U.S history

By 24nearl
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus 1st voyage

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

  • The year Jamestown was settled

    Jamestown is a city in Virginia

  • End of the French and Indian war

    The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France

  • Boston Massacre

    British soldiers shot and killed people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • the declaration of independence

    The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting

  • The battle of Yorktown

    The siege of Yorktown also known as the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York.

  • The signing of the constitution

    39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states, endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention.

  • president washington's inauguration

    The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797.

  • 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

    The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France.

  • Lewis and Clark expedition begins

    The Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was 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

    The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege.

  • The 13th amendment

    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

    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a stage actor John Wilkes Booth