U.S. History

By Ripley Dymphna
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Colombus Discovers the America's

    In 1492 Colombus sailed the ocean blue...

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    The Settlement of Jamestown was founded May 4th of 1607. IT is operated by the common wealth of Virginia and is a LIVING history museum.

  • The French and Indian War

    This war lasted 1754-1763
    AKA: The seven year war.

    France started expanding their land in towards the Ohio River which was Britan's property at the time being. This causted Britan to write the oficial war declaration.

  • Boston Tea party

    Political protest involving the two parties The Sons of Liberty, and the Government. It was a controversy over taxation

  • the declaration of independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention aka Philadelphia convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • invention of the electronic light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • he Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Invention of telephone

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of the airplane

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord