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US History 11 A

By FireLily
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle Of Lexington and Concord

  • Declared Independence

  • Congress approved the constitution

  • Signed the document

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Conventon

  • Patent of the Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • Cotton Gin Granted the Patent

    Cotton Gin was not validated until the 1807s

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase Treaty

  • Louisiana Purchase was Signed

    In October, the senate ratified purchase and in Dec 1803 France transferred authority to the US.
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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Comromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

    Martin Van Buren was blamed after he became president. The panic lasted 5 weeks (or about a month).

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

    Used the first time from Washington to Baltimore saying"What hath God wrought?"
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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Firing on fort Sumter

    General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fired at Fort Sumter
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    The Emancipation proclamation

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The Firing on Fort Sumter

    2:30 pm, Major Robert Anderson surrendered
  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    10:15 pm (Eastern Standard Time)
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment Passed

    15th Amendment Passed

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

    15th Amendment Ratified

  • The Invention of the Telephone

    The Invention of the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell said to his assistant, Thomas Watson,"Mr. Watson--Come Here--I want to see you."
  • The Invention of the Electric Light Bulb First Demo

    The Invention of the Electric Light Bulb First Demo

    Invented by Thomas Edison
  • The Invention of the Electric Light Bulb: Everyone Gets the Invention

    The Invention of the Electric Light Bulb: Everyone Gets the Invention

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    The Homestead strike

  • The Pullman Strike

    The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • The Invention of the Airplane

    The Invention of the Airplane

    Invented by Wilbur and Oruilie Wright
  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    The US supreme Court said that the act was too "Unreasonable"