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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
This man traveled across the Atlantic Ocean. He found a new land and thought he landed in East Indies. In reality, he landed in America. This is very important, not only because a new land was founded, but because this was the end if the native indians -
Settlement of Jamestown
James town was one of the first cities and the creation of it was significant because it helped expand the area of virginia -
French and Indian War
This war lasted 7 years. It meant large territorial gains for the British and ultimately lead to the American Revolution -
The Boston Tea Party
The British decided to put a tax on tea in the colonies so to really show and represent the famous quote, made at the Boston tea party, "No Taxation without Representation", Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
British troops were sent to remove colonial weapons. This started the American Revolution. Over 270 British soldiers went missing, were injured, or died -
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
These amendments are known as the civil war amendments. They were made to ensure equality to recently freed slaves. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement that was designed by the house of representatives that gave the 13 colonies laws that they must obey. These laws brought some people down in power ranks but also brought some people up. -
The Battle of Yorktown
About 5,500 French Soldiers landed in Rhode Island to help their american allies in a war against British controlling NYC -
The constitutional convention
This meeting was called to order because it was to decide how America was going to be governed as far as the voting process. This meeting made the agreement that all states have the same amount of votes and the same amount of representatives -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was the creator of the cotton gin. He created this invention to speed up the process of removing cotton seeds from cotton fiber -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
John Adams signed this act in 1798 to make a direct attack against all Democrats and Republicans. This made it harder for illegal immigrants to vote and made it easier to deport foreigners -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a big part of the building of America. President Thomas Jefferson bought a large part of land from Mexico. The land that he bought from our southern neighbors is what we know today as the Mid-West of America. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a war that was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. The UK started taking American soldiers and holding them hostage so the US went to war with them to get their soldiers back. -
The Missouri Compromise
This event marked history when Missouri was admitted into congress as a slave state. -
Andrew Jackson Election
This event marks history when Andrew Jackson was elected to be the United States President and beat John Quincy Adams in the election. President Jackson ran as a democrat. -
The Invention of the Telegraph
This was an invention that was made by Samuel Morse. This was an instrument used in war. It was used to send a code, Morse Code, to communicate with the guys in headquarters to that the enemies could not hear what you were saying or trying to communicate. -
The panic of 1837
This event marked down when the US went through a huge financial crisis. Profits, prices, and wages all went down extremely fast. -
The trial of tears
The trial of tears was an event that marked when in history that the native americans were forced it immigrate. Their land was them used for white settlements. -
The mexican american war
Mexico went to war with the native americans. The US president at the time, Polk, offered to buy land that was lost, damaged, or being fought for. Mexico refused and the US end in troops to gain the land that was wanted. This created a huge war between the countries. -
The compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was an attempt to seek compromise between the northern and southern states of the US. The figurative slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished. -
The firing of fort sumpter
The firing of fort sumpter took place in early 1861. Confederates fired at fort sumpter in South Carolina. The fort had created much tension before this between the confederates and the union. -
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Civil War
The Civil was a long lasting War regarding slavery. It was the north against the south. The south wanted to end slavery while the north wanted to keep their slaves as slaves. An important part was the 54th regiment. This was a group of blacks soldiers that wanted to fight on the front line. -
The emancipation proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln signed this act that abolished all slaves during a time that slaves were rising up against the federal government. -
The surrender at appomattox courthouse
Confederate leader Robert E. Lee surrenders to US president Ulysses S. Grant, bringing an end to the civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
On this day, famous stage actor John Booth shoots and kills the 16th president of the US while President Lincoln was watching a play. -
Andrew Johnson Impeachment
President Andrew Johnson was impeached from office our to high crimes and "misdemeanors" -
The Organization of standard oil trust
John D. Rockefeller traded stock holders shares for trust certificates. He designed this so that him and other standard oil stockholders could get around state laws that prohibited a company owning stock of another -
Invention of the light, telephone, and airplane
The electric lightbulb was created in 1878. Humphrey Davy created the first real lightbulb. This fact is commonly mistaken for Thomas Edison who found out how to keep the electricity in a light bulb to continuously run. The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. And finally the Airplane was crated in 1903 by the wright brothers. They failed many times but they finally got it right ion early December of 1903. -
The Pullman and homestead Strikes
This was a brief argument between the 2 parties about past US labor -
The spanish american war
The USS Maine was blown up in Cuba by Spain. This brought war between the US and Spain. From there on both countries took many hostages of the enemy -
Theodor Roosevelt becomes President
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US president. Theo was and author. explorer, sales person, and soldier.