History Assignment

By Clayton Segeberg
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    The cotton gin was patented on March 14, 1794. The patent was applied for on October 28th, 1793.

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • The 13th Amendment's ratification

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The 14th Amendment's ratification

  • The 15th Amendment's ratification

  • The invention of the phone

    The phone was invented in 1876 and then it was patented later that year.

  • The invention of the electric light

    It was invented sometime in 1979 but it was patented on January 27th, 1880

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane