u.s history

By kylee parrish
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Colombus' 1st voyage 1492

    Columbus set sail from Spain to dind an all-water route to Asia.

  • Jamestown

    When Jamestown was settled.

  • End of the French and Indian War 1763

    When the war between the French and the Indians ended.

  • Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a street fight where a patriot mob threw snowballs, stones, and sticks.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    A fight that kicked off the American Revolutionary War.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    An official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War

  • The Signing of the Constitution

    The date where 39 delegates from 12 states came together to sign the Constitution

  • President Washington's Inauguration

    When George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States.

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    The cotton gin is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed.

  • Buying of the Louisiana Purchase

    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

    The first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.

  • The Battle of Fort McHenry

    British forces marched on Washington, defeated U.S. forces, and burned the Capitol.

  • The Battle of the Alamo

    A fight between the Republic of Texas and Mexico from February 23, 1836 to March 6, 1836.

  • The 13th amendment

    The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

  • President Lincoln's Assassination

    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 sent a fatal gunshot into President Abraham Lincoln.