A very long history

  • 1492

    Columbus lands in the Americas

  • Period: 1492 to

    US History

  • Jamestown was established

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Albany Plan of Union

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convection

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclaimation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assasination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 13th, 14th, and 15th Ammendments

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The end of Reconstruction

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The invention of the airplane