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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
Leif Eriksson actually the first European to get to America, and Columbus pretty much made slavery hip. Not a nice dude. Fun fact, Nina's actual name was Santa Cara. Another fun fact, Columbus caused the extinction of the Arawak native Americans. -
Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
Us History A Timeline
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The Settlement of Jamestown
Fun fact! these poor blokes were so starved, they resorted to cannibalism! Historians also think that they were so desperate, they ate poo, like a lot of it... not yum. -
The French and Indian War
George Washington was commanding in this war, and what did he do? Ignite a world war! I mean come on!!! He even surrendered to the french at fort Necessity -
The Boston Tea Party
John Adam, always having a flare for the dramatic, called it "the destruction of the tea in Boston", original. Fun fact! an average American at that time paid 6 pence a year, in some British towns they paid fifty times that amount!! -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Samuel Prescott was the only rider that reached concord and warned them of the British. Not old Paul. -
The Declaration of Independence
Everyone is created equal!! unless your black, or female, or Indian... -
The Battle of Yorktown
Fun fact! British General Cornwallis, pretending to be sick, had general Charles O'Hara officially surrender to the Americans and French. -
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention actually didn't have many of the forefathers in it! Tomas Jefferson was in France, John Adams was in Britain, and the man with a CRAZY signature, my man John Hancock, just straight up denied the invitation! Fun fact, Rhode island boycotted the Convention, I mean it's no comic con but come on! -
The invention of the cotton gin
Remember when we were talking about slavery? yeah, this little do-hickey just made it so they had to work almost 24/7. Great. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Basically four "acts", and no it's not a play, that made it sucky to be an alien, and made it so you couldn't say bad bad things about the government, or the Illuminati, or both?!? -
The Louisiana Purchase
Well, when both the french people, and the American people oppose an idea what do you do? You do it! Even Napolean's brothers hated the idea, and he still went through with it. Fun fact, it was supposed to cost 15 million, but with interest from the two European banks America borrowed from, it ended up being 23 million... great. -
The War of 1812
Not only did the Americans expect the Canadians to greet them as liberators, New England almost seceding from the United States. from the US, not cool. -
The Missouri Compromise
Senator Rufus King, A senator named Rufus King and he's the northerner that led the prohibition of slavery in a new state. But his name is Rufus King, that's all that matters. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
seriously?? you elect this guy? 1. He killed a man in a dual, 2. both of the Carolinas claim to be his birthplace, and 3. ever heard of the trail of tears?!? -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that started a major depression that lasted until the mid-1840s. Nothing interesting happening basically. -
The Trail of Tears
The start and end date are too foggy to be exact, but a more pressing matter is that they named the trail incorrectly! With 5 people dying every mile, and there being 800 miles, there are 4'000 bodies! there would be a lot more corpses than bodies. -
The invention of the telegraph
Well one, a teenage girl picked the words for the first telegram, "What hath God wrought". And that's all I have to say on the matter! -
The Mexican-American War
Well, there's the good and then there's the bad. The bad news is that some of the American soldiers joined the other side. The good news is that the Americans never lost a major battle1 -
The Compromise of 1850
Well, they literally just had a 7-month debate, but whos counting? -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
Ok so not a single one of the rebels shots killed someone, but when they were surrendering, one of the cannons misfired and killed someone in fort Sumter?!? Ok then... Round one to the rebels -
The Emancipation Proclamation
well, it was more popular than the Gettysburg address I can tell you that! At least the papers acknowledged him! -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The recognized end of the civil war. big stuff ironically they surrendered near New Hope Church. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, literally jumped onto the stage. Fun fact, "Honest Abe had a dream about dying the night before the play. -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Note, these amendments were ratified at different times, I put the date for the 13th amendment. And now, back to your regularly scheduled program. So the three amendments basically made it so that all slaves were free, people born in American were free and Americans. And everyone no matter what color, race, or ethnicity could vote (just not woman.) -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Not too surprising, he never attended school, AND Seward's folly happened on his watch! But he did escape impeachment... With one vote! -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
A big event, with the oil, and the trusting, big stuff. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
(i did the date for the homestead strike) Also, lol the sheriff needed help from the governor because no civilians would help! -
The Spanish-American War
Well, yellow journalism and yellow fever were in this war so... Besides being the birth of Americas oldest overseas operation, it was a pretty yellow place. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
this guy was awesome! he got shot, just before giving a speech, gave the whole 80-minute speech. Not to mention he pretty much invented the teddy bear! Well, Clifford Berryman technically invented it but what ever! Fun fact, Teddy was so hip that he was president despite not being able to spell very well! plus he saved football and invented the word radical! -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
Did I put the date for the invention of the aircraft, why? Wilbur rocks B). Wilbur road the second flight. Plus he was the oldest so, i rest my case.
