History and Literature 1

  • 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • Beginning of French and Indian War

  • The Albany Plan of Union

  • Ending of French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence is written

  • The Battle of Yorktown Begins

  • The Battle of Yorktown ends

  • The Constitutional Convent Begins

  • The Constitutional Convent ends

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The alien and sedition acts are written

  • The Louisiana purchase

  • The War of 1812 begins

  • The War of 1812 ends

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • The invention of the telegraph

    1830-1840
  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The trail of tears

  • The Mexican American War begins

  • The Mexican American War ends

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The firing of fort Sumter begins

  • The firing of fort Sumter ends

  • The Emancipation Proclamation is written

  • The organization of standard oil trust

  • 13 amendment written

  • Surrender at Appomattox courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assasination

  • 14 amendment written

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15 amendment written

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The end of Reconstruction

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The homestead strike

  • The Pullman strike

  • The Spanish american war begins

  • The Spanish american war ends

  • The invention of the airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president