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French and Indian war 1754-1763
French and Indian war was fought to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America. France and its colonists and Indian allies fought against Britain, its colonists and Indian allies. The war began with conflicts about land. War provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America -
Continental congress
First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Declaration of Independence
July 4th: Declaration of American Independence signed -
Articles of confederation
the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. -
U.S Constitution
U.S. Constitution ratified. On this day in 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of the land. -
Bill of rights
Bill of rights passed -
War of 1812
conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. -
Mexican war
war between the United States and Mexico stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim). -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln elected president. -
Civil war
DescriptionThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. -
Emancipation proclamation
Exec-utive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing all slaves held in geographical areas in rebellion against the United States. -
Abraham Lincoln assassinated
Assasinated by John Wilkes booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
Reconstruction era
Much of the Southern United States was destroyed during the Civil war. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. -
First continental railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line. Connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.
