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Oct 15, 1492
Discovery of America
Columbus finds America and calls the inhabitants indians -
The Settlement of Jamestown
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
The French and Indian war
The French and Indian War was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops. -
The Constitutional Convention
the Grand Convention at Philadelphia took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
The invention of the cotton gin
The cotton gin was invented in October 28th, 1793. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Signed into law by President John Adams in 1798. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that started a major recession that lasted until the mid 1840s. -
The Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands and to migrate to an area in Oklahoma. -
The 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
The Mexican–American War, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay came up with a bunch of resolutions in that he hoped would stop a crisis between the North and South. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on Fort Sumter. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of civil war. -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
the 13th amendmant abolished slavery and prohibits it, the 14th amendant says that anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. is a citizen, the 15th amendmant keeps the government from keeping anyone from voting based on there race or color. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west, he arrived in Appomattox County on April 8. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew Johnson. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. -
The invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone. -
The invention of the electric light
Thomas Edison invented this amazing tool in 1879. (theres no specifics on the exact month and day) -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
the only difference between slavery at Pullman and what it was down South before the war is that the owners took care of the slaves when they were sick and here they don't. -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict that resulted in the U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Teddy or TR served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. -
The invention of the airplane
The Airplane was invented by the wright brothers.
