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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus' 1st voyage
In the evening of August 3rd 1492 Columbus left Palos to Santa Marie, Nina and Pinta with 3 ships. -
The year Jamestown was settled
the 1st permanent British settlement in North America -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
End Of French And Indian War
the treaty of Paris ended the war -
Boston Massacre
a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston -
The Declaration of Independence
the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
The battle of Yorktown
The Continental Army who were led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British -
The signing of the constitution
The Constitution is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -
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
the Louisiana land deal was between the United States and France, the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Lewis and Clark expedition begins
it was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States -
The Battle of Fort McHenry
it was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders. -
The battle of the Alamo
it 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. and shot President Abraham Lincoln -
The 13th amendment
Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."