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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus’ 1st voyage
he sailed to America -
Jamestown
it was settled in America -
End of the French and Indian war
A lot of people died -
Boston Massacre
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote the declaration of Independence. -
The battle of Yorktown
the seige of yorktown. -
The signing of the constitution
when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states.Not including Rhode Island. -
President Washingtons inauguration
When Washington became president. -
The invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney (1765–1825) applied for a patent of his cotton gin on October 28, 1793; the patent was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807. -
the lousiana purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Lewis and Clark expedition begins
Lewis and Clark explored the west. -
The Battle of Fort McHenry
In August 1814, British forces marched on Washington, defeated U.S. forces, and burned the Capitol. -
The battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a 13 day siege at a mission in San Antonio that was fought between February 23, 1836 – March 6, 1836 by Mexican forces of about 4000, under President General Santa Anna, against a handful of 180 American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico. -
The 13th amendment
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. -
President lincoln’s assassination
The Assassination of President Lincoln. Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
