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The Discovery of America by Columbus
August 3, 1492 -
The Settlement of Jamestown
May 14, 1607 -
The French and Indian War
1754-1763 -
The Boston Tea Party
December 16,1773 -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
April 19,1775 -
The Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776 -
The Battle of Yorktown
September 28,1781-October 19,1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
May 27, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787 -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
July 14, 1798 -
The invention of the cotton gin
October 28, 1793 -
The Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803 -
The War of 1812
Jun 18, 1812 – Mar 23, 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
March 3, 1820 -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
October 31,1828-December 2, 1828 -
The invention of the telegraph
May 24, 1884 -
The Trail of Tears
1839-1850 -
The Panic of 1837
1837-1843 -
The Mexican-American War
Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
January 29, 1850 -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 14, 1861 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Sep 22, 1862 – Jan 1, 1863 -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
April 9, 1865 -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
April 14, 1865 -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870) were the first amendments made to the U.S. constitution in 60 years. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
February 24, 1868 -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Founded 1870-Ceased Operations 1911 -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
June 30, 1892-July 6, 1892. -
The Spanish-American War
April 1898 – August 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
Electric Light 1879, The invention of the telephone March 10, 1876, The invention of the airplane December 17, 1903
