United States History Class 2015

  • First mill built in Lowell, Massachusetts

    a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
  • Declaration

  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

    British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York.
  • The British Surrender at Yorktown

    British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York.
  • Shays Rebellion: Attack on the Springfield Armory date

  • Constitutional Convention

    was to address problems in governing the United States of America. It was a meeting
  • ratification of the United States Constitution

  • The Ratification of the Bill of Rights

    Articles 3 to 12, ratified December 15, 1791, by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights.
  • patent issued for the cotton gin

    a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
  • lewis and clark expedition

    to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond.
  • Trail of Tears

    relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838 during which thousands died from starvation and exposure.
  • Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill

    Sutter's Mill was a sawmill owned by 19th-century pioneer John Sutter. It was located in Coloma, California, at the bank of the South Fork American River. Sutter's Mill is most famous for its association with the California Gold Rush.
  • Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
  • The battle of fort sumter

  • The battle of Gettysburg

  • The battle of little big horn

  • The great depression

  • Apollo 11 Moon landing

  • 9/11

  • Braden Reel's B-day

  • inauguration of baarak obama