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Aug 3, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
Columbus always had this theory that he would be able to go from west Europe to Asia by boat. As he went on his journey he then found out he cannot do that. Although his theory failed he discovered other things along the way. Columbus made a contract with the Spanish rulers promising that he would keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
This settlement was at Jamestown because it was surrounded by water from all three sides. It was also inland which meant it was easily defensible from any Spanish attacks. This settlement is very significant because it became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, and ultimately to the American Revolution. The British victory in the French and Indian War had a great impact. A great expansion of British territorial claims in the New World. But the cost of the war had greatly enlarged Britain's debt.The war had an equally profound but very different effect on the American colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party
The British Parliament was taxing on British tea that is imported to the American colonies. The colonies thought it was illegal and would not pay. The British later found out it was illegal, in 1767 they passed the Tea Act that would help the East India Company out of debt. This made tea cheaper which the colonist didn't like because their tea sellers would be out of work. In 1773 the British brought 500,000 pounds of tea, the Sons of Liberty didn't accept it so they poured the tea in the river. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
In 1775 British troops were sent to steal colonial weapons, they ran into an untrained army and they defeated 700 British troops. The surprise victory boosted up their confidence to fight in wars ahead. The Lexington and Concord Battle was the first battle in the American Revolutionary War. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 American colonies served their connection to Great Britain. The Declaration provides the movements of the colonies to become Independent. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown ended the American Revolutionary War. The Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led -
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The Constitutional Convection
Delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. Under the reformed federal system, many of the responsibilities for foreign affairs fell under the authority of an executive branch, although important powers, such as treaty ratification, remained the responsibility of the legislative branch. -
The invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney was the one who invented the cotton gin. this machine was invented to remove the seeds from the cotton fiber at faster pace. Although the cotton gin was a huge impact from textile industries, it did not impact the need of slaves. They still used the slaves to grow the cotton. -
The Aliens and Sedition Act
The Aliens and Sedition Act is a series of laws, passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.The Federalists believed that Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the United States would sympathize with the French during a war. -
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War of 1812
The United States declared war against Great Britain in reaction to three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise is the Congress made the effort to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri to become a state where slavery is permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. Later, Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel -
Andrew Jackson Election
The presidential election of 1828 between Andrew Jackson and incumbent President John Quincy Adams was one of the most personally contentious elections in the history of the United States. -
The Invention of the Telegraph
The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. After the telegraph, communication no longer depended on the length of time it took to hand-carry messages from one location to another. -
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The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1873, also referred to as the Long Depression, was a financial crisis that triggered a depression that lasted for six years and led to economic hardships, civil unrest, protests, demonstrations and the first nationwide strikes. This panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures. -
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The Trail of Tears
In the year 1838, 16,000 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land. Over 4,000 of these Indians died of disease, famine, and warfare. The Indian tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this event the Trail of Tears."The Place Where They Cried" refer to the suffering of Native Americans affected by the Indian Removal Act. It is estimated that the five tribes lost 1 in 4 of their population to cholera, starvation, cold and exhaustion during the move west. -
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The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was fought between the United States and Mexico. The war started with the U.S. annexation of Texas and was the result of disagreement over where the Mexican-American border should be.As the Mexican-American War was ending, the United States received the Mexican Cession which included all of California, Nevada and Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. With this huge land acquisition, the issue of slavery in the new territories was raised. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolution, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850,the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished but not slaves itself. In addition, the south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars to pay for its debt. -
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Civil War
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president, however the south was not too happy about it therefore they left the union. Lincoln wanted the south back therefore he said the south can keep their slaves but they need to return to the union and they said no. Lincoln enforced the emancipation which helped slaves gained their freedom and to get the south back on the union for their marketing, territory and resources. -
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The Firing of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War. -
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The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation , as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation Proclamation led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States. With the Emancipation Proclamation, the aim of the war changed to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the Union. -
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. The 13th Amendment banned slavery and all involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment for a crime. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as the Bill of Rights. These amendments are important because they protect some of our most important freedoms. Some of the amendments are more important than others in today's world. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Ulysses S. Grant. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Lincoln was at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C, when suddenly he was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. The Civil War was coming into an end when Lincoln was assassinated. After shooting Lincoln he shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants!) The South is avenged,” as he jumped onto the stage and fled on horseback. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
3 days after Andrew Johnson's dismissal of Stanton, the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 in favor of a resolution to impeach the President for high crimes and misdemeanors. One week later, the House adopted eleven articles of impeachment against the President. -
The invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone. This invention brought a huge impact the the Industrial Revolution and to society as well. It gave them a better way to communicate with others farther away from them. -
The invention of the electric light
Before the electric light was invented they were getting light from multiple candles, lanterns and the sunlight during the day. When the electric light was invented it had the biggest impact on society because now they were able to work at night without the use of a candle or a lantern. When Thomas Edison invented the electric light he mentioned that the light will be so cheap that the rich would be the ones to light candles. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust was created by John D. Rockefeller. He was trusted to start this because he would buy other companies and give them a small profit of what he makes. John Rockefeller, established the Trust, a type of monopoly with the idea to make more money. Much more than what he realized. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
When the Pullman railroad car company laid off workers and slashed their wages, the American Railway Union led a national strike that shut down the country's railroad system. George Pullman called on the federal government to break the strike and get the trains running again. The Homestead Steel Works, located southeast of Pittsburgh, was an important segment of ^Andrew Carnegie's empire. In fact, the Homestead strike was a total defeat for the workers and unionism as a whole. -
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The Spanish-American War
The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. -
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
At age 42, Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. Roosevelt had changed the presidency power in a positive way, he had such good character. He was known as a trust buster and progressive politician. His fascinating life included serving as a Rough Rider during the Spanish American War. -
The Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery Expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to explore the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, among other objectives. In 1801, Spain signed a secret treaty with France to return Louisiana Territory to France. The Americans thought that Napoleon might withdraw the offer at any time, preventing the United States from acquiring New Orleans, so they agreed and signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty -
The invention of the airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane.
