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Aug 3, 1492

The Discovery of America by Columbus

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May 14, 1607

The settlement of Jamestown

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Period: 1754 to 1763

The French and Indian war

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War)
Dec 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party

(http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party)
Apr 19, 1775

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

(http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord)
Period: 1776 to 1776

The Declaration of Independence

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence)
Period: Sep 29, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781

The Battle of Yorktown

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown)
Period: May 27, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

The Constitutional Convention

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)
1794

The Invention of the Cotton Gin

(http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney)
Jun 18, 1798

The Alien and Sedition Acts

(https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html)
Period: Jul 4, 1803 to Oct 1, 1804

The Louisiana Purchase

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase)
Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Mar 23, 1815

The War of 1812

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812)
May 8, 1820

The Missouri Compromise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise
Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828

Andrew Jackson's Election

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828)
Period: 1837 to 1843

The Panic of 1837

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837)
Period: 1839 to 1850

The Trail of Tears

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears)
May 24, 1844

The Invention of the Telegraph

(https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/)
Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

The Mexican-American War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Jan 29, 1850

The Compromise of 1850

(https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html)
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 14, 1861

The Firing on Fort Sumter

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter)
Period: Sep 22, 1862 to Jan 1, 1863

The Emancipation Proclamation

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation)
Period: 1865 to 1870

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

(https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/civil-rights-5/slavery-and-civil-rights-39/the-civil-war-amendments-222-11225/) the 13th was (1865) 14th (1868) and 15th (1870)
Apr 14, 1865

Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln)
Apr 19, 1865

Surrender st Appomattox Courthouse

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House)
Feb 24, 1868

Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson)
1870

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
Mar 10, 1876

The Invention of the Telephone

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone)
1879

The Invention of The Light Bulb

(https://energy.gov/articles/history-light-bulb)
Jun 30, 1892

The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Strike)
Period: 1898 to 1898

The Spanish and American War

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)
Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt)
Dec 17, 1903

The Invention of the Airplane

(https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/)