US History

By bikinieggplant
  • Oct 12, 1492

    America "Discovered" by Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus lands in America in the Bahamas

  • Pilgrims land on Plymouth rock

  • Salem witch trials

  • Declaration of Independence Signed

  • US Constitution Signed

  • Period: to

    George Washington Presidency

  • Bill of Rights signed

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • First photograph taken

  • Period: to

    American Civil War

    Began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumpter, and ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered

  • Slavery abolished

  • Alaska purchase

    Purchased from Russian Empire for $7.2 million

  • Transcontinental Railroad completed

  • Light Bulb invented

    Thomas Edison invented a long-lasting, commercially viable incandescent light bulb

  • America enters WWI

  • 19th Amendment (Women can vote)

  • Period: to

    Alcohol Prohibition

  • America Enters WWII

  • Hawaii becomes a state

  • MLK Assassination

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