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Aug 3, 1449
The Discovery of America by Columbus
Columbus found America when he was sailing to find Asia and ended up in America -
The Settlement of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first settlement for those to make profits -
The French and Indian War
France made and expansion to the Ohio Valley and it made a conflict the British colonies and made this war start -
The Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw over 300 containers of tea of the ship -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
British Troops marched to Boston to seize arms of cache alarms went of and it started a fight between the two -
The Declaration of Independence
The right to America for Life, Liberty, and Happiness it showed freedom and how everyone is equal -
The Battle of Yorktown
French and Continental troops begin this increased political clout -
The Constitutional Convention
This was when America was going to be governed and it was a big step to make bigger plans for the government -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin sped up the cotton production and removing seeds for the cotton -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
These were a section of laws that were passed by the federalist congress making it harder to deport foreigners -
The Louisiana Purchase
Land deal between the US and France 827,000 square miles of land -
The War of 1812
Conflict between the US and British Empire this restricts their trade -
The Missouri Compromise
This decided whether the slaves were permitted or to be free -
Andrew Jackson Election
The 11th quadrennial presidential election -
The Invention of the Telegraph
This was how information was transmitted when people were in different parts of the world -
The Panic of 1837
Financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
The Trail of Tears
16,000 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land.Many Indians died of disease, famine, and warfare. The Indian tribe was called the Cherokee -
The Mexican-American War
Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. Initially, the United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. -
The Invention of Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane
Thomas Edison invention of Electric light Alexander Graham Bell invention of telephone Wright Brothers invention of airplane -
The Compromise of 1850
To transfer a considerable part of the territory claimed by the state of Texas to the federal government, to organize formally two new territories, the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13. Confederate troops then occupied Fort Sumter for nearly four years, -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendment
Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. The 13th Amendment banned slavery and all involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment for a crime. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia when Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Grant. The Confederate soldiers had suffered greatly for their cause -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
While attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C he was shot -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
Impeach the President for high crimes and misdemeanors. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Designed to allow Rockefeller and other Standard Oil stockholders to get around state laws prohibiting one company from owning stock in another. -
The Pullman of Homestead Strikes
Nationwide railroad strike in the United States on a turning point for US labor law -
The Spanish-American War
Conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath -
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States
