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Jan 1, 1492
Discovery of America by Columbus
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Settlement of Jamestown
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The French & Indian War
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington & Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Constitutional Convention
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Invention of the "Cotton Gin"
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812
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The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson's Election
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Invention of the "telegraph"
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The Panic of 1837
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The Trail of Tears
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The Mexican-American War
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The Compromise of 1850
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
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The Emancipation Proclomation
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The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust
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The 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments
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The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln's Assasination
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
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Invention of the "telephone"
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Invention of the "electric light"
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The Pullman & Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
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Invention of the "airplane"
