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The Discovery of America by Columbus
Christopher Columbus thought he discovered a alternate route to India but he actuly discovered what is now the Bahamas. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
James town was the first permanent British settlement in North America. Jamestown is named after King James I. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War started in 1754 and lasted till 1763 and was fought by the british colonies and the french colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty threw British tea into the harbor in protest to the parliament"s tax on tea. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord is the first battle of the revolutionary war. The British tried to confiscate the weapons of the colonists and the colonist weren't having it. The colonial militia beat 700 British soldiers in an important victory. -
The Declaration of Independence
On the 4th of July the Declaration of Independence was signed to declare the colonies separation from Great Britain. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the final battle of the revolutionary war. -
The Constitutional Convention
Many great minds of our new nation met to fix problems in the articles of confederation. -
The invention of the cotton gin
The invention of the cotton gin greatly improved the speed of cotton production which made the farmers richer. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition acts were signed into law by President Adams in 1798 which included powers to deport foreigners and making it harder for new immigrants to vote. -
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 The United States of America bought the Louisiana territory from france for 15 Million dollars. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a pointless war where America tried to take the British land in Canada. Neither side really won and in the end, they both signed a treaty. -
The Missouri Compromise
Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. To keep the peace, Congress orchestrated a two-part compromise, granting Missouri’s request but also admitting Maine as a free state. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
The election of 1828 was one of the dirtiest elections ever. Many storys were made up to discredit the opponent, but eventuly andrew jacksosn beat john quincy adams. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American peoples from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis that started a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
The invention of the telegraph
Samuel Morse invents the Telegraph which revolutionized communication. -
The Mexican-American War
America invaded parts of Mexico and won territories that later became Utah, California, Nevada, and Arizona. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation presidential proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln who declared slaves “then, thenceforward, and forever free.” -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870) were the first amendments made to the U.S. constitution in 60 years. Known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, they were designed to ensure the equality for recently emancipated slaves. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
At the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant ending the civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
President Johnson bacomes the first president to be impeached in U.S. history. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
The Standard Oil Trust was formed in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller. He built up the company through 1868 to become the largest oil refinery firm in the world. In 1870, the company was renamed Standard Oil Company, after which Rockefeller decided to buy up all the other competition and form them into one large company. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes were both strikes that took place in the 1890's. The homestead strike become violent and result in a fight between the strikers. -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president. He is a great negotiator. He also sets aside 200 million acres for national forests. -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
These revolutionary inventions were all made within the twenty-three-year section of 1879-1902.