American History

By arrowhead02
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    1753-1764

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    1831-1850

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    1846-1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendments

  • The invention of the Telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    June 30th - July 6th, 1892

  • The Spanish-American War

    April 21, 1898 – August 13, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the Airplane

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