US History

By Jax C.
  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to 1492

    Discovery of America, Christopher Columbus

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    The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian war

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration Of independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition acts

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    Invention of the electric light

    Made on several different occasions and by different people, we know that Humprey Davey made it in 1802, but not exactly when it was made otherwise, except for the 1800s.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The trail of Tears

    (No specific date, but it followed the indian removal act, so we have an estimate)

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

    (No exact date confirmed)
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    The Mexican-American War

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    The Spanish-American War

    1846-1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

    (unspecific date, rough estimate)

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    (More specifically the 12th through the 14th)

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th amendment

  • 15th amendment

  • First telephone invented

    Patented on March 7th, 1876

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Homestead Strike

    The Homestead Strike lasted from July 1st through November 20th.
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    The Pullman Strikes

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    (He lived through October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

  • Airplane invention

    Made by the Wright brothers, the first functioning airplane to be built.