U.S. History

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus 1st Voyage

    on august 3, 1492 Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all water route to Asia
  • The year Jamestown was settled

    Jamestown Virginia was established on May 14,1607. It was established by sail man, tailors and soldiers.
  • End of the French and Indian war

    France expansion into the Ohio river bought madness into the British colonies. The British declared war.
  • Boston Massucre

    The Boston massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on march 5,1770, on King Street in Boston.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

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

    It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. ... The war between the colonies and Great Britain was called the American Revolutionary War
  • The battle of Yorktown

    The Continental Army, led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British Army, led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis.
  • The signing of the constitution

    occurred on September 17, 1878, at independence hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • President Washington 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 invitation of the cotton gin

    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 or 1794. While there are claims that similar machines had been invented prior to Whitney's gin
  • buying of the Louisianan purchase

    Description The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi.
  • Lewis and Clark expedition begins

    First American expedition to cross the western corporation of the united states.
  • The Battle of Fort McHenry

    on September 13-14 the British attacked Fort Henry
  • The Battle of the Alamo

    The battle of Alamo was fought between the Republics of Texas and Mexico from February 23,1836 and to March 6, 1836.
  • The 13th amendment

    The thirteen amendment to the united states Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  • President Lincolns assassination

    the assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the United States government.