Us history 1

US History 1

By Anneklein.classy15
  • Period: 1492 to

    US History time span

  • Mar 8, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War started

  • The French and Indian War ended

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence was signed

  • The Battle of Yorktown started

  • The Battle of Yorktown ended

  • The Constitutional Convention started

  • The Constitutional Convention ended

  • The invention of the telegraph started

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 started

  • The War of 1812 ended

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837 started

  • the panic of 1837 ended

  • The Mexican-American War started

  • The Mexican-American War ended

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    it was formed in 1863

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln was shot at Petersen House, Washington, D.C. (shot very close to when the civil war ended)

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The invention of the telegraph ended

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • the Homestead Strike

    my source said it started June 30, 1892 and ended July 6, 1892

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War started

  • The Spanish-American War ended

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the Airplane

  • world war 2 ended

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