U.S. History

By Cash Sudbury
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus’ 1st voyage

    Columbus sails to America.

  • The year Jamestown was settled

    First permanent British settlement in North America.

  • End of the French and Indian war. 1763

    ended with the signing of the treaty of paris.

  • Boston Massacre.

    Was a fight between the patriot mob and a group of british soldiers.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    one of the most important documents in the history of the United States.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    German Battle or the siege of Little York,

  • The signing of the constitution.

    established America's national government and fundamental laws.

  • President Washingtons inauguration.

    began the journey from his home at Mount Vernon to New York City,

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber

  • Buying of the Louisiana Purchase.

    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.

  • Lewis and Clark expedition begins

    Their mission was to explore the unknown territory

  • The Battle of Fort McHenry

    Then, on September 13-14, the British attacked Fort McHenry

  • The battle of the Alamo

    The Battle of the Alamo was fought between the Republic of Texas and Mexico

  • The 13th amendment

    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted

  • President lincoln’s assassination.

    president lincoln got killed during his assasination