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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus 1st voyage
sailed from spain to find an all water route to Asia -
The year Jamestown was settled
the first British settlement in north america -
End of the French and Indian war
the day the french and indian war ended -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people by being harassed by mob -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
they were the first military engagements of the american Revelation -
The Declaration of Independence
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule -
The battle of Yorktown
the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York, -
The signing of the constitution
when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states -
The invention of the cotton gin
The cotton gin is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed. -
President Washingtons inauguration
Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, -
Buying of the Louisiana Purchase
a land deal between the United States and France, -
Lewis and Clark expedition begins
the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States. -
The Battle of Fort McHenry
British forces marched on Washington, defeated U.S. forces, and burned the Capitol. -
The battle of the Alamo
was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. -
President lincoln’s assassination
John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., -
the 13th amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,