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1492
Columbus sets sail and finds the Americas
Columbus thinks he knows a different and shorter according to him route to the Indies. Little does he know he is about to find the Americas. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
Jamestown was an attempt by the English to settle the new world. From the very start, things didn't go so well plenty of hunger and the system of governing was very inefficient. Then came Captain John Smith who signed a treaty with the Indians, solved the hunger problems, and fixed the inefficient government. -
The French and Indian war
The French and Indian was a war over land in North America between England and France. The war started out with a stunning victory for the French and their allies the Indians, but in the end, the English won the war. This war led to a massive land increase for England but it also led to unrest in the English colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
This Boston Tea Party as it is called was actually not a party it was a protest by the Americans. The reasons for this protest were that the American people felt underrepresented in Parliament. To express their resentment and anger at the English government they decided to board a British vessel and throw all of the tea overboard because of the tax that parliament had levied upon all tea bought by the Americans. They felt this tax to be unfair so they threw all of the tea overboard. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the first battle of the revolutionary war. The British were trying to cease some local munitions that the certain local groups were storing. Word got out and there were two battles, both sides suffered heavy causilties. -
The Declaration of Independence
This was a historic moment in the course of world/human events. This was the first time anything like this had been done. It was utterly unimaginable that a country would could be founded on an idea, back in 1776 this was unthinkable and impossible. History proves otherwise. This was the moment in which the American people officially declared that they were a free and independent people. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was the final blow to the British in the Revolutionary war. In this battle, the British were besieged by land and by sea. The British were surrounded by Americans and their French allies. In the end, the British lost the battle. -
The Constitutional Convention
This event was the final act that sealed America as the one and only Democracy that the world had ever seen. This event was held to create a working democracy because the previous articles of confederation could not hold the united states together so action was taken so that America wouldn't fade into oblivion. This was the Constitutional Convention. -
The invention of the cotton gin
This was a machine that greatly revolutionized the process of harvesting cotton. Sadly for the inventor Eli Whitney, there was an infringement on his Copywrite and therefore he received little money from the invention of the machine. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a movement by the Federalist party to help defend against french spies because there was a significant amount of fear of a French invasion. These acts limited freedom of speech and gave the government power to deport anyone anytime. -
The Louisiana Purchase
American acquisition of land from the french costing 15 million. -
The War of 1812
Second invasion of America by the British. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
Andrew Jackson was a famous war hero from the war of 1812 -
The Panic of 1837
This was like a mini great depression. -
The Trail of Tears
A force Immigration of the Indians by the American government. -
The invention of the telegraph
This the first long-distance real-time communication ever created the inventor was Samuel Morris. -
The Mexican-American War
This was a war in which America expanded to its full size. -
The Compromise of 1850
This was another attempt to solve some of the issues inherent to slavery. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to solve some of the aspects of slavery. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The start of the American Civil war. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This was the official end of slavery. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Was the end of the American Civil. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
This event was a very sad one in which the gallant commander and chief of the American military was assassinated after winning the American civil war by John Wilkes Booth. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
The removal from office of Andrew Johnson. -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
A bunch of Amendments -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
America's biggest oil company for many years. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Massive strikes by coal miners. -
The Spanish-American War
A war between the Spanish and the Americans. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
The title is self-explanatory. -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
All of these inventions were extremely significant and greatly impacted the course of human events.
