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Erie Canal

  • My Birthday
    2001 BCE

    My Birthday

    The day I was born
  • Christopher Columbus
    Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    discovering america
  • Hernando Cortez
    1519

    Hernando Cortez

    claimed new colonies for Spain
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    Conquered the Inca empire in Peru
  • Hernando de Soto
    1539

    Hernando de Soto

    first to discover and cross the Mississippi river
  • Embargo Act

    British blockading US ships bound for France
  • Erie Canal

    the Erie canal opened in 1825
  • The National Railroad

    completed in 1841
  • Telegraph

    Device that sends messages using electricity through wires