US History 2015

By ladyabby
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    Day uncertain, month and year correct

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

    ending on September 17, 1787

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    month and day uncertain

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

    month and day uncertain

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    month and day uncertain, best guess made

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

    Unknown - best guess

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

    it said spring, month and day gussed at

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

    month and day gussed

  • 14th Amendment

    month and day gussed

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

    month and day gussed

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    month and day gussed

  • The invention of the Telephone

  • The invention of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The invention of the Airplane

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