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Oct 11, 1492
New world discovered
two hours after midnight land appered at the distance .He lands in the Bahamas. -
Aug 30, 1493
Begaing of florida
Landed on the coast os Florida on clombis second voyage -
James town
first permanent english settlement in america on virgina -
French Indain war
Also known as the Seven Years’ War. struggle between Britain and France -
Bostan massacre
British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests. -
Bostan tea party
Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against theBritish tea tax. -
American revoulation
War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war -
America is free
Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in theTreaty of Paris, which officially brings the war to a close. -
First President
Geroge Washinton was elected first president -
Louisianan
American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana. double the size of america -
Indain removal act
Jackson administration has relocated nearly 50,000 Native Americans.forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country to lands west of the Mississippi River -
Mexican war
U.S. declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other territory in Southwest . -
bessmer process
Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities. -
Civil war
Conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states. -
Emancipation proclamnation
Emancipation Proclamation is issued, freeing slaves in the Confederate states. -
homestead act
allowing settlers to claim land after they have lived on it for five years . -
Civivl war ends
Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va. -
Fourteenth Amendment
gave African americans the right to vote -
Battle of Little Big Horn
Lt. Col. George A. Custer's regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River, Mont. -
Dawes act
moved native americans out f there land and put them on reservations. try to americanized the native american -
us vs spain
U.S. to declare war on Spain .
