United States Timeline

Most authorities believe that the Western Hemisphere was populated at the end of the last ice age

Native cultures/Arrival in Americas

the articles of confederation

creation of the constitution

putin’ russia

cold war II?

The final push to “settle” lands aquired earlier in the 1800s

westward expansion

“to overspread the continent allotted by providence for the free development of our multiplying millions“

manifest destiny

last grasp of long-standing feudal conflicts spill out onto European battle fields combined with mechanized

the great gatsby

ww1 and roaring 20s

sinking of the USS Maine

Emerging world power

republicanism rise post water gate

Rise of conservitism/New world order

roanoke island

colonization

rapid expansion of civil liberties and rights in america occuring in the later half of the 20th century

fight for equality: protests and change

vikings

columbus and early eurpoan explorers

Market crash

Great depression and WWII

states rights, the fight over slavery

Civil war and reconstruction

9/11

Terrorism in the modern world

the creation of cyberspace

globalization and technology

rapid techonological advancement

industrilization/Gilded age

a ally turned adversary instantly, cuban missile crisis

cold war

new political parties, womans suffarage

pregressivism/reform

lousiana puchese

growing pains/rise of sectionalism

no taxation without representation

american revolution