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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Discovers the New World
Columbus Discovered the New world -
The Settlement of Jamestown
The first successful English settlement -
The French and Indian War
Battles between different countries over North American territories that ended in 1763 -
The Boston Tea Party
contentions between American settlers and England start boiling -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first conflicts in the revolutionary war -
The Declaration of Independence
America declares independence -
The Battle of Yorktown
The battle that ended with the surrender of England. This battle ended on Oct. 19, 1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
Convention to discuss a better from of government that ended on Sep. 17 of that year. -
The constitution Takes Effect
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The invention of the cotton gin
An easier way to produce cotton -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Laws regarding immigrants -voting and deportation- were past -
The Louisiana Purchase
a purchase of land (828,000 square miles) from the French -
The War of 1812
The english attack America in 1812, beginning a war that didn't end until Feb. 17, 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise passed the Senate on March 2, 1820, and the House on February 26, 1821. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
Andrew Jackson is elected -
The Trail of Tears
the trail of tears started in 1830 but lasted as late as 1842 however most of the tribes had moved by 1836-1837 -
The Panic of 1837
The end of the US bank causing an economy crisis that lasted until 1843 -
The Invention of the Telegraph
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The Mexican-American War
Territorial wars between Us and Mexico that lasted until the beginning of February 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
compromise between the south and north over slavery laws -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
Firing started on the 13th and fort was surrendered and evacuated on the 14th -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Though the emancipation passed on January 1, 1862, President Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation on Sep. 22 1862 -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
1863 is the earliest date of the agreement, but the hight of The Standard Oil Trust was 1870 and later broke in 1911 -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The End of the civil war -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theater -
13th Amendment
Amendment ending slavery -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
of the 2 of February of 1868 the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president, and the senate trial began on March 5 -
14th Amendment
All citizens of the US must be tried by court before having rights taken away. -
15th Amendment
All men can vote (black and white) -
The Invention of Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone -
The invention of the affordable and lang lasting electric light
Edison invents a carbon bamboo filament bulb, which is long lasting and cheap. The electric light actually was first shown in 1835, but was not widely used until Edison's invention. -
Homestead Strike
emotion of workers came to a boiling point which resulted in two of the must well known strikes the Homestead and Pullman -
Pullman Strike
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The Spanish-American War
Though there were different disputes before this date, April 25, 1898 is the formal start of the war between Spain and the US and didn't end until August of that year -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
The acting president (McKinley) was assassinated and Roosevelt became president. -
The Invention of the Airplane
The Wright brothers invent the Airplane
