US History

  • 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • Jamestown is Settled

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

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    Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Trail of Tears

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The Panic of 1873

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light Bulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • The Invention of the Airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President