Throughout its history, Brown University has embodied its mission of cultivating knowledge in a spirit of free inquiry.. This interactive timeline tells the story of a University forged by a commitment to sustained academic excellence; a shared ethos that values discovery, creativity and collaboration; and the persistent drive — by its community of faculty, students, staff and …

The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America until 1837, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the migration of freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to the continent of Africa.. The American Colonization Society was established to address the …

Timeline of the American Revolution — timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined together for independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combined to form the United States of America.The American Revolution includes political, social, and military aspects.

Feb 13, 2015 · Access early American history and history firsts. Search . 50 State Guide - eRD ... United States History Timeline Important Dates, Events, and Milestones in American History History ... 1788. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede form the Union. It re-entered after the Civil War. Area - 31,189 sq. miles; Capital ...

This period of American history was marked by the destruction of some traditional roles of society and the erection of new social standards. ... Timeline of United States history (1820–1859) History of the United States (1849–1865) First Party System ... Vol. 2: The Romantic Revolution, 1800–1860. Archived from the original on March 17 ...

Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft (1860-1936) completes his most famous work, "The Indian" (later called "Black Hawk"), a massive statue overlooking Rock River in Ogle County. 1912 : Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) launches Poetry: A Magazine of Verse in Chicago; includes writings of Springfield poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). 1913

The Growing a Nation timeline (2018) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The content of this timeline was supported in part by the National Center for Agricultural Literacy , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), under Agreement No. 2004-38840-01819 and 2013-38858-21212 ...

1820: Louis Pasteur, creator of vaccines, is born : 1820: Rugby football is invented in England: 1820: ... 1860: U.S. Civil War ends; reconstruction begins: 1860: First ship passes through the Suez Canal: 1860: Mahatma Gandhi is born: 1860: ... The American Civil War (1861-1865) occurred after 11 southern states declared secession from the ...

Presidency of Harry S. Truman. 1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism (1950–1954) begins; 1950 – McCarran Internal Security Act 1950 – Korean War begins 1950 – The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, is first published; 1950 – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through 1951. Hosted by Morey …

The history of human activity in Michigan, a U.S. state in the Great Lakes, began with settlement of the western Great Lakes region by Paleo-Indians perhaps as early as 11,000 B.C.E One early technology they developed was the use of native copper, which they would fashion into tools and other implements with "hammer stones". The first Europeans to arrive in Michigan were the …

1820–1860 The development of ... American Reform Jews formally accept patrilineal descent, creating a new definition of who is a Jew. 1984–1985 ... Interactive, searchable, filterable Jewish history timeline from the Gannopedia – Timeline from …

The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War.In the late 16th century, England (British Empire), Kingdom of France, Spanish Empire, and the Dutch Republic launched major colonization programs in …

This began the Philippine–American War, which would cost far more money and take far more lives than the Spanish–American War. Some 126,000 American soldiers would be committed to the conflict; 4,234 Americans died, [324] as did 12,000–20,000 Philippine Republican Army soldiers who were part of a nationwide guerrilla movement of at least ...

Figure 10.7 The bitter rivalry between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay was exacerbated by the “corrupt bargain” of 1824, which Jackson made much of during his successful presidential campaign in 1828. This drawing, published in the 1830s during the debates over the future of the Second Bank of the United States, shows Clay sewing up Jackson’s mouth while the “cure for …