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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Constitutional Convention
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The Invention of The Cotton Gin
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812
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The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Invention of The Telegraph
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The Trail of Tears
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The Panic of 1837
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The Mexican-American War
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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13th Amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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14th Amendment
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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15th Amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
The Invention of The Telephone
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The Invention of The Electric Light
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The Invention of The Airplane
