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Nov 10, 1492
Columbus Discovers America
1492 Christopher columbus discovers Amerca.
After finding it, he started to traade with the natives
Soon after America was colonised -
Period: Nov 10, 1492 to
Start to End
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Dec 10, 1492
Colonists start to come to America
After Columbus finds America, colonists from Spain start to colonize the new world.
Jamestown being one of the first colonies created in that time.
This is also when the suprising croatoan mystery happened -
Revolutionary War starts
Colonists got fed up with Britians rules.
They asked to become an independent country but was declined
After years of torment they decided to fight bac, thus the start of the war -
Revolutionary War ends (America a Country)
After eight years of war, the patriots successfully threw out the British rule.
America became an independed country with a repuplic government.
George Washington becoming the first American president -
Start of American indusrialization
The age of industrialization starts
People start to invent and create more and more machinery, including the first machine gun, by Dr. Richard J. Gatling.
Also steam power became popular -
Manifest Destiny
The western movement later called the manifest destiny march started.
Families from all over the east wanted to move and civilize the western front
It was very dangerous and many people lost their lives -
Steam Train invented in America
Still in the age of the industrilization, the steam rain was created for American use.
The train first built in Bitain was remodled to suite American transportation.
Used to transport war materials in the Civil War, and food. Also to transport humans -
Start of the Civil War
After a dispute over control of slaves, the Civil war started
There were two sides, the North (The Union), and then the southern states (The confederates). The union wanted to stop slavery but the Confederates didnt want to give it up. The war went on for four years. there were many lives lost and lost of blood shed.
It is said to be the most bloodiest war in American history, and one of the Bloodiest wars in the world -
Abraham lincoln Assassinated
After the Civil War ended, after Lincolns Emancipation Prclamtion speech, and The union won. john Wilkes Booth assassenated the President of the United States.
Lincoln Ws with his wife and Generals watching a play when booth came behind him and shot Lincoln in the back of the head.
There was a public outcry, and after a few weeks of searching, Booth and his assotiates were hung for thier crimes.
