U.S. History

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian war

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th, 14th,&15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • Invention of the telephone

  • Invention of Electric light

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane