Welcome To United States History To 1865
The following links will lead you to a TimeLine of events that begin with the Native Americans crossing the land bridge from Asia onto the continent of North America. This TimeLine ends after the Civil War in 1865.
The TimeLine is divided into fifty (50) year intervals for easier access.
Dominant events in history will be found under a specific link.
After each link there will be a list of the people, places, and events which are important in SC Academic Standards.
Important Note To Teachers
At the bottom of this page you will find a link to the essential information for each Standard/Indicator. Each Indicator will contain some of the same links that will be found in the following TimeLines.
TimeLine
- Land Bridge Theory
- Leif Eriksson
- Native American Groups
- Christopher Columbus
- John Cabot
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Hernando De Soto
- St. Augustine
- The Lost Colony
- Jamestown
- Henry Hudson
- first slaves
- House of Burgesses
- Pilgrims/Mayflower,
- colonies deal with slavery and religious issues
- English and Dutch disagree
- Quakers
- Indian tribes disappear
- William Penn
- Robert La Salle
- Georgia established
- Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac
- slave revolts
- Benjamin Franklin's contributions
- French and Indian Wars
- King George III
- Proclamation of 1763
- Sugar Act
- Stamp Act
- Boston Massacre
- Tea Act
- Boston Tea Party
- Intolerable Acts
- Continental Congresses
- the many events that led to the Revolutionary War
- 1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
- Patrick Henry
- George Washington
- Paul Revere
- Lexington and Concord
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Peter Salem
- Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Paine
- Battle of Saratoga
- France assists the colonist
- Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher)
- Charleston SC
- Battle of Cowpens
- British General Cornwallis surrendered at York Town
- Treaty of Paris
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark
- James Madison
- Florida Purchase
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- Missouri compromise
- Santa Fe Trail
- Oregon Trails
- Indian Removal Act
- slave revolts
- Seminole Wars
- Manifest destiny
- War with Mexico
- Mexican Cession
- gold rush
- Compromise of 1850
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Dred Scott decision
- Abraham Lincoln
- South Carolina and soon other states secede from the Union
- 1861 - 1865 Civil War
- Fort Sumpter, Charleston
- confederate States of America
- Jefferson Davis
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Battle at Bull Run
- Robert E. Lee
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Battle of Gettysburg
- abolitionist
- Gettysburg Address
- Appomattox Court House
Essential Information In The Indicators
The above TimeLine information can be found as it directly links to the Essential Information that is Found in the Fourth grade Standards/Indicators.
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