US History

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • 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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    Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

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    Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    Trail of Tears

  • Panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    Invention of the Electric Light, the Telephone, and the Airplane

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    Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President