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Aug 3, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence Signed
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Constitutional Convention
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The invention of the cotton gin
Introduced- 1793
Admitted- 1794
Ratified- 1807 -
Alien and Sedition acts passed
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The Louisiana Purchase
signed on May 2,1803
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The war of 1812
Treaty of Ghent signed-Dec 24, 1814 -
The Missouri Compromise Passed
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Panic of 1837
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The Trail of Tears
4th of Cherokee population died from starvation, tiredness, disease -
The invention of the telegraph
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The Mexican-American War
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The Compromise of 1850
Ended slave trade -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
Officer Robert Anderson surrender after 34 hours -
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Assassinated on Good Friday while watching a play -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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14th Amendment
Citizenship to all born in US -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Not functioning-1911 -
15th Amendment
African Americans voting rights -
Invention of the Telephone
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Invention of The Electric Light
Incandescent lamp lasted 40 hours -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
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Invention of the Airplane
