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Oct 12, 1492
The discovery Of America By columbus
Columbus left the port in Palos with his 3 ships, the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria, on august 3rd, 1492 -
settlement of jamestown
The Virginia Company of England sailed to the new world to establish a colony, which was the first permanent British settlement -
French Indian war
The war comprised North American theater of the worldwide seven years war. It pitted the Colonies of Britain Against those of France. -
Boston tea party
The tea party was a political and mercantile protest by the sons of liberty. -
Battle of lexington and concord
These battles were the first military engagements of the American revolutionary war -
Declaration of indepence
The declaration was when the colonies severed their political ties with Great Britain -
Battle of yorktown
The siege of Yorktown was the last major battle of the revolution, and was lead by George Washington. -
Constitutional convention
The convention was caused from the weakness of the post war government -
Invention of the cotton gin
The machine separates cotton fibers from the seeds, which enabled much greater productivity -
Alien and sedition acts
A series of laws were passed by the federalist congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. -
Louisiana purchase
The purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the united states, Costing a total of 68 million Francs -
War of 1812
The war was a conflict between the united states and the united kingdom, starting in 1812 and ending in 1815 -
Missouri compromise
To maintain the power balance between slave and free states, Maine was made a free state and Missouri a slave one -
Andrew jackson election
the quadrennial election, a rematch of the 1824 election between John Adams and Andrew Jackson -
panic of 1837
Was a financial crisis that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid 1840s. profits, prices and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
trail of tears
A series of forced relocations of native American peoples from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern united states. -
invention of the telegraph
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse
and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long distance communication. -
the mexican american war
Followed the annexation of the independent republic of Texas -
the compromise of 1850
The south was strengthened by the fugitive slave law, the north gained California, Texas lost territory but was compensated 10 million dollars, slave trade was prohibited in Washington dc but not slavery. -
firing of fort sumter
The start of the civil war, began with the bombardment and then surrender of fort Sumter. -
emancipation proclamation
A presidential declaration by Abraham Lincoln, freeing 3.5 million southern slaves -
the organization of standard oil trust
Founded in 1870 by (((John D. Rockefeller))), it was the largest oil refinery in the world -
13th amendment
The official abolition of slavery. -
surrender at appomattox courthouse
One of the last battles of the Civil War, and the surrender of Robert E. Lee -
lincoln assassination
The 16th president was assassinated by well known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Fords Theater. -
14th amendment
Made all persons naturalized or born in the united states legal citizens. -
impeachment of andrew johnson
The house of representatives resolved to impeach him. -
15th amendment
Prohibits the federal or state government from denying a citizen the right to vote. -
invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone. -
invention of the light bulb
Thomas Edison didn't invent it, there were nearly twenty inventors. But Edison invented the first commercially practical bulb -
pullman and homestead strikes
Industrial lockout and strike, which lead to the defeat of unionizing steel workers. -
spanish-american war
The conflict began after the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor, Cuba. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Began his presidency after the assassination of President McKinley -
invention of the airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright, more commonly known as the Wright brothers, launched the first successful plane in 1903.