U.S. History

By Trainwreckcheesecake
  • Oct 10, 1492

    The discovery of America

    This is when Columbus discovered America.

  • the settlement of Jamestown

    One day in 1607, 104 men arrived in North America, and chose Jamestown for their settlement.
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    The French and Indian war

    England and France both thought they owned Ohio land, the French destroyed some of England's forts and the whole thing just went downhill from there.

  • The Boston tea party

    England was asking for ridiculous prices and even making things like tea, sugar, and stamps super expensive. So a lot of men and boys from the colonies through the tea into the ocean causing England to lose lots of money.

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

    The shot heard round the world.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    Yay America! The colonies pretty much broke up with England and King George the third (their tyrannical ruler) and started their own country and government.
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    The battle of yorktown

    The end of the British's tyrannical reign (Yay America!)
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    The Constitutional Convention

    After a lot of hard work, the constitution was born (Yay government!)

  • The invention of Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney found a way to remove cotton seeds way faster than they had been doing it, and he had a lot of enslaved laborers work on the cotton farm, even though many Americans believed in the abolishment of slavery at this time (Boo slavery Yay equality!)

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    America had real potential and was making so much progress, then came the alien and sedition acts of 1798. Basically the president (John Adams) created a law that said it was okay to deport foreigners and made it harder for them to vote (Boo John Adams, Yay equality!)
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    The Louisiana Purchase

    The United States bought a large amount of land from France for over 15 million dollars.
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    The war of 1812

    The United States went to war against England (wow how original).

  • The Missouri Compromise

    A law that said that Missouri was a slave state, and Maine was a free state. There was also some territory involved.

  • Andrew Jack was elected for President

    Andrew Jackson was the new president.
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    The Trail of Tears

    Five Cherokee tribes were forced to leave their home, it took a little over two decades.

  • The Panic of 1837

    Banks in New York ran out of gold and silver and that caused a HUGE economic crash.

  • Telegraph's first message and invention

    The telegraph was invented during the 1830's and 1840's the first message was sent May 24, 1844 and it was: "What hath god wrought."
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    The Mexican-American War

    Mexico and America had a big fight over who really owned Texas, they eventually came to an agreement after about two years of fighting.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Aftermath to the Mexican-American war. An act to suppress slave trade in Columbia, and an act for California to be admitted into the union.
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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

    One of the events that led to the civil war.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Yay! Equality! Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery! Let's go America!

  • The Standard Oil Trust

    The Standard Oil Trust was formed by, John D. Rockefeller it became the largest in the world.
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    The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment

    The 13th amendment was passed January 31, 1865. The 14th amendment was passed June 8, 1866. The 15th amendment was passed February 2nd, 1869.
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    The Surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse

    Yay! The end of the civil war!

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The death of Abraham Lincoln.

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    For high crimes and misdemeanor Andrew Johnson was impeached.

  • Creation of the Telephone

    While other phones had been invented, it was Alexander Graham Bell who won the first U.S. patent for it.

  • Creation of Electric Lightbulbs

    Even though electric light bulbs were created in the 1800's they didn't start getting popular until 1925.
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    The Pullman and Homestead Strike

    Workers were unhappy, and it was a bad economical time for the United States.
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    The Spanish American War

    The Cuban war of dependence.

  • Theodore Roosevelt is President

    Teddy Roosevelt became the President.

  • Creation of the Airplane

    Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully made the first airplane.