US History

By AbbyMunch
  • Christopher Columbus Discovers America
    1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovers America

    Christopher Columbus, while searching for a way westward to India, discovers the Americas.
  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    The Settlement of Jamestown

    Jamestown in established in Virginia, and becomes the first permanent English settlement.
  • The French Indian War

    The French Indian War

    The Colonies of New France and British America battle out their differences for nine years. (Ended 1763)
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Boston protests the "taxation without representation" that the British were putting them under.
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first military engagements of the revolutionary war.
  • The Declaration Of Independence

    The Declaration Of Independence

    The declaration of Independence is finished and approved.(Independence was actually declared July 2nd)
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown

    The last major battle in the American revolution. (ended the 28th of October, 1781)
  • The Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention

    The convention resulted in the creating of the Constitution. (ended September 17th, 1787)
  • The Alien and Sedation Acts

    The Alien and Sedation Acts

    President John Adams signs the acts, hoping they will strengthen national security.
  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    The cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney, and allowed cotton fibers to be separated from the seeds at a faster pace.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase

    America purchases Louisiana from France for fifteen million dollars.
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812

    A war fought between the United States and the United Kingdom as a result of the war between the United Kingdom and Napoleonic France. (ended February 1815)
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    The compromise was drawn up as a result of Missouri requesting to be made a slave state. Tension about slavery was already building, and this change was threatening to tip the scales. The compromise granted Missouri's request, but made Maine a free state.
  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    Andrew Jackson's Election

    Jackson in elected president.
  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears

    The deadly journey that native Americans took to get to their designated "Indian territory"

  • The Panic of 1837

    A financial crisis in the US that lasted until the mid 1840s.
  • The Invention Of the Telegraph

    The Invention Of the Telegraph

    The telegraph is invented and successfully completes an experiment.
  • The Mexican-American War

    The Mexican-American War

    a conflict between the US and Mexico ending in 1848.

  • The Invention of the Telephone

    Antonio Meucci invents the first basic phone.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    This compromise consisted of five separate bills passed by congress to defuse a fight between slave and free states.
  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    An address given by Abraham Lincoln ordering the freedom of all slaves in ten states.
  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    also known as the reconstruction amendments, these amendments were adopted between 1865 and 1870.
  • Surrender at Appomattox Court house

    Surrender at Appomattox Court house

    The Confederates surrender to the Union.
  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by Wilkes Booth.
  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson is impeached for his "high crimes and misdemeanors"

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    An oil refinery.
  • The invention of the electric light.

    The invention of the electric light.

    Thomas Edison's first successful test of the light bulb.

  • The Homestead strike

  • The Pullman Strike

    Strike demanding fair and safe work conditions.
  • The Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War

    Conflict between the US and Spain.
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt, statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer becomes president of the United States.
  • The invention of the Airplane

    The invention of the Airplane

    Wilbur and Orville Wright conduct the first successful flight of an airplane, lasting 59 seconds at 852 feet.