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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
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 exploit North America.
U.S. History Primary Source Timeline Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 Overview The English Establish a Foothold at Jamestown, 1606-1610 Evolution of the Virginia Colony, 1611-1624
Explore important topics and moments in U.S. history through historical primary sources from the Library of Congress.
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.
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.
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.
In 1861, the United States faced its greatest crisis to that time. The northern and southern states had become less and less alike - socially, economically, politically. The North had become increasingly industrial and commercial while the South had remained largely agricultural.
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.
Presentation U.S. History Primary Source Timeline Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 Overview The widespread prosperity of the 1920s ended abruptly with the stock market crash in October 1929 and the great economic depression that followed.