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Oct 12, 1492
1492
Columbus sailed to the Americas -
Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
US History Timeline
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the settlement of Jamestown
The first English settlement in north america -
The French and Indian war
British victory leading to treaty of Paris -
The french and Indian war
the war has ended -
The Boston tea party
British began to raise taxes on the American Colonies and the American people threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor out of frustration -
The battle of Lexington and Concord
As the British and the Colonies grew tension they broke out into the first battle of the revolutionary war -
The Declaration of independence
The day the American Colonists broke off completely from the British -
the battle of yorktown
the American Colonists won against the British -
The Alien and Sedition acts
John Adams made it so Americans could not speak against the government -
The Constitutional convention
The American Colonies got together and made a better government -
The invention of the cotton gin
An invention by Eli Wit made cotton much easier to harvest -
The Louisiana purchase
15 million dollars were spent on a large portion of North America -
The War of 1812
War-hawks attacked Canada and lost -
The Missouri compromise
The north wants to get rid of slaves Missouri wanted to become a slave state and the north said you can have Missouri if we can make Maine a free state. -
Andrew Jackson's election
After a long presidential debate Andrew Jackson became president -
The Trail of Tears
Indians were forced from there homes and sent through cold deadly weather lasting until 1877 -
The invention of the telegraph
the telegraph was invented and could use Morse code and communicate long distances -
The panic of 1837
the stock market crashed leading into a depression that lasted until 1843 -
The Mexican American war
We wanted Texas and mexico said no so the US attacked and won the war lasted until 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
agreed that the Nebraska and Kansas territories could vote for a freedom or a slave state -
The firing on fort Sumter
this attack started the civil war against the north and south -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves in the south -
The Organization of standard oil trust
john d. Rockefeller tried to buy all other competition in the oil industry then it was made illegal to buy off all competition -
Surrender at Appomattox courthouse
the civil war has ended and all the slaves have been freed. -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
During a play Abraham had been attending an actor shot in the head -
the 13th amendment
slavery is made illegal -
the 14th amendment
If you are born on american soil you are guaranteed US citizenship -
Andrew Johnson's impeached
The closest president to have been removed from office -
the 15th amendment
giving African Americans the right to vote -
The Phone was invented
suddenly communication became much easier -
the light bulb was invented
Thomas edition patented the light bulb -
The Pullman and homestead strikes
employees were angry and started shooting people and got the national guard involved -
Spanish american war
blamed the Spanish for destroying one of our cruisers and took Cuba and the Philippines -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
he was vice president when McKinley was assassinated and became the youngest president in US history -
The airplane was invented
the Wright brothers invented the first aircraft to be rode by man