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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of America by Columbus
Columbus left Spain to find a new trading route to Asia and instead of finding Asia, he found the Bahamian islands.
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The settlement of Jamestown
104 men and boys from England started a settlement that they named after King James I. It was the first permanent settlement. https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm -
The French and Indian War
France was pushing into British clams. As a result of the war, the British gained Canada from France and Florida from Spain. It was called the French and Indian war because the Indians sided with the French. from 1754 to 1763
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These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.
a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney#:~:text=In%201794%2C%20U.S.%2Dborn%20inventor,removing%20seeds%20from%20cotton%20fiber.&text=Despite%20its%20success%2C%20the%20gin,due%20to%20patent%2Dinfringement%20issues. -
The Boston Tea Party
The colonists were mad at Britain because of taxation without representation this meant the Colonists had no voice in what was being taxed or how much the tax cost.
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord#:~:text=The%20Battles%20of%20Lexington%20and%20Concord%2C%20fought%20on%20April%2019,British%20authorities%2C%20particularly%20in%20Massachusetts. -
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
George Washington, a commanding force of troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, This is one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/siege-of-yorktown -
The Constitutional Convention
The event was decided on how America was going to be governed. May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. https://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp#:~:text=A%20series%20of%20laws%20known,for%20new%20immigrants%20to%20vote. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803 and ended on April 30, 1803
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The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
Helped America move forward
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The War of 1812
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights.
Jun 18, 1812 – Feb 18, 1815
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
The 1828 United States presidential election was the 11th quadrennial presidential election. Oct 31, 1828 – Dec 2, 1828
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The Panic of 1837
a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, This lasted till the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down; unemployment went up
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The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River.
1831 – 1877
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The invention of the telegraph
the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication.
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The Mexican-American War
It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River. Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848
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The Compromise of 1850
a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states
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The Missouri Compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. In 1854. -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter.
Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 13, 1861
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation freed only those slaves living in states not under Union control. https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation#:~:text=President%20Abraham%20Lincoln%20issued%20the,and%20henceforward%20shall%20be%20free.%22 -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. 1865 and 1870,
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Surrender at Appomattox Court house
This was the last battle of the American Civil War. https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-surrender-meeting.htm -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was killed box at Ford's Theater in Washington. A supporter of slavery believed that Lincoln was determined to overthrow the Constitution and to destroy his beloved South.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination -
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
This was a result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies in the aftermath of the American Civil War. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-andrew-johnson-impeached#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20House%20of%20Representatives,be%20impeached%20in%20U.S.%20history. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller. He built up the company through 1868 to become the largest oil refinery firm in the world.
(Does not say the exact day)
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Strike in response to recent reductions in wages.
July 1 – November 20, 1892
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the spanish-american war
America's support of the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor, started this war.
Apr 21, 1898 – Dec 10, 1898
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States upon the assassination and death of President William McKinley and ended on March 4, 1909.
In-office September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/
