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1492 BCE
christopher columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who voyaged across the Atlantic ocean in 1492 -
the french and indian
it pitted the colonies against those of new france -
the boston tea party
was a political protest by the sons of liberty -
the battle of lexigton and concord
start of the americian revolution -
the declaration of independence
we gained our freedom and equality -
the battle yorktown
the surrender at yorktown -
the constitutional convention
revise the articles of confederation -
the invention of the cotton gin
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney -
the alien and sedition acts
they were four bills passed by federalist dominated 5th untied states congress -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
they invented things that changed the world forever -
the louisana purchase
the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. -
the war of 1812
fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, -
the missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a United States federal statute devised by Henry Clay -
the trail of tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 -
andrew jackson election
Andrew Jackson of the Democratic party won the presidential election held in 1832 -
the panic of 1837
was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s -
the invention of the telegraph
An electrical telegraph was independently developed and patented in the United States in 1837 by Samuel Morse. -
the mexican american war
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the compromise of 1850
was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 -
the firing on fort sumter
There, Chesnut ordered the fort to open fire on Fort Sumter. On Friday, April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd, 1862. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Court House occurred in April 1865 when Confederate general Robert E. Lee submitted to Union general-in-chief -
abraham lincolns assasination
John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head with a .44 caliber Derringer on April 14 1865 at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C -
Assassination13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments are collectively the post-Civil War legislative measures that effected a paradigm change in civil rights in the U.S. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Angered by Johnson's open defiance, the House of Representatives formally impeached him on February 24 by a vote of 126 to 47 -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company and Trust, American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Labor Strikes of the 1890's
Following the labor strikes, rallies, and boycotts of 1886 there was a second wave of labor activism that struck the working community in 1892. -
The Spanish-American War
was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
theodore Roosevelt becomes president
The rising young Republican politician Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley. -
the settlement of jamestown
the settlement of colony of Virginia was the first english settlement in americans
