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Oct 3, 1492
The Discovery of America by Colombus
This is important because this led to the exploration of the Americas and Conquering of them. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
First colony of in America from Europe. -
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The French and Indian War
Shifted the global balance of power. -
The Boston Tea party
Important because of both the American and British responses to this event. Key event for Revolutionary War of America. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First of the revolutionary battles against Britain and they proved that America could stand up against the most powerful army in the world at the time. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. Showed that America had separated from Britain and showed their ideas to man of liberty and equality. -
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Battle of Yorktown
British surrendered on this battle, letting the U.S. win the revolutionary war. -
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The Constitutional Convention
Fifty five delegates went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Convention was brought together to revise Articles of Confederation but also to decide how the government was going to be ran. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
Started a revolution in the production of cotton and had an huge impact on institution for slavery. -
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Four laws passed to prepare for a war against France and weakened Republicans. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Bought land that nearly was double the size of the U.S at the time, provided territory for westward expansion and opened ports to farmers for agriculture. -
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The War of 1812
The british blockade of the American Coast caused decrease in trade and cotton creating an industry of cotton. -
The Missouri Compromise
Effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by request of Missouri for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
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Andrew Jackson's Election
Was a rematch for president of the U.S. from 1824 between John Adams and Andrew Jackson and Andrew Jackson won because there were no other powerful candidates and this allowed Jackson to influence of people. -
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Invention of The Telegraph
Revolutionized long distance communication by reducing the time it took for a message to get somewhere majorly. -
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The Panic of 1837
Was a major financial crisis in the U.S. in the economy and caused by Andrew Jackson who created the Specie Circular and refused to renew the second charter of the second bank of the United States. -
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The Trail of Tears
An act was passed to remove Cherokee people from East of The Mississippi River, a fourth of this group died traveling to Oklahoma. -
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The Mexican-American War
The U.S.A and Mexico fought in North America at the Rio Grande River fighting for the place of the border when Mexico opened fire.When war ended the U.S gained territory, this led to the increase of slaves needed. -
The Compromise of 1850
Five bills the U.S. made. South gained strength on stronger fugitive slave laws, North gained a new free state(California), Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars, and Slave trade was prohibited in Washington D.C.. -
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Union and Confederate fought there because the Confederates wanted to end tensions in the fort. First Battle of the American Civil War. -
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Civil War
The Union and South of the U.S. fought because the Union wanted to control South economy in their favor and slavery was a rising issue. The significance of this war it freed slaves and changed ideas of the government decisions. -
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The Emancipation Proclamation
A proclamation that granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate states if the states did not return to the union by January 1 of 1863. Freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war. -
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13th, 14th 15th Amendments
Civil War Amendments that ensured equality for recently emancipated slaves. -
Surrender at Approximate Courthouse
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army of North Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at a courthouse in Virginia, ended the Civil war through surrender. -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth, a confederate assassinated Lincoln with a gun at Peterson House in Washington D.C.. Assassination was vengeance after the loss of the Confederate side and part of a larger plot to kill important union figures during the civil war. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
House of Representatives called for a impeachment when he violated the tenure of office act by removing the secretary of the war Edwin M. Stanton. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company and the largest in the world at the time. -
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The Invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
All there of these inventions changed our ways of communications, travel, and hours of light available to us. -
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Pullman railroad laid of workers and cut wages and first time a federal injunction had ever been used on a strike. Homestead was a labor dispute that the people and union workers lost. -
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The Spanish American War
Signed a treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898 that let Cuba become a independent country from Spain and forced Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the U.S.. -
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Roosevelt started conversation of natural resources and got a canal built along Panama for a shipping route.
