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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus 1st voyage
In October 1492 Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani. -
The year Jamestown was settled
The first permanent British settlement in North America -
End of the French and Indian war
The end of the French and Indian war was 1754 – 1763 -
Boston Massacre
DescriptionThe Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, -
The battle of Yorktown
The surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York -
The signing of the constitution
At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states, endorsed the Constitution created during the four month long convention. -
The invention of the cotton gin
The cotton gin is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed. -
President Washingtons inauguration
The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States. -
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
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
The war of 1812 and also British forces marched on Washington, defeated U.S. forces, and burned the Capitol. Then, on September 13-14, the British attacked Fort McHenry -
The battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing the Texian and immigrant occupiers. -
President lincoln’s assassination
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
The 13th amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.