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Industrial Revolution
Went from man made things to machine, but caused lots of unsafe environments -
Birth of Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida Missouri. -
His Father Dies
His father, John Clemons, dies in 1847, causing their family to go into poverty -
Brother's Death
His youngest brother, Henry, dies in an explosion in a steamboat, and Mark feels this is all his fault -
Civil War
The war was the North, who were anti slavery, against the South, who were pro slavery. The war lasted from 1861-1865 after the North won. -
"Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog"
His first short story, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," is published by the New York Saturday Press -
First book published
He published his first book in 1869 called "The Innocents Abroad" -
Mark Twain Marries
Mark Twain marries Olivia Langdon -
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is published and becomes one of his most famous works -
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published and becomes another one of his most famous works -
Mark Twain's Last Novel Published
His last novel, "Pudd'nhead Wilson," is published in 1894 -
Death of Mark Twain
He died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Conneticut
