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during the Pequot War, There was an attack at Pequot Fort near the Mystic River. -
Governor Robert Morris enacted the Scalp Act. Paying people to bring in Native American scalps. -
A bunch of taxed British tea was thrown into the harbor. -
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Kick off of the American Revolutionary War. -
agreeing to turn over the U.S. post at West Point in return for money and a command in the British army. -
The Declaration of Independence was signed by John Hancock and the other Founding Fathers. -
11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds die from disease. -
Washington moved the Continental Army to Valley Forge. -
engagement during the American Revolutionary War -
The Article of Confederation is ratified. -
The siege of Yorktown. -
Counting slaves as 3/5ths of a person in determining a state's total population.
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The U.S. Constitution is ratified -
1st U.S. President is Inaugurated. -
Washington's address before leaving after 20 years of public service to the United States. -
1st U.S. President, George Washington, dies due to throat infection. -
Thomas Jefferson wins in 1800 against John Adams. -
Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States -
Prohibiting importation of new Slaves after 1807 -
Major General William Henry Harrison leads U.S. soldiers against a tribe of Shawnee Indians -
battle between the two ships during the War of 1812 -
sea/land battle fought between America and Britain. -
Fight between Britain and America near the French Quarter of New Orleans -
The admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Andrew Jackson is elected 7th president of the U.S. -
Grants land west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands. -
Forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Native Americans over 20 years. -
A rebellion of enslaved Virginians led by Nat Turner. -
pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. -
Due to treaty, mexico loses 55% of its territory. -
A law that required escaped slaves to return to their owners, even if they are in a free state. -
Dred Scott went to court to try and become a citizen as he was a free man. -
two-day civil disturbance in New York City -
Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the U.S. -
First state to secede from the Union -
first major battle of the American Civil War. -
Presidential proclamation and executive order, given by Abraham Lincoln, to free all slaves. -
considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. -
abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime. -
Peace treaty at Appomattox. -
Confederate veterans convene to form a secret society in Tennessee. -
granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," -
Standard oil is created. -
Prohibits denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
The telephone is patented. -
armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota -
The first land run into the Unassigned Lands of former Indian Territory. Estimated 50,000 racers. -
Massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota Indians by U.S. soldiers -
Ellis island opens up and 700 immigrants go through that day. -
Supreme Court established the constitutionality of racial segregation. -
explosion of unknown origin sank the battleship. -
war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries -
L. Frank Baum published The Wizard of Oz. -
U.S. Steel is founded -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the U.S. President -
Ford Motor Company is founded -
called a "masterpiece of investigative journalism" -
Established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
immigration station was opened on Angel Island -
allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators -
first commercial radio station. broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. -
Margaret Gorman, winner of the 1921 “Inter-City Beauty” contest -
bribery scandal involving President Warren G. Harding, from 1921-23 -
Held at Chamonix in the French Alps. -
7 members of "Bugs" Moran's bootlegging gang were murdered by Al Capone's gang. -
Fitzgerald published his book, The Great Gatsby. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are charged with murder and armed robbery. -
Court case where a high school teacher was charged for teaching human evolution. -
first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history -
first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound. -
The stock exchange in New York crashed from credit shares not being paid back. -
Herbert Hoover signed the bill to adopt the SSB as the National Anthem. -
The NYC skyscraper is opened for the first time.
