Tech Project Timeline

By MariahT
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence was signed and claimed that the thirteen colonies were now free from British rule.
  • Articles of Confederation Passed

    Articles of Confederation Passed

    The first constitution of the U.S. It made a decentralized government that was very limited in power.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    A meeting that created the official U.S. constitution. It was held between delegates from each colony.
  • Bill Of Rights

    Bill Of Rights

    The first 10 amendments were added to the constitution and were called the Bill of Rights
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    The United States bought Louisiana from Napoleon for $15 million. This doubled the size of the United States.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    This was a war between Britain and the recently formed U.S. which made a very strong sense of nationalism in America.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    This was an agreement to keep the balance between slave and free states, and prevented the spread of slavery throughout the U.S.
  • Trail Of Tears

    Trail Of Tears

    The government forced indigenous people to relocate from their homeland, leading to the deaths of thousands of natives.
  • Mexican-American War

    Mexican-American War

    This war was sparked by the Manifest Destiny belief and ended with the U.S. gaining a lot of territory from Mexico.
  • Election of Abraham Lincoln

    Election of Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the U.S. and represented an anti-slavery republican party.