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Oct 9, 1492
The discovery of America by Columbus
To celebrate Christopher Columbus discovering the New World. -
The settlement to Jamestown
Was named by English men after their king, James i and was a journey by 3 ships to virginia. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a revolt against the taxation on tea and was led by the Sons of Liberty. -
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to take weapons, they run into an untrained militia. This army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory boost their confidence for the war ahead. -
The Declaration of Independence
Adopted by second continental congress meeting in Pennsylvania state house (Independence Hall) -
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The battle of Yorktown
The Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the battle of Little York, ended on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a victory by a joined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops. -
The constitutional convention
In September, at the Annapolis Convention,five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to talk about improvements to the Articles of Confederation. The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia. -
The invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney (1765-1825) created the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts has four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. ... An Act Respecting Alien Enemies. An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S. paid fifty million francs and a cancels the debts worth eighteen million francs for a total of sixty-eight million francs. -
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The War of 1812
Causes of the War of 1812. In the 19th century, Great Britain was locked in a long and horrible conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte's France. In an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to take out the sectional and political rivalries sparked by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be allowed. At the time, the United States has twenty-two states, evenly split between slave and free -
Andrew Jackson's Election
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th presidential election, in Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, who won a by college vote in the 1824 election. -
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The panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the U. S. that was a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. On May 10, 1837, banks in New York City suspended specie payments, meaning that they would no longer redeem commercial paper in specie at full face value. -
The invention of the Telegraph
Developed in between 1830's through 1840's by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
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The Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
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The Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ended the Mexican-American War. Under the treaty, Mexico also recognized the U.S. invasion of Texas, and agreed to give California and the rest of its territory north of the Rio Grande for $15 million and the assumption of certain damages claims. -
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Civil War
The Confederacy is the name given to the Confederate States of American which made from 1860-1865 through the Civil War. It started when southern states left from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The Confederate President was Jefferson Davis.
