U.S history timeline 2015-2016

By StoltzfuRJW

  • signing of the Declaration of Independance

    The signing of the declartion was a very important thing in the U.S

  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

    The day they adopted the first writenform of government

  • The British Surrender at Yorktown

    when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops

  • Shays Rebellion: Attack on the Springfield Armory

    2,000 farmers from western Massachusetts attacked the new federal arsenal at Springfield.
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    Constitutional Convention

    To adress promblems that the goverment had.

  • Ratification of the United States Constitution

    This was when the first congress adopted the 12 admenments.

  • The Ratification of the Bill of Rights

    Articles 3-12 were ratified.

  • Patent issued for the Cotton Gin

    The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson shortly after the Louisiana Purchase

  • First mill built in Lowell, Massachusetts

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    trail of tears

    as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its land

  • Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill

    a carpenter originally from New Jersey, found flakes of gold in the American River

  • Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory

  • Battle of fort Sumter

    Was the surrandarment of fort sumter which lead to the start of the American Civil War
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    Battle of fort Sumter

    This was the surrendarment of fort Sumter.
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    Battle of fort sumter

    This was the surrandarment of fort sumter.
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    Battle of Gettysburg

    The largest battle of the American Civil War.
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    Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Known as the battle of the greasy grass.
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    The Great Depression

    A long tragic point in history.

  • Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    First human on the moon.

  • My birthday

    When I was born.

  • The inauguration of Barack Obama

    When we got our 44th president of the Unitefd States.