History

This page summarizes historic events from the founding of America until present and the history of racism in the United States in a timeline. You can navigate the timeline by scrolling left and right and clicking on the events.

Chapters

Chapter 1: The Discovery of the Continent / The Birth of 13 Colonies
The Discovery of the Continent The introduction of Slaves in the US The 13 (Original) Colonies Seven Years' War(1756~1763) The Sugar Act(1764) The Stamp Act(1765) Townshend Acts(1767) Boston Tea Party(1773) Coercive Acts(1774)

1500
1774
Chapter 2: Start of the Revolutionary War
Battles of Lexington and Concord(1775 April) Second Continental Congress(1775 May) Common Sense by Thomas Paine(1776 January) Declaration for Independence(1776 July) Siege of Yorktown[Battle of Yorktown](1781 September~October) End of the Revolutionary War(1783 September)

1775
1783
Chapter 3: History after the Revolutionary War
Louisiana Purchase(1803) Haitian Revolution’s influence(1804) War of 1812(1812) Monroe Doctrine(1823)

1800
1823
Chapter 4: American Civil War
Kansas-Nebraska Act(1854) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry(1859) Abraham Lincoln is Elected for President(1860) Battle of Fort Sumter (1861 April) ... Seven Days Battles (1862 June~July) ... Emancipation Proclamation (1863) ... Battle of Fort Stedman(1865) ...

1854
1865
Chapter 5: World War I
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914 June 28) ... Treaty of London (1915 April) Battle of Verdun (1916 February) ... October Revolution (1917 November) ... Fourteen Points (1918 January) ...

1914
1918
Chapter 6: World War II
Invasion of Poland (1939) The Outbreak of the Pacific War (1941) Battle of Midway (1942) ... End of War(1945)

1939
1944
Chapter 7: Cold War
Development of Nuclear Weapons(1944) Yalta Conference(1945) ... Marshall Plan (1947~1948) ... North Atlantic Treaty Organization[NATO] (1949 April) Korean War (1950~1953 (the conflict still remains)) ... Vietnam War (1955~1975) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) End of Cold War (1989)

1945
1989
Chapter 8: 21st Century America
September 11 attacks (2001 September 11) Iraq War (2003) Barack Obama Becomes President(2009)

2001
2009
History of Racism
Introduction of Slaves in the US (1619) Establishment of Slavery (1670) Emancipation Proclamation (1861) Montgomery bus boycott (1955) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 August 28)

1619
1963