US History A

By victoriaseitzer@freedomk12
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    Start date: 1754
    End date: 1763

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    June and July 1798

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    Jun 18, 1812 – Feb 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Developed in the 1830s and 1840s

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

    :Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 13, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870)

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    July 1 – November 20, 1892

  • The Spanish-American War

    Apr 21, 1898 – Dec 10, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    1880-1877-1903