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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
The war started in 1754 and lasted until 1763. -
The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown started on September 28, 1781 and lasted until October 19, the same year. -
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was a debate that lasted from May 25, 1787 to September 17, 1787. -
The invention of the cotton gin
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812
The War of 1812 lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 17, 1815. -
The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The invention of the telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears lasted from 1836 to 1839. -
The Panic of 1837
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The Mexican-American War
The war lasted from 1846 to 1848. -
The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Firing on Fort Sumter lasted from April 12 to 14. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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13th Amendment
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment
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The invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. -
The invention of the electric light
Thomas Edison invented the first electric light. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike started in 1892, on July 1, and ended on November 20th. -
The Pullman Strike
The Pullman strike started on May 11, 1894 and went until July 20, 1894. -
The Spanish-American War
The war started on April 21st, 1898, and ended on August 13th of the same year. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The invention of the airplane
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) invented the first airplane.
