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Everything from Columbus's Discovery to World War 1
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The Settlement of Jamestown in Virginia was founded On May 4, 1607. This is thirteen years before the landing of the pilgrims.
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This is America's part of the Seven Years war.
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Enraged American decide to dump the tea in British ships into the Boston harbor because of unfair taxes.
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Minutemen and Redcoats clash on the Green. The shot heard 'round the world happens here.
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The date of the signing is July fourth, but it was voted on by the continental congress two days earlier.
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The British Surrender to the Americans on this day. The Revolutionary war is over.
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March 14, 1794 was the date Eli got the patent for his invention.
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These give the government the right to deport any alien and to define treasonable activities. The first of these was signed on the 18 of June 1798
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The Treaty was signed on this day (30th of April, 1803)
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This was a series of forced Indian removals that took place across the nation.
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This event is much like the Great Depression. But smaller. Many people blamed Andrew Jackson for this.
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This was the date of the first telegraph in the United States. It read "What hath God wrought!"
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This date here is the date of the passing of the first two parts of the law. These created the territories of Utah and New Mexico. It also enacted several laws about slavery.
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This is what starts it all. All those boiling over tempers about slavery finally explode. Quite Literally. The Civil War has begun.
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Abraham Lincoln frees the slaves.
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General Lee surrenders. The Civil War is over.
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Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater.
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The First of three civil war Amendments gets added to the Constitution. The others are added on the following dates: July 20 1868, and February 3, 1850. These amendments protect the freed slaves.
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On the date Listed, Congress voted on Andrew Johnson's Impeachment.
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In this year the company Standard Oil was founded.
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The Homestead strike was started because of cut wages and the breaking up of a union at a steel factory. The Pullman Strike (May 11,1894) was a nation wide strike started by railroad workers.
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The Date included is the date of the first flight. The other dates for the other inventions are as follows: The first successful test of an electric light bulb, October 22, 1879. First phone call (You know, "Watson, come here! I want to see you!") March 10, 1876.
