U.S. History

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus' 1st voyage

    August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water rout to Asia.
  • The year Jamestown was settled

    The first permanent British settlement in North America
  • End for the French and Indian war

    Seven Years War
  • Boston Massacre

    Street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    kicked off the American Revolutionary War
  • The Declaration of Independence

    independence for America
  • The battle of Yorktown

    Ended the war for Independence
  • The signing of the constitution

  • President Washington's inauguration

    Became first president of the United States
  • The invention of the cotton gin

    Pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed
  • Buying of the Louisiana Purchase

    827,000
  • Lewis and Clark expedition begins

    first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States
  • The Battle of Fort McHenry

    British forces marched on Washington
  • The battle of the Alamo

    4000 Mexican forces, to 180 rebels
  • The 13th amendment

  • President Lincoln's assassination