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History

By marlieaubart
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    october 12 1492

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    may 13 1607

  • The French and Indian War

    it began in 1754 and ended in 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Thursday December 16 1773

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord- april 19 1775

    April 19 1775

  • The Declaration of Independence july 4 1776

    July 4 1776

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    September 28 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention- it began May 25 1787 and ended september 17 1787

    it began May 25 1787 and ended september 17 1787

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    it was either made is 1793 or 1794

  • The Alien and Sedition Act

    1798

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    April 30 1803

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The light was invented in 1809, the telephone was made on march y 1876, and the airplane was made on December 17 1903

  • The War of 1812-

    it started June 18 1812 and ended in February of 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

    March 2 1820

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    1828

  • The Trail of Tears

    1831

  • The invention of the telegraph

    1837

  • The Panic of 1837

    • it started in 1837 and ended in the mid 1840’s

  • The Mexican-American War-

    it started April 25 1846 and it ended february 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

    september 9 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    April 12 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation- january 1 1863

    January 1 1863

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    April 9 1865

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments- between 1865 and 1870

    between 1865 and 1870

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    April 16 1865

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    February 25 1868

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    1882

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    The homestead strike was in 1892 and the Pullman strike was in 1894

  • The Spanish-American War

    April 21 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    September 14 1901