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Oct 11, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
In 1492 Columbus sailed into the Bahamas believing it was India, not knowing he had been the first to discover and announce a new continent. America. -
Settlement of Jamestown
The first English colony was established in Jamestown Virginia, named after their king James I. -
The French and Indian War
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act from the sons of liberty, as a protest of taxation. On December 16, 1773 they dumped 342 chest barrels of tea into the harbor. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independents is a statement declaring freedom and that the colonies were breaking a way from Britain. It was signed and announced to the Britain government. -
The Battle of Yorktown
In the fall time of 1781 Colonial and French troops combined together and went against the British Army at Yorktown, Virginia. George Washington and General Rochambeau of the French made their last attack on October 14th. They captured two British defenses and just days later the English surrendered. Yorktown concluded to be the last battle of the Revolution. -
The Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention lasted a hundred days. This important event took place in the Pennsylvania State House. This make the United States a Constitutional Republic.
The Convention started on May 14 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The reason was to decide how America was going to be governed.The US constitution was signed and documented to September 17. It it used as guidelines and laws for our country. -
The invention of the cotton gin
In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to speed up the process of getting the cotton seeds out of he cotton fiber. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on aliens. President Adams was afraid the foreign-born's would sympathize for the French in the war that never accrued. so the laws were passed, also targeting on the democratic party because the foreigners lean more to that side. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was between the United States and France for land. The U.S. bought 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. Only 4 cents per acre. -
The War of 1812
Causes of the War of 1812 included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory. Many loses were made but American troops were able to repulse British invasions in New York, Baltimore and New Orleans, this boosted their confidence. The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815, ended the war but left many of the most contentious questions unresolved. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a United States federal statute devised by Henry Clay. It stated slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting the practice in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The invention of the telegraph
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
The Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Pessimism abounded during the time. -
The Mexican-American War
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, are known as the Civil War Amendments. They were made to ensure equality for former slaves.
13: All slaves are free
14: Former slaves are now civilians and should be treated equal
15: Black people are allowed to vote -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The First Battle of Fort Sumter started April 12, 1861, when the Confederates fired on the Union garrison. These were the first shots of the war. The fort had been cut off from its supply line and surrendered the next day. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter was a failed attempt by the Union to re-take the fort, dogged by rivalry between army and navy commander. The confederates held the fort until many years later. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union General Grant in the Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. Days earlier, Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and city of Petersburg, hoping to escape with his men then and resume fighting in North Carolina. When Union forces cut off his final retreat, Lee was forced to surrender, finally ending four years of bloody sectional conflict. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, nine of which cite Johnson's removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The House vote made President Johnson the first president to be impeached in U.S. history. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
The Standard Oil Trust was formed in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller. He built up the company through 1868 to become the largest oil refinery firm in the world. In 1870, the company was renamed Standard Oil Company, after which Rockefeller decided to buy up all the other competition and form them into one large company. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
homestead and pullman strikes homestead strike The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in the town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Company. -
The Spanish-American War
On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands. -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president. At age 42, Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. He won a second term in 1904.