US History A Timeline - Anni Kala'i

  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    Columbus was not the first European to visit the New World.
  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    The first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was in the colony of Virginia.
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    The French and Indian War

    The fight between France and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    An American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of Independence.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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    The Battle of Yorktown

    Joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender.
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    The Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention happened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of this meeting was to decide how America was going to be governed.
  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Whitney's invention the production of cotton.
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    Four acts passed by the Federalist-dominated fifth U.S. Congress and signed into law by president John Adams
  • The Invention of the Electric Light

    Humphry Davy invented the electric light.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France.
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    The War of 1812

    A conflict fought between the U.S. and its allies, and Great Britain and its dependent colonies in North America and its allies. The War of 1812 happened in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    The Missouri Compromise

    Congress passed a bill granting Missouri as a slave state.
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    Andrew Jackson's Election

    The eleventh quadrennial presidential election.
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    The Trail of Tears

    Forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Native Americans by the United States government known as the Indian Removal.
  • The Invention of the Telegraph

    Sir William Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone.
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    The Panic of 1837

    A financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression. Profits, prices, and wage went down.
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    The Mexican-American War

    Conflict between Mexico and America stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States.
  • The Compromise of 1850

    Package of five separate bills passed by the United States congress.
  • The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    The thirteenth amendment was made in 1865. The fourteenth amendment was made in 1868. The fifteenth amendment was made in 1870.
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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln.
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    They fought in Appomattox county, Virginia, one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    It happened in Petersen House, Washington D.C.
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    Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanor's.
  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    John Rockfeller did this in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • The Invention of the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    The protests brought to light the deeper issues at work in an age of industrial progress. The Pullman strike happened in 1894. The Homestead strike happened in 1892
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    The Spanish-American War

    It was between the Spain and the U.S.
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    Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    After assassination of president William Mckinley.
  • The Invention of Airplanes

    Willbur and Orville Wright

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