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Boston Massacre
British troops fired at a mob of colonists. This helped spark the American Revolution even though an all-colonist jury found the soldiers innocent -
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
At 4:30 in the morning Captain Jonas Parker and 70 minutemen stood ready to stop the 600 man British army at Lexington. When the Britsh army demanded that they move out of the way the minutemen refused. After that a single shot was fired and the British army opened fire on the colonists. -
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a list of complaints of the King of England's decisions as a ruler. It was signed by 56 different members of the 2nd Continental Congress. -
The invention of The Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was a device used to remove seeds from cotton. Until the machine was invented cotton seeds were removed by hand. The cotton gin would allow one man to do the work of 50. -
The War of 1812
The United States was frustrated with Great Britain for interference with American international trade. -
The Electric Telegraph is invented
The telegraph was able to transmit tapping along a wire to allow people to communicate from great distances using morse code. -
The Western Expansion
Manifest Destiny was the belief that Americans were destined to control the entire Continent coast to coast. -
The Beginning of The American Civil War
<a href='"U.S. Civil War 1861-1865." The History Place. Web. 08 Jan. 2012. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html.' >The Civil War</a> lasted 4 years and had the most bloodshed of any American war in that era. It was a war between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederacy. -
The sinking of The Titanic
The Titanic was given the title of the safest ship ever built, but during it's maiden voyage accross the Atlantic Ocean it hit an iceberg and sank killing 1522 people. -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is Assassinated
The Serbian people living in Austro-Hungarian empire feared The Archduke Francis Ferdinand's ascension to throne. They feared that he would more severely punish the serbs living in Austro-Hungary. He was assassinated by a group of teenage assassins who were members of group called The Black Hand.
