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Oct 11, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
In 1492, Columbus sailed from Europe and discovered America. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. They named it Jamestown after their King, James 1. -
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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 known as the Seven Years' War. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
In April 1775, when British troop are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a time when it was announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded them self's as newly independent states from Great Britain. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown, also known as the Siege of Yorktown, was a decisive victory of the American Continental troops led by George Washington against the British troops. -
The Constitutional Convention
In September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to 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
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress, signed into law by President John Adams in 1798. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase, in 1803 was 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. -
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The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri in the late 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. -
The invention of the telegraph
The invention of the telegraph was developed in the 1830's and 1840's by Samuel Morse, the telegraph revolutionized long distant communication. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840's. -
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The Trial of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
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The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War, also known as the Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 and 1848. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between the North and the South. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter, was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, that started the American Civil War. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of the bloody Civil War. -
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments known as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The battle of the Appomattox Courthouse was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
The U.S. house of Representatives votes eleven articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and market company . It was established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller as a corporation in Ohio. -
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The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane must have been the greatest inventions of all time. These three inventions are what started the formation of our world today. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, and the Wright Brothers invented the airplane. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
The Homestead Strike was an industrial and lockout strike, which culminated into a battle between strikers and private security agents. -
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The Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain in 1898. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. Vice President. In 1901, he became the youngest President of the United States.
