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Important Events From US History

By sxb4317
  • French and Indian War Started

    French and Indian War Started
    The French and Indian war started since both sides wanted the Ohio River Valley so they could expand their territory.
  • Treaty Of Paris

    Treaty Of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris was a treaty made to end the 7 year war between the French and Indian.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Stamp Act is enacted by English Parliament. The stamp act caused American Colonists to have to pay an extra tax for every legal document, license, newspaper, etc.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention
    A meeting was held in place to fix the AOC but instead it was replaced with the Constitution.
  • First President Got Elected

    First President Got Elected
    George Washington, the first president, got elected in 1788. He had a 8 year term.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    Thomas Jefferson doubled the United States by spending 15 million dollars on the Louisiana Purchase.
  • War of 1812 Started

    War of 1812 Started
    The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom.
  • 5th President was Elected

    5th President was Elected
    James Monroe was inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States.
  • End of Mexican and American War

    End of Mexican and American War
    The war was ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 with America winning Texas and California.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The south gained a strengthened fugitive law and the north gained California, a new free state.
  • Civil War

    Civil War
    The war that was fought between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederation.
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad
    The Transcontinental Railroad was built in 1863 to join the eastern and western halves of the United States.
  • End of Civil War

    End of Civil War
    The Civil War ended in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse. The Union won an abolishment of slavery.
  • Telephone was Created

    Telephone was Created
    Alexander Graham Bell created the cell phone.
  • Compromise of 1877

    Compromise of 1877
    The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the 1876 U.S. presidential election.