Aspen Timeline

Period: 1619 to 1865

Slavery in the United States

This is a period of 246 years. Slavery was abolished 155 years ago.

Period: 1775 to 1783

American Revolution

The American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain.

Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence

244 years ago. The United States Declaration of Independence, where the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is signed by representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia.

1797

Sojourner Truth was born

Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist and wanted freedom from slavery. She fought against slavery and for women’s rights.

1822

Harriet Tubman was born

Harriet Tubman was born sometime between 1820 and 1825.

1849

Henry Box Brown

171 years ago.
Henry Box Brown escaped slavery by mailing himself in a box away from slavery. He became a magician.

Period: 1861 to 1865

The American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.

Period: 1869 to 1964

Segregation in the United States

This is a period of almost 100 years (95 years to be exact).

1870

15th Amendment

150 years ago. The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.

1876

The telephone is created

144 years ago

1876

Zitkála-Šá was born

1884

Missionaries took Zitkála-Šá to a boarding school (Maria Isabel)

136 years ago

1912

The Titanic Sunk

108 years ago

Period: 1914 to 1918

World War I

World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 1914 to 1918.

1920

19th Amendment

100 years ago. The 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote. It is supposed to apply to all women, but because of poll taxes and literacy tests, in reality it only gives White women the right to vote.

1927

Cesar Chavez was born

1929

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born

1933

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born

Period: 1939 to 1945

World War II

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

1940

John Lewis was born

Period: 1947 to 1991

The Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union (Russia) and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II.

1949

Adha's grandmother was 2

Around 71 years ago. When my grandmother was 2 years old and something happened to my great aunt and great uncle. My great aunt slipped on water and broke her arm and my great uncle was a baby and he got burned with an iron on his face.