historical dates

By Kadie B.
  • 1492

    Columbus discovers America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The Albany Plan of Union

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The French and Indian War

    this was also known as the seven year war

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • -The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • -The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The Trade War

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • 1846-1848 the Mexican-American War

    this went from 1846-1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The end of Reconstruction

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane