Events in United States History

  • Aug 28, 1492

    Columbian Exchange

    Columbian Exchange
    Important because was a excahnge of food animals and etc. From different countries to get different things that they didnt have.
  • Period: Aug 28, 1492 to

    Top 20 historic events

  • Mayflower Compact.

    Mayflower Compact.
    Was the first govering document of plymouth.It was also written by colonist.
  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening
  • French and indian war

    French and indian war
    Important because started out with two countries fighting then came put to be a world-wide conflict known as the 7 year war.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    A treaty to come to a agreement and to end the war going on between countries.
  • Boston tea Party

    Boston tea Party
    When britian was taxing the tea to much the people didnt want to pay so the dumped it over board.
  • First Continental Congress

  • Battle of lexington and concord

    Battle of lexington and concord
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    When united states finally came to be indepment states and seperated from the britian empire.So its important because we united states came to be its own thing and not ruled by someone else.
  • battle of saratoga

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    Set of rights that can not be changed and also the most important rights there is.The purpose of these bills is to protect those rights against infringement by the government.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    It is important because was an expecsion of united states. That we bought from france
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
  • Compromise of 1850

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    It way important because if we didnt have it things would have gotten solved,Between two or more countries. Also plays a roll for all the people who fought in it to pay them some respect.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    The proclamation that lincoln put out eventually led to the thrithteeth amendement to abolish slavery and to get those few states to end slavery.
  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment
    This is a very important event because we finally got were not only knowing slavery is bad but got it to be a law that it was.