Plantnet&Taktaktoe's U.S. History

By Plantnet&Taktaktoe
  • 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

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    Patented by Eli Whitney

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Invention of the electric light bulb

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    (years in office: 1829-1837)
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    The Trail of Tears

    Moving the Native Americans

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Patented by Samuel Morse

  • The Panic of 1837

    Lasted until mid 1840s--a depression type event
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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Slavery abolished in Washington D.C.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Civil War

    North against South--Fighting over slavery

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Got shot in the head and died the next day
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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    AKA The Civil War Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

    Patented by Alexander Graham Bell

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    First year in office

  • The Spanish-American War

  • The Invention of the airplane