American History Courses

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  • 1400

    Prehistory

  • 1492

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas.

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
  • Stamp Tax

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    King Phillip's War

  • Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre

    Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre
  • 1st Continental Congress

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
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    Revolutionary War

  • Declaration of Independence

  • United States Constitution signed

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Missouri Compromise

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    Trail of Tears

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    Mexican War

  • Gold Rush begins

    Gold Rush begins
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
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    American Civil War

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    Homesteading the plains

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    Reconstruction

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    Cattle drives in Great Plains

  • Alaska purchased

    Alaska purchased
  • Suez Canal opens

    Suez Canal opens
  • First transcontinental railroad

    First transcontinental railroad
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    Massive immigration to America

  • Carnegie builds steel mill

    Carnegie builds steel mill
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    Plains Wars

  • First telephone conversation-Alexander Graham Bell

    First telephone conversation-Alexander Graham Bell
  • Edison invents electric light bulb

    Edison invents electric light bulb
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    Electricity for cities

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    Jim Crow Laws created

  • Labor unions started-late 1800s

    Labor unions started-late 1800s
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    Progressive Era

  • The Panic of 1893

    The Panic of 1893
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War
  • U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands

    U.S. gains control of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands and other Pacific islands
  • Hawaii becomes U.S. possession

    Hawaii becomes U.S. possession
  • United States has become a world power

    United States has become a world power
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
  • U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction

    U.S. takes over Panama Canal construction
  • Wright brothers make first airplane flight

    Wright brothers make first airplane flight
  • Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line

    Henry Ford builds cars on assembly line
  • U.S. opens the Panama Canal

    U.S. opens the Panama Canal
  • logans birthday