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1492
Columbus Sailed to America
Columbus was trying to find another route to Asia so he sailed around the world and found America. -
Period: 1492 to
History8 Timeline
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1493
Columbian Exchange
Goods from the old and new world were being exchanged with each together. -
Establishment of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful British Colony in America. -
French and Indian War
War between the British against the French and the Iroquois Indians. -
Boston Massacre
5 people killed by British soldiers in Boston -
Bunker Hill
Battle for Bunker Hill which the British won after 3 charges up the hill. They had won because the colonist had run out of ammo and retreated. Link text -
First Steamboat
John Fitch made the first successful trial of a 45-foot steamboat on the Delaware River. -
Creation of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million USD. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson which relocated the Natives to Oklahoma. -
First Horse Car
The Horse car was an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses that ran on iron tracks laid in city streets and used for public transport. -
Minnie Ball (bullet)
The Minnie Ball (bullet) was the bullet used by the Union and Confederate soldiers during the civil war. It was created by a French man by the name of Claude-Etienne Minié. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the U.S. This also allowed African men to enlist into the Union Army. Link text -
Assassination of Lincoln
Lincoln was shot in the head by a Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth. Link text -
Transcontinental Railroad
Made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. -
First Telephone
Created by Alexander Graham Bell. -
First Car
Benz's three-wheeled vehicle. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were both shot by Gavrilo Princip. This was the event that started WW1. Link text -
Surrender of Germany
Germany surrender to the Allies ending World War Two. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Truman ordered the bombing of Nagasaki via atomic bomb. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
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US retreats from Vietnam
Jan. 27, 1973: A cease fire was agreed between North Vietnam and the US. March 29, 1973 the last of the US soldiers went home.Link text -
Fall of the USSR
The Cold War ended along with the USSR and the rise of communism.
