Historical Events

By SchoolJustCause
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    When he landed in the Bahamas

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    This is the end date

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    When he officially won

  • The Trail of Tears

    It took the course of several years up to the 1840s relocated to present day oaklahoma

  • The Panic of 1837

    Lasted till the mid 1840s

  • The invention of the telegraph

    The first official public message sent

  • The Mexican-American War

    A lot of stuff happened in april

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Multiple bills passed throughout the month

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    More April stuff

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    It goes through to 1870, when they were being ratified thats why I started it on Jan, 1st.

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Started in January couldnt find a day

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    Went till' 1894

  • The Spanish-American War

    Until August

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    He became president after the assassination of McKinley

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The light was invented in the early 1800s Thomas Edison made it avaiable in 1879, Telephone was patented in 1876, And the Plane was successful in Dec 17 1903