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The first colonists from England decide to create a settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.
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A war between the British colonies and those of France which lasted form 1754 to 1763.
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The purpose of the Convention, which lasted from May 27 to September 17, was to amend the Articles of Confederation.
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The cotton gin is invented by Eli Whitney.
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A land deal between the U.S. and France, in which the States gained approximately 827,000 square miles for $15,000. (it was a really good deal)
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A financial crisis that began a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s.
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A series of forced relocations of thousands of Native Americans from their homelands to areas in the west that had been designated as "Indian Territory".
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Sent by inventor Samuel F.B. Morse on May 24, 1844, over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, the message said: "What hath God wrought?"
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An armed conflict which lasted from 1846 to 1848.
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The compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills to diffuse tension between the slave and free states.
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The 13th Amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States.
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The official end of the Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to the Union.
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The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
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The 15th amendment allowed people of all races to vote.
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Alexander Graham Bell successfully tests and patents the telephone.
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Thomas Edison patents the first electric light bulb.
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An unsuccessful strike from June 30 to July 6 which resulted in a battle.
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An unsuccessful strike by railroad workers from May 11 to July 20 1894.
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The Spanish-American War lasted from April 21, 1898 to August 13, 1898.
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Theodore Roosevelt became America's youngest president in history after the assassination of William McKinley.
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The Wright brothers achieved the first successful powered, sustained, and controlled aircraft flight.
