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Alexander Graham Bell invents the very first telephone which changed America’s communication forever.
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Colorado becomes a state and joins the U.S
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Thomas Edison creates the light bulb which gave Americans a safer form of indoor lighting.
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The Dawes Act is passed which relocated the Native Americans and confiscated their land.
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James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States.
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The National Geographic Society is founded which was dedicated to exploring our planet.
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Several hundred Lakota Indians are killed by U.S troops. Over half of the Indians were women and children.
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The USS Maine sinks in the Havana harbor, triggering the Spanish American War.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed which ended the American Revolution.
