U.S. History Primary Source Timeline - Library of Congress
网页U.S. History Primary Source Timeline. Explore important topics and moments in U.S. history through historical primary sources from the Library of Congress. Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763; The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783; The New Nation, 1783 - 1815; National Expansion and Reform, 1815 - 1880; Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 | U.S. History Primary Source ...
网页Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 Overview When the London Company sent out its first expedition to begin colonizing Virginia on December 20, 1606, it was by no means the first European attempt to …
Overview | Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 | U.S. History Primary ...
网页Overview. When the London Company sent out its first expedition to begin colonizing Virginia on December 20, 1606, it was by no means the first European attempt to exploit North America. In 1564, for example, French Protestants (Huguenots) built a colony near what is now Jacksonville, Florida.
Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900 | U.S. History Primary Source ...
网页Overview In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. The American West, 1865-1900 The completion of the railroads to the West following the Civil War opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development.
The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 - Library of Congress
网页Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 Overview Until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, few colonists in British North America objected to their place in the British Empire.
The New Nation, 1783 - 1815 | U.S. History Primary Source …
网页Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline The New Nation, 1783 - 1815 Overview At the successful conclusion of the Revolutionary War with Great Britain in 1783, an American could look back and reflect on the truly revolutionary events that had occurred in the preceding three decades.
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 - Library of Congress
网页Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929. Overview The early 20th century was an era of business expansion and progressive reform in the United States. Automobiles in the Progressive and New Eras The automobile transformed the lives of …
National Expansion and Reform, 1815 - 1880 | U.S. History Primary ...
网页Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline National Expansion and Reform, 1815 - 1880 Overview During this period, the small republic founded by George Washington's generation became the world's largest democracy.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 - Library of Congress
网页Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 Overview In 1861, the United States faced its greatest crisis to that time.
The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 - Library of Congress
网页The first shots of what would become the war for American independence were fired in April 1775. For some months before that clash at Lexington and Concord, patriots had been gathering arms and powder and had been training to fight the British if …