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https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus
Columbus set sail with his three ships, Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, and landed somewhere in the Bahamas -
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https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/jamestown
About 100 members of the Virginia Company began establishing a town on the banks of the James River. -
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war
Also know as the Seven Year's War, the French and British colonies got into several battles before Britain officially declared war in 1756. Lasting for seven years before officially ending in 1763. -
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
A political protest for being taxed without representation. They through tea into the Griffin's Wharf Harbor in Boston. -
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord
The battle that began the Revolutionary War. -
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence
America was now the United States -
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/siege-of-yorktown
The last major battle of the American Revolution -
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/constitutional-convention-begins
The Constitution was born -
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, a machine that separates the cotton fibers from the seeds -
https://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp
The values of our country were challenged -
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/louisiana-purchase
The U.S. bought 828,000 square miles of land from the French -
https://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/war-of-1812
The Americans fought the British Navy over trade -
https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/missouri-compromise
Half of the States were slave states and half were not, the Missouri Compromise kept the balance. -
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/andrew-jackson
The new face of the Democrat Party and President from 1829- to 1837 -
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
Andrew Jackson had Indians removed from their land in the south so white people could farm. -
https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Panic_of_1837
Andrew Jackson moved to close down the US National bank, moving money elsewhere eventually causing the panic -
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph
Developed by Samuel Morse, the Telegraph revolutionized long distance communication -
https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war
The Americans wanted the rest of the land -
https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/compromise-of-1850
An act that declared California a free state, left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves, and determined the line between New Mexico and Texas. -
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter
Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter and began the Civil War -
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves free -
https://u-s-history.com/pages/h1804.html
The acts that led to laws being created to not allow dynasties -
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
The battle that ended the Civil War -
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination
John Wilkes Booth murdered Abraham Lincoln -
https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1524
African Americans were given rights and measures were taken to protect those rights -
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-andrew-johnson-impeached
The first president to be impeached -
https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/homestead-strike
A strike that was lost -
https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war
Fake news persuaded Americans to help the Cubans against Spain. -
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https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore-roosevelt
The 26th president, put in after William McKinley's death
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