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Aug 3, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
When Columbus set sail from Spain, he had three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. They made land on October 12, but it wasn't the East Indies like he though, it was one of the Bahamian islands. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
The English sent 104 men and boys to settle and build Jamestown (named after King James I) for their family's and friends. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
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The French and Indian War
The English colonies and the people of New France both didn't want to share America so they started a little fight which ended up being a war. Both sides could gain support from their home contrary's militarily and the natives aka Indians. -
The Boston Tea Party
The colonies were mad at King Gorge because he raised the taxes on basically everything. One night, some rebels dressed up like Indians (not convincing though) and raided an American ship full of tea. They dumped about 342 crates. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles were the official start to the American Revelatory War. -
The Declaration of Independence
This is the day that we won our independence and became our own country! Fun Fact: 56 members of the Second Continental Congress started singing The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
Gorge Washington led a force of 17,000 French to Yorktown, Virginia to face British General Lord Charles Cornwallis force of 9,000. This is by far one of the most important battle in American history. -
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The Constitutional Convention
A bunch of Americans got together to discus what the new government would be like. It ended with them making the Constitution of the United States. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
What happened was some guys made four laws that the U.S. Constitution loved so they published them for all America to see. Most of what the laws say still apply to us tody. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was a hand cranked machine that got most of the seeds and other filthy things out of cotton, most of the time slaves worked them. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Americans and Napoleonic France had a trade. The French traded Louisiana for fifteen million dollars, about eighteen dollars per square mile. America gained 828,000 sq mi. -
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The War of 1812
The Americans were mad because the British were violating the U.S. maritime rights. The U.S. and their allies fought against the UK, Ireland and their allies. Sadly, the UK won. -
The Missouri Compromise
The government passed a law saying it was OK if Missouri was a slave state as long as the rest of the Louisiana purchase was free states. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
It was the 11th presidential election and Jackson's biggest rivle was John Quincy Adams. -
The Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson had a known hate for the Indians, so he sent out a deceleration saying that all Indians had to up and move to a "Indian Reserve". About 60,000 Natives were moved, and it usually took weeks on foot, with few breaks and little food. Most of the Indians died just trying to get there. -
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The Panic of 1837
It was a financial crisis that left millions of men and women unemployed. This was the start of a major depression. -
The invention of the telegraph
They used Morse code to communicate over long distances with this handy little tool. The first ever sentence said through it was "What Hath God Wrought!" -
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The Mexican-American War
America got into another fight. Our president at the time was James K. Polk and there were thousands of wounded and hundreds of dead. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senetor Henry Clay sought to make slaves free, but that didn't happen at the time. Instead, he got Washington DC to forbid slave trade in that state. -
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
President Abe Lincoln wanted to supply the fort but General P.G.T. bombed it instead. The fight was over in 34 hours when Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abe Lincoln set slaves free!!! -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller found oil and ended up building the largest oil company at the time. He even bought all of the other smaller company's and added them on to his. -
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
These three amendments were the fist ones in 60 years. They are also known as the Civil War Amendments, because they stated that slavery was forbidden in America and that people who use to be slaves were to be treated as equals. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
He was our 16th president and he's the one that finally made slaves free. He fought for freedom in the Civil War and won. One day as he was in the theater, a assassin shot him and that was the sad end to Abe. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
President Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the U.S., was accused of "high crimes and misdemeanors" and because of that, he got impeached. -
The invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish inventor, made a talking box and placed copyright on it so others couldn't sell the same idea for a certain amount of time. -
The invention of the electric light
Thomas Edison and his team of wonderful scientist worked in a lab in Melon Park, N.J. They tested more then 3,000 designs before finding one that worked. -
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
It happened in Homestead, Pennsylvania and the main goal was no wage decrease. It resulted in the strikers getting defeated. The majority returned to working with steel. -
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The Spanish-American War
The U.S. got into another fight, surprise!! Americans declared war on Spain and sunk one of there ships while it was in harbor. It ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
He became president after William Mckinley was assassinated. -
The invention of the airplane
Wilbur and Orville tried many times but finally they found one that works. It was at Kitty Hawk and they made it on 4 brief flights. Viola! The first powered plane.
