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Oct 12, 1492
columbus finds America
columbus sails from portugal to find a route to the indies but instead finds america -
13 origianal colonies
the 13 colonies were the original settlemnts of the pilgrams that came over from europe to start a new life here. the colonies are
irginia/Jamestown: 1607
Massachusetts: 1620
New Hampshire: 1623
Maryland: 1632-1634
Connecticut: 1635
Rhode Island: 1636
Delaware: 1638
North Carolina: 1653
South Carolina: 1653
New York: 1664
New Jersey: 1664
Pennsylvania: 1682
Georgia: 1732 -
French/Indian war
this war was fought between france and england and native american allies. The war was to decide if Britain or France would be the dominate power in north america -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists of boston dressed as indians and went to the tea ships and peacefully dumped all of the tea into the boston harbour to protest the tax on tea -
revolutionary war
After the Brittish heavily tax the american settlers and give them no representation, the Americans decide to break from England and start a new country -
writing of the constitution
After the articals of confederation failed, delegates from each state came together to form a new governement that has been layed out in the Constitution. this is the same documemt that guides our government to this day -
industrial revolution
the industrial revolution is the major change to manufacturing and new technologies. the textile industry was one of the major improvemnets. new energies were created as well such as, steam, coal, and water power -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark are sent to explore the newly purchased Louisianna territory to see if they can find the north west passage (a river that extends across the entire country -
Missouri Compromise
this compromise granted Missouri to enter the union as a slave state as long as the rest of the Louissianna Purchase north of the 36th parallel was to stay slavery free -
Bleeding Kansas
this was an issue involving pro slavery and anti slavery which took place in the Kansas area. the two sides where fighting over whether Kansas would enter the union as a free state or a slave state