American History Hook Dates

American History Hook Dates 10 key dates in American History that other events center around. Each Hook Date includes an important event and a person. Historical events hook together to make it easier to remember.

Hook Date 1215 Magna Carta King John

Hook Date 1215 The Crusades The Vikings Gutenburg’s Printing Press King John signing the Magna Carta Robin Hood Marco Polo

Hook Date 1492 Discovery of the New World Christopher Columbus

Hook Date 1492 Christopher Columbus Santa Maria Caravel Spanish Armada Exploration Cortez and the Aztec Columbian Exchange Magellan circumnavigates the world. Spanish Galleon

Hook Date 1607 Settlement at Jamestown John Smith

Hook Date 1607 John Smith Pocahontas Jamestown England’s 13 Colonies Bark Longhouses Thatched roof houses. Ships at Jamestown Plymouth Plantation Salem Witch Trials

Hook Date 1776 Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson

Hook Date 1776 Thomas Jefferson French and Indian Wars Ft Necessity Minutemen and the Revolution Independence Hall Ben Franklin Boston Tea Party Boston Massacre Protesting Taxes Writing the Declaration of Independence

Hook Date 1787 U.S. Constitution George Washington

Hook Date 1787 JeffersonAdamsMadisonMonroeAdams Constitutional Convention U.S. Constitution Independence Hall George Washington The Liberty Bell

Hook Date 1830 Industrial Revolution Andrew Jackson

Hook Date 1830 Inventions and Industry Social Reform Transportation Westward Expansion Nationalism

Hook Date 1860 The American Civil War Abraham Lincoln

Hook Date 1860 Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Abolition and the Underground Railroad Equipment Causes of the War Battles Reconstruction New Technology

Hook Date 1913 World War I Woodrow Wilson

Hook Date 1913 T. Roosevelt, Rough Riders, Progressivism Titanic World War I League of Nations The Jazz Age Stock Market Crash, Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression Woodrow Wilson Immigration

Hook Date 1940 World War II Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hook Date 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Pearl Harbor D-Day Yalta Conference Atomic Bomb Japanese Interment Iwo Jima Navajo Code Talkers The Holocaust The Axis Powers

Hook Date 1960 A Time of Change John F. Kennedy

Hook Date 1960 Global Community Terrorism Homelessness and community issues. Innovation and Technology The Environment Sputnik Man on the Moon John F. Kennedy The Cold War Civil Rights

American History Hook Dates 1215 Magna Carta King John 1492 Discovery of New World Christopher Columbus 1607 Settlement at Jamestown John Smith 1776 Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson 1787 U.S. Constitution George Washington 1830 Industrial Revolution Andrew Jackson 1860 American Civil War Abraham Lincoln 1913 World War I Woodrow Wilson 1940 World War II Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1960 A Time of Change John F. Kennedy