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The Discovery of America By Columbus
Columbus made 4 trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, he was determine to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, instead, he stumbled upon the Americas. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
The journey to Virgina began on 3 ships the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, the Discovery. Jamestown was America's first permanent English Colony in Virgina. -
The French and Indian War
The bloodiest American war in the 18th century, it took more lives than the American Revolution. The British to settle in the Ohio River Valley and traded with the Native Americans who lived there. George Washington led on the Army against the French. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. The goal of this protest was to protest British Parliament's tax tea. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -
The Battle of Yorktown
George Washington commanded a force of 17000 French and Continental troops -
The Constitutional Convention
Convention of delegates from all states except Rhode Island known as the meeting where they decide the best solution for the county's problems. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Ellie Whitney invented the cotton gin the machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of remloving seeds from cotton fiber. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
signed into law by President John Adams consisted of four laws by the Federalists controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory by the US from France U.S. paid 5 million. -
War of 1812
Great Britain has locked in a long and bitter conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte n an attempt to cut off supplies a block sides attempted blocking the US from trading with others. -
Missouri Compromise
act of Congress Missouri was admitted as a slave state -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
John D Rockefeller created Standard Oil trust by trading stock holders shares for trust certificates. The trust was designed to allow Rockefeller and other standard oil stockholders to get around state laws prohibiting one company from owning stock in another. -
Andrew Jackson's Election
The rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson led to Andrew winning the Electoral College vote. -
Invention of the Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph the Telegraph revolutionize long-distance communication is transmitted electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
Panic of 1837
A financial crisis in the US that touched off a major recession that lasted untill the mid 1840's -
Trail of Tears
Was a series of forced removals of Native American nation from their ancestral homelands in the southern Eastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
Mexican-American War
The United States and Mexico war started with u.s. annexation of Texas and was if the result of disagreement over where the border should be. -
The Compromise of 1850
The attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South Slave Act was amended in the slave trade in Washington dc was abolished. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The bombardment of the Fort Sumter near Charleston South Carolina by the Confederate states army. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Was a presidential Proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
General Robert E Lee surrendered to Lieutenant General S Grant's one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the US assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. -
13th 14th 15th Amendments
Known collectively as the Civil War amendments were designed to ensure quality for recently emancipated slaves. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
After 3 days Johnson dismissal of Staton the House of Representative voted 126 to 47 in favor of impeachment due to high crimes and misdemeanors. -
The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane
Thomas Edson invented the electric light, the Wright Brother invented the airplane, Alexander Bell invented the telephone. -
The Pullman and homestead Strikes
the dispute occurred at the Homestead steel works in the town of Homestead Pennsylvania between Amalgamated Association of iron and steel workers and Carnegie steel company. -
The Spanish-American War
United states declared war on Spanish following the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of France. -
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
Roosevelt served as an assistant Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt
later became president after McKinley's death.