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Timeline History of North America http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/wh/tlnamerica.html |
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c.1000-1020 1497 1513, 1521 1539 1565 1607 1608 1620 1625 1634 1638 1655 1664 1699 1741 1754-1763 1759 1763 1769 1773 1776 1777 1784 1791 1800 1803 1819/1821 1836 1845 1846-1848 1849 1859 1861-1865 1863 1867 1867 1868 1869 1877 1886 1896 1898 1903 1904 1911 1911 1914-1918 1919-1933 1929 1939-1945 1945 1949 1950-1954 1950-1953 1957 1963 1964-1973 1968 1969 1991 |
Viking settlement at L'Anse-aux-Meadows, Newfoundland Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) claimed Newfoundland for England Spaniard Ponce de Leon visited Florida expedition of Spaniard Hernan de Soto Spaniard Pedro Memendez de Aviles founded St. Augustine, Florida London Virginia Company established Jamestown, Virginia Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City Pilgrim Fathers established Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony Dutch W.I.C. (Peter Minuit) established Nieue Amsterdam (present New York) Colony of Maryland established as settlement colony for English Catholics colony of New Sweden (Nya Sverige) established in Delaware, extending into New Jersey New Sweden taken, annexed by New Netherlands (W.I.C.) English fleet sailing for the Duke of York took Nieue Amsterdam from the Dutch, renamed it New York French settlement of Louisiana Vitus Bering crossed Bering Straits, claimed Alaska for Russia French and Indian War; English, Iroquois allies faced French, their Huron, Ottawa allies Quebec City conquered by the British (James Wolfe); France ceded Canada to Britain in 1763 Spain ceded Florida to the British; France had ceded Louisiana to Spain in 1762 first Spanish, Franciscan mission established in California Boston Tea Party United States (13 Colonies) declared independence Vermont declared independence Britain ceded Florida back to the Spanish Vermont joined the U.S. Spain ceded Louisiana to France France (Napoleon Bonaparte) sold Louisiana to U.S. Spain ceded Florida to U.S. Texas declared independence from Mexico Texas admitted to U.S. Mexican-American War; U.S. annexed (Northern) California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico begin of California Gold Rush Oil found in Titusville, Pennsylvania U.S. Civil War Emancipation Proclamation - slaves freed in U.S. U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia Canada granted Home Rule, within the British Empire Carnegie Steel Co. founded first North American trans-continental railroad completed U.S. : submission of the Nez Perce, the last free Indian tribe in the lower 48 states; end of the Indian Wars Chicago, U.S. : Haymarket riots (labour dispute) Alaska (Klondyke) Gold Rush Spanish-American War; U.S. became colonial power Detroit : Ford Motor Co. established U.S. leased Panama Canal Zone; Panama Canal opened 1914 Standard Oil broken up necause it violated anti-trust law first Hollywood film studio founded World War I; Canada involved from the start, U.S. since 1917 U.S. : Prohibition Wall Street Crash; begin of Great Depression World War II, Canada involved from the start, U.S. since 1941 U.S. nuclear power Newfoundland and Labrador independent of British rule; opted to join Canada U.S. : McCarthyism Korean War U.S. : Sputnik-Shock U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated U.S. engagement in Vietnam War U.S. : Peak of Civil Rights Movement; Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King assassinated NASA (U.S.) landed first man on the moon (Neil Armstrong) Second Gulf War : U.S. lead coalition that liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation |
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13 Colonies' Population U.S. Population |
1650 c .52,000, 1700 c. 250,000, 1760 c.1,700,000 4 million in 1800, 50 million in 1880, 75 million in 1900, 100 million in 1920, presently 292 million |
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REFERENCE : Timeline of U.S. History, from Wikipedia Timeline History of Canada, from Gregg Family History Project; from Wikipedia Alaska Timeline, from worldhistory.com |
