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The Discovery of America by Columbus: 1492
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The Settlement of Jamestown:
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The French and Indian War: 1754–1763
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The Boston Tea Party: December 16, 1773
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord: April 19, 1775
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The Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776
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The Battle of Yorktown: September 28 – October 19, 1781
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The Constitutional Convention: May 14 to September 17, 1787
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The invention of the cotton gin: March 14, 1794
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The Alien and Sedition Acts: June 18 - July 14, 1798
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The Louisiana Purchase: April 30, 1803
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The War of 1812: June 18, 1812 – February 17, 1815
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The Missouri Compromise: March 6, 1820
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Andrew Jackson’s Election: December 3, 1828
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The Panic of 1837: 1837
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The invention of the telegraph: 1837-1838
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The Trail of Tears: 1837–1839
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The Mexican-American War: 1846–1848
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The Compromise of 1850: September 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter:
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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invention of the telephone
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The invention of the electric light
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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invention of the airplane