US History

By Luke Mallery
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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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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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson's Election

    The election began on October 31, 1828 but he didn't officially get elected until December 2, 1828
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    Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the Telegraph

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    Panic of 1837

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    Mexican- American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    It was being organized in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller, but it didn't officially become a company until 1870

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Invention of Telephone

  • Invention of Lightbulb

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of Airplane

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