US History A

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  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    1865, 1868, 1870

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane

    1879, March 7, 1876, and December 17, 1903.
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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    1892, 1894
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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

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