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Christopher Columbus discovered America, 1492. He led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in America.
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This war was also known as the Seven Years War. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
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These battles were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress.
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This battle is also known as The surrender of Yorktown. The British were forced to surrender 2 days after patriot soldiers captured the fort at Yorktown in 1781.
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Delegates from 5 states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.
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A series of laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1791.
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Eli Whitney created a machine that made the production of cotton more efficient by speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
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The Louisiana Purchase was the asset of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France.
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The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies.
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The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to remove the sectional and political rivalries.
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The United States presidential election of 1828, was the 11th presidential election. It was a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
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This was a financial problem in the United States. It lasted until the mid 1840s.
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The Trail of Tears was where they forced Native American nations from their homelands in the Southeastern United States.
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This was developed by Samuel Morse. It allowed long distance communication
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From 1846 to 1848, the United States and Mexican troops fought against each other in this war.
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The Compromise of 1850 was a set of laws dealing with the issue of slavery.
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The return gunfire and the surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War.
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This was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by the President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
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These amendments were created to ensure the equality for recently emancipated slaves.
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General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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Abraham Lincoln was assasinated while attending a play at Ford's Theatre by well known stage actor John Wilkes Booth.
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The House of Representatives started to question Andrew Jackson, involving 11 articles regarding "high crimes and misdemeanors".
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John D. Rockefeller organized the Standard Oil Trust in 1879.
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The Homestead Strike resulted in defeat of strikers. It was a major setback to the unionization of steel workers.
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This was a conflict fought between Spain and The United States. It was located in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam.
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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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The Electoric Light was invented by Thomas Edison. Alexander Graham Bell invented The Telephone. Eli Whitney invented The Airplane.
