Significant Events in American History 1492-1914 (6th grade Social Studies)

By tamialbright63
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches "The New World."

    He likely landed in the Bahamas.

  • Settlement at Jamestown, VA

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth, MA

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Revolutionary War begins.

  • America declares its independence from Great Britain.

    The Declaration of Independence is signed.

  • The Revolutionary War ends.

  • George Washington elected POTUS.

  • The War of 1812 begins.

    The second war for American independence

  • The War of 1812 ends.

  • Abraham Lincoln elected POTUS.

  • The Civil War begins.

    First shots fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

  • President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

    Abolishes slavery in America.

  • The Gettysburg Address

    In Gettysburg, PA

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

    Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre

  • The Civil War ends.

    Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse in Appomattox, VA.

  • The Great War begins.

    World War I