start of the prohibition era
• 1920 Women won the right to vote
• 1933 Edwin Armstrong invented the FM radio
• 1933 The end of the prohibition era
• 1939 Igor I. Sikorsky invented the single rotor helicopter
• 1939 World War II started
• 1941 Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
• 1944 The ball-point pen was invented
• 1945 World War II ended
• 1946 J.P. Eckert invented the computer
1900’s continued
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1947
1963
1969
1971
1983
1986
1990
1994
Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon
The first computer floppy disk was invented
The cell phone was invented
Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on take off
Operation Desert storm started, ended 1991
Internet began
The 2000’s
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2001 9/11 terrorists attacked US
2001 Enron declared bankruptcy
2002 United Airlines filed bankruptcy
2003 Space shuttle Columbia exploded on reentry
2003 The Iraq War started
2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Gulf coast
2006 Saddam Hussein was executed
2008 President Obama became our first black
president
• 2009 General Motors declared bankruptcy
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