US History

By tlm2289
  • Apr 18, 1215

    Magna Carta

  • Christopher Columbus
    Apr 18, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Accidentally discovered the Americas while searching for a new route to the East.
    As a result of this voyage, a new age of European exploration and conquests of the Americas began!
  • Jamestown 1607

    Jamestown 1607

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    English law that increased the rights of all English citizens and further limited the power of the king.
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    The French and Indian War

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • Treaty of Paris of 1783

  • U.S. Constitution

  • The U.S. Constitutional Convention

  • George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    U.S. Civil War

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Gettysburg Address

    Site of the Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • 13th Amendment

    Ended slavery in the U.S.

  • 14th Amendment

    Gave citizenship and due process to anyone born in the U.S.

  • 15th Amendment

    Gave black men the right to vote

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    In 1896 the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy vs. Ferguson that segregation was legal as long as African Americans had access to public facilities equal to those of whites. The problem was, the facilities were never equal

  • 19th Amendment

    gave women the right to vote