History project

The Discovery of America by Columbus

Period: Oct 12, 1492 to 1504

The Settlement of Jamestown

Period: May 14, 1607 to 1699

• May 14, 1607 - briefly in 1610; again after 1699

The French and Indian War

Period: 1754 to 1763

The Boston Tea Party

Period: Dec 16, 1773 to 1773

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Period: Apr 19, 1775 to 1783

The Declaration of Independence

Period: Aug 2, 1776 to 1776

The Battle of Yorktown

Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781

The Constitutional Convention

Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

The invention of the cotton gin

Period: Mar 14, 1794 to 1794

The Alien and Sedition Acts

Period: 1798 to 1802

The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

Period: 1802 to 1903

light - 1802, telephone - 1876, airplane - dec 17 1903

The Louisiana Purchase

Period: Apr 30, 1803 to 1803

The War of 1812

Period: May 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

The Missouri Compromise

Period: Mar 3, 1820 to 1854

Andrew Jackson’s Election

Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828

The Trail of Tears

Period: 1831 to 1877

The invention of the telegraph

Period: 1837 to 1837

The Panic of 1837

Period: 1837 to 1843

The Mexican-American War

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

The Compromise of 1850

Period: 1850 to 1850

The Firing on Fort Sumter

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861

The Emancipation Proclamation

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to 1863

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

Period: 1865 to 1870

The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870)

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Period: Apr 9, 1865 to 1865

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Period: Apr 14, 1865 to 1865

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

Period: Feb 24, 1868 to May 26, 1868

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

Period: 1870 to 1911

The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

Period: Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 20, 1892

The Spanish-American War

Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909