Important Events of US History

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Important Events of US History

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovers America

    Christopher Columbus  discovers America
    No event afterwards would have happened if Christopher Columbus would not have founded America.
  • Pilgrims come to America

    Pilgrims come to America
    Established Plymoth Colony, Jamestown, and Massachussetts Bay. They also brought religious freedom, and Christianity.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    People on the ship agreed to 'majorrity rule'.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    French and Indians versus the British and Americans. Because America won, it gave them confidence to fight more.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Men and women refused to buy, or use supplies from Britian.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    Was the first move towards independence.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Finalized and proved America was independent.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    When the war began to go bad for the Americans, the French stepped intp help with supplies, shelter, etc. Americans won and it built up their self esteem.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    First government was formed.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    Is the last battle of the Revolution.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris was signed to prevent or end wars. It resulted in ending the Revolutionary War.
  • Ratification of Constitution

    Ratification of Constitution
    Explains to us how we will be governed.
  • Louuisiana Purchase

    Doupled the size of the United States
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    Missouri wants to enter the union. All states north of Missouri are free states. The compromise prevented the Civil War from happening in 1820.
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis
    South Carolina decides they do not want to pay tarriffs.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Strengthens fugitive slave act. If anyone found slaves that had escaped to the north they were forced to return/report them to the south.
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas and Nebraska want to join the union. This was the first event that blood shed over slavery.
  • The beginning of the Civil War

    The beginning of the Civil War
    Proved America could come together as one.
  • 13th Ammendmant

    13th Ammendmant
    Abolished slavery in the United States.
  • Emancipation Proclomation

    Emancipation Proclomation
    It changed the goal of the war, and makes the war a moral cause for the north.
  • End of Civil War

    End of Civil War
    Ended all fighting of the Civil War.