U.S. History

By Lockwood
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus' 1st voyage

    August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water rout to Asia.

  • The year Jamestown was settled

    The first permanent British settlement in North America

  • End for the French and Indian war

    Seven Years War

  • Boston Massacre

    Street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    kicked off the American Revolutionary War

  • The Declaration of Independence

    independence for America

  • The battle of Yorktown

    Ended the war for Independence

  • The signing of the constitution

  • President Washington's inauguration

    Became first president of the United States

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    Pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed

  • Buying of the Louisiana Purchase

    827,000

  • Lewis and Clark expedition begins

    first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States

  • The Battle of Fort McHenry

    British forces marched on Washington

  • The battle of the Alamo

    4000 Mexican forces, to 180 rebels

  • The 13th amendment

  • President Lincoln's assassination