History of the United States

The exciting history of the United States will come to life with these history timelines from Pre-Colonial America through the American Revolution, Civil War, the tumultuous 20th Century to current times with the 21st Century.

Featuring videos of important in US history and historical photos and pictures, key events in the United States can be explained and relived.

Interactive timelines that you control on your phone or tablet with allow you to scroll through the centuries make it easy and fun to explore American history.

Important people and events you will meet include:

1) Native American history including Pueblo, Navajo, Cherokee, Iroquois, Apache and others.

2) Early Spanish explorers such as Ponce de Leo, Giovanni da Verrazano, Hernando de Soto and Spanish Admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles who founded St. Augustine, Florida.

3) English settlers such as Sir Walter Raleigh, John Smith who founded the Jamestown settlement.

4) Early settlements and events such as Pensacola, Florida, New Amsterdam, the Mayflower Compact, Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Pilgrims.

5) 18th Century events and people include French and Indian War, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, First Continental Congress, American Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence.

6) Famous founding fathers featuring George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson,

7) 19th Century famous people and events featuring War of 1812, Trail of Tears, Slavery and the American Civil War, Fort Sumter, Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow Era and the Battle of Little Bighorn.

8) 20th Century famous Presidents, events and people include Teddy Roosevelt, World War One and World War two, Great Depression, Wall Street Crash, Dust Bowl, Franklin D. Roosevelt. start of Korean War. Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, 1960's protests and anti-war demonstrations. Bill Clinton. Ronald Reagan, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon and Watergate.

9) 21st Century events, presidents and people, G.W. Bush and Barack Obama, 9/11 bombing, Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Capture of Saddam Hussein.

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