152 years in america

  • Dollar

    Dollar

    In 1765 the US adopted the first dollar
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Outlining the location and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A street fight between colonists and loyalist. Several colonist were killed.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The british put a big tax on tea so the colonists threw it in the harbor.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Patriot militia drove the British back to Boston
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    It was a British victory but they lost many troops
  • Battle of Moores Creek Bridge

    Battle of Moores Creek Bridge

    It was a Patriot victory, they tricked the British into crossing a bridge. While on the bridge the Patriots opened fire.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The declaration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson to announce their freedom from Great Britain.
  • Battle of Guilford Courthouse

    Battle of Guilford Courthouse

    Cornwallis surrendered to Yorktown and eventually surrendered to Major General George Washington
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    First president of the United States. He was the Commander and chief of the continental army of the American Revolution.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    Bill of rights is the first ten amendments of the US Constitution
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney patents his machine to comb and deseed balls of cotton
  • John Adams

    John Adams

    John was the 2nd president of the United States he was previously the vice president
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence
  • Sacagawea

    Sacagawea

    She accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition
  • James Madison

    James Madison

    James Madison was the 4th president of the United States and a political theorist
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson

    7th president of the United States
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    forced indians to leave their homelands
  • The trail of tears

    The trail of tears

    They forced the Cherokee Nation to travel over thousands of miles of the Trail of Tears and it led to over 4,000 Native American deaths.
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman was born a slave, abolitionist, conductor of the Underground railroad. Led over three hundred slaves to freedom.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Licoln was the 16th president of the united states. He was the president during the Civil War. He served as president until he was assassinated.
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter

    First battle of civil war. Confederate victory
  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee was the commander of the confederate army during the civil war.
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    It was the first major land battle of the Civil war
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    The battle bagan when the confederate launched a suprise attack on Union forces under the General Ulysses Grant. It was a union victory
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle in US history
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    A presidential proclamation that was issued by president Abraham LIncoln.
  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg

    The final military action of the Vicksburg campain in the Civil war
  • battle of gettysburg

    battle of gettysburg

    Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s soldiers crossed the Potomac River in Virginia and began to march toward the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.
  • Shermans March to the sea

    Shermans March to the sea

    Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of the March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into leave the Confederate cause.
  • Surrender at Appomatax Courthouse

    Surrender at Appomatax Courthouse

    General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States and became president after Licolns death
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    abolished slavery
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    citizenship rights and equal protection from the law
  • Ulysses Grant

    Ulysses Grant

    Ulysses Grant was the 18th president of the United States. He was the Commanding General of the U.S. Army
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone, to communicate with other people
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander invented the fisrt ever telephone
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    Thoams Edison invented the first ever lightbulb
  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton

    Clara Barton was a nurse during the civil war and founded red cross
  • Sitting Bull

    Sitting Bull

    Sitting Bull was a Hunpapa Lokato holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during the years of resistance to the United States government policies.He was assassinated at the Grand Rive
  • The first airplane

    The first airplane

    The Wright brothers built the worlds first airplane
  • The Wright brothers

    The Wright brothers

    The brothers invented the first airplane
  • Model T

    Model T

    Henry Ford produces the first Model T
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford

    Henry invented the first ever car the model t.
  • 16th amendment

    16th amendment

    Allowed the government to collect income tax
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United State and he was the leader of the progressive movement
  • 17th amendment

    17th amendment

    Establishes the direct election of united states senators by poplular vote
  • Assembly Line

    Assembly Line

    The first assembly line was installed at Ford motors
  • Tanks

    Tanks

    Tanks were first introduced in World War I, they were the most deadly weapon
  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson was the first african american pro baseball player
  • Warren Harding

    Warren Harding

    Warren was the 29th president of the United States. He previosly was the senator for Ohio
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    He is famous for the general theory of relativity
  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt was the thirty second president of the United States. He was also an american lawyer and a statesman.