U.S. History

By 24ejohnson2
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus' 1st voyage

    Columbus went out to sea for the first time.

  • The year Jamestown was settled

    The year people started to live in Jamestown.

  • End of the French and Indian war

    The French and the Indians stopped fighting.

  • Boston Massacre

    American colonists and a British soldier started to shooting at each other.

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to near by concord in order to seize an arms cache.

  • the Declaration of Independence

    56 Delegates gathered together and signed the Declaration of Independence.

  • The battle of Yorktown

    George Washington was the General commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops to fight 9,000 British troops in Virginia.

  • The signing of the Constitution

    39 delegates signed the constitution representing 12 states in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • President Washington's inauguration

    When George Washington was named the first President of the United States.

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    The cotton gin is an invention made to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed.

  • Buying of the Louisiana Purchase

    A land deal between the United States and France, which was 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

  • Lewis and Clark expedition begins

    President Thomas Jefferson asked Lewis and Clark to explore the land west of the Mississippi River.

  • The battle of the Alamo

    Thousands of Mexican troops came a over through the Alamo with only 200 Texan defenders.

  • The 13th amendment

    "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

  • President Lincoln's Assassination

    John Wilkes Booth who was a famous actor shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's theater in Washington D.C.

  • The Battle of the Fort McHenry

    In the 19th century Fort McHenry was of little military value and after 110 years of service at the fort the City of Baltimore held the centennial celebration of the Battle of Baltimore.