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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus finding america
Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain. October 12, the ships made landfall–not in Asia, as Columbus had assumed but on one of the Bahamian islands. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773 -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. -
The Declaration of Independence
which announced that the thirteen American colonies, -
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
The invention of the cotton gin
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States in 1793 by Eli Whitney. Whitney applied for a patent on October 28, 1793. The patent was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien Enemies Act, which Adams signed on July 6, gave him the power to deport any alien living in the U.S. with ties to U.S. wartime enemies. Finally, the Sedition Act, passed on July 14, 1798. -
The Louisiana Purchase
was a land deal between the United States and France. Ware the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
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The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom. -
The Missouri Compromise
On March 3, 1820, Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state. Under one condition, that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. -
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The Andrew Jackson election
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th presidential election. Held from October 31,to December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between current President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. Jackson being the winner. -
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. -
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"trail of tears"
in 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands of the Mississippi River and move to a place in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its sad effects. -
invention of the telegraph
Invention of the Telegraph. Long before Samuel F. B. Morse electrically transmitted his famous message 'What hath God wrought?' on May 24, 1844. -
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The Mexican-American War
The U.S- Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and dismiss a crisis between North and South. As a part part of the compromise the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was put an end to. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor. -
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
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Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments
Thirteenth:Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865.The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Fourteenth: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.Fifteenth:Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
United States President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, who became the 17th President of the United States after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, was one of the more dramatic events in the political life of the United States during Reconstruction. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world of its time. -
invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell. Bell's March 10, 1876 laboratory notebook entry describing his first successful experiment with the telephone. -
Invention of the electric ligh
The first practical incandescent light bulb.
In November 1879, Edison filed a patent for an electric lamp with a carbon filament -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor leading to American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president. 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. Teddy's 2 term sanding March 4, 1909. -
invention of the airplane
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.