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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships on October 12, he went to go find gold and spices but instead he came across America. This is significant because there was rapid colonization through the western European powers. Unfortunately, Columbus' discovery of the new world is also shrouded by the violence and death directly and indirectly inflicted on peoples indigenous to the western hemisphere. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. This was significant because the Eurpeans were in competition to expand there empire to America and the first permanent English settlement in America was at Jamestown in 1607 -
The Settlement of Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. This is significant because the Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and begin a settlement. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. The significance was that both the French and the British wanted to expand to the west, however they would argue on who was going to the west after they would battle each other for seven years -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. This was significant because colonist were mad that there was a high tax on tea and to lower the tax the colonist threw the tea in the Boston harbor. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This is significant because the colonist were angry at the British so they took a stand and they defeated the British. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. This is significant because this document gave us our independence from Great Britain and made us who we our today. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. Where General George Washington won the battle. The significance to this is that this was the last revolutionary war against the Americans and the British and the Americans beat the British. -
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was a conention were 33 delegates came together to form the constitution. This is significant because the constitution is our form of freedom from the government -
The invention of the cotton gin
A machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. This is significant because before the cotton gin you would have to pick the seeds out but now the cotton gin would do it for you and it would be faster -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. The 13th Amendment banned slavery and all involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment for a crime. This is significant because these three amendments protect us citizens from the law -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
the Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. This is significant because this helped us inrerigate enemy spies so our country would be safe. -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone. The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited with inventing, building. This is significant because we use all of these objects to this day -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. This is significant because if the Louisiana purchase was still here the French could have made a French empire in North America. -
The War of 1812
A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. This is significant because this war was like a second part of the American war so it is known as the second American war. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. This is significant because if there was no Missouri compromise the United States would have been to different country's. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. The significance is that only electoral votes were allowed instead of popular votes so since states couldn't decide on popular votes they went on electoral votes and we still use them today. -
The invention of the telegraph
Telegraph can strictly be applied only to systems that transmit and record messages at a distance. This is significant because before people would write letters to people and now evolution over the telegraph we now have cell phones -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. This is significant because you would see a lot of native Americans move from land to land and now everyone is all over the place and where they can call home. -
The panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. The significance is that even today people are struggling to find jobs because of people getting laid off. -
The Mexican-American War
A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. The United States won the war, encouraged by the feelings of many Americans that the country was accomplishing its manifest destiny of expansion. This is significant because if the Americans didn't win the war half of the United States would have belonged to Mexico. -
The Compromise of 1850
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. This was significant because if North and South couldn't agree with each other then there probably would have been another war. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War. The significance is that this was the first act to start the civil war -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. This is significant because this document was the document that let all slaves in the United States to be free -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
A village in Virginia where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. This is significant because Robert E. Lee surrender calmly and it was the end of the American civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., just as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The significance to this is that the assisnator didn't like Lincoln acts that he made. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors," in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution. This is significant because we don't want someone with a bad record to run our country -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Trust organized. John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust by trading stockholders' shares for trust certificates. This is significant because it was allowing oil holders to be stock holders in other businesses -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in the town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company. This is significant because people went on strike and it is actually a calmer way than having a war -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba. The significance is that if Spain won they could have helped Cuba take over the United States. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt began on September 14, 1901, when he became the 26th President of the United States upon the assassination and death of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909. This significant because he became president after the former president was assinated and then ran again in 1904
