American History

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Jamestown Settlement

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail of Tears

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    Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane