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Aug 3, 1492
North America Discovered
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered the Americas -
Jamestown Colony
Another Colony was set up from Europe in order to make profits -
Plymouth Colony
The Pilgrims come over from Europe and start a colony. -
First Great Awakening
The religious movement within the Colonies that reignited the importance of religion in everyday life -
French and Indian War
War between Britain and France. Heavily taxed the British for defending the 13 colonies -
Boston Massacre
Where British troops fired upon a crowd of bystanders killing several including one Crispus Attucks. Story vary from source from source -
Intolerable Acts
Acts passed by King George to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The shot heard 'round the world. The first battle in the revolutionary war. -
American Revolution
The 13 colonies stage a rebellion against the tyrannical king and win. -
Declaration of Independence
The US wrote the Declaration of Independence and separated from Great Britain -
Winter at Valley Forge
George Washington takes the continental army and trains them to be stronger with the help of the French -
Shay's Rebellion
A rebellion staged by farmers because the taxes were too high they couldn't pay off their debts -
The US Constitution established
A new form of government for the newly made United States -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin speeding up production of cotton increasing the need for slave labor in the South -
Marbury vs Madison
The court case that gave federal courts the ability of Judicial Review. That allowed them to cancel something by declaring unconstitutional. -
Louisiana Purchase
This purchase by Thomas Jefferson defined the limits of the Constitution and doubled the size of US for a cool $15 million dollars -
War of 1812
A war between Britain and the US because of British impressment of sailors.f -
Monroe Doctrine
A statement to European nations that said that they are not allowed to colonize anything more in the new world for they are being protected by the US -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is made in New York making the state an economic hotspot -
Trail of Tears
President Jackson forced Cherokee and other Native Americans off of their land on anew killed 4000 natives. -
US Mexican War
A war between the US and Mexico that led to the US annexing more or less half of Mexico -
(the start of the) Industrial Revolution
The US enters the Industrial Revolution and becomes more industrial and urbanized. -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott went to court and lost. The court ruled that slaves were more property than people and had no right to go to court -
Civil War
A small little war that happened in the US. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A proclamation the freed all slaves in the US within the Confederacy -
Surrender at appomattox
Where Robert E. Lee Surrendered the Confederacy to Ulysses S. Grant of the Union -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
President Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford Theater