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age of enlightenment begins
cultures stepped back from religon and moved towards science -
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history timeline
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Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano.
the piano was mostly unknown until Scipione Maffei, an Italian writer, wrote a great review of it -
newcomen invents steam engine
was not very powerful at first, were usually used to pump water -
Ambrose Godfrey invents the fire extinguisher.
fire extinguishers were origionaly gunpowder propelled -
french and indian war begins
May 28, 1754: The first battle won by Washington -
the british take fort ticonderoga
british defeat washingtons forces at ticonderoga -
infected blankets
July 1763: Men of the garrison at Fort Pitt infect besieging chiefs with blankets from the smallpox hospital.The Indians retreat -
washington
washington dc becomes us capitol -
Louisiana Purchase
doubles the size of the US -
battle of the alamo
Texans defend the Alamo -
battle of the alamo
battle of the alamo lost -
Cherokee Nation
the Cherokee Nation is froced off there lands -
mexican war begins
first shots of the mexican american war fired -
mexican-american war
last shots fired -
goldrush
Gold discovered in California -
president
Abraham Lincoln elected 16th president of the U.S -
civil war
first shots of the civil war fired -
civil war
last shots of the civil war fired -
Battle of Little Big Horn
Custer defeated at battle of little big horn -
railroad
Coast- to- coast railroad is finished in Utah
