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1492
Christopher Columbus
In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed across The Atlantic ocean to find a passage to China But instead he found america. -
The settlement of Jamestown
The First colonists Found the first town in "New england" -
The French and Indian war
The Colonial British-Americans Fight against the Colonists of New France -
The Boston Tea Party
The Americans fight the British tea tax by rioting and throwing thousands of pounds of tea in the Boston harbor -
The battle of Lexington and Concord
The first official military engagement of the revolutionary war -
The Declaration of Independence
The official Declaration of independence From Great Britain -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Americans Team up with the French to battle The British -
The Constitutional Convention
A convention with the founding fathers of America to decide how to govern it -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The invention of the cotton engine sparked a new way to distribute cotton products, leading to the need of bigger farms and more slaves -
The Alien and sedition acts
A series of laws passed by the Federal Congress and signed into action by president Adams that Included new powers to Deport foreigners and make it harder for imigrants to vote -
The Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi. -
war of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its own allies. -
Missouri Compromise
The U.S Federal Legisation made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state in order to balance the north and south -
Andrew Jacksons Election
Andrew Jackson runs for president of the United states -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
The panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down; unemployment went up; and pessimism abounded. The panic had both domestic and foreign. -
The invention of the Telegraph
The first high speed long distance communication system that wast letters -
The Mexican-American War
The war between Mexico and America that stemmed from the annexation of current day texas -
The comprimise of 1850
The fugitive slave act was abolished, California became a free state, and a territorial governent was created in Utah -
The firing on Fort Sumter
The bombardment of Fort Sumter by the south carolina militia that led to the surrender of the fort -
The Emancipation proclomation
An article of freedom for slaves writen by Abraham Lincoln -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The Civil war amendments were designed to ensure equailty for recently emancipated slaves -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
One of the last battles fought in the civil war -
Abraham Lincoln's assassanation
John wilkes Booth shoots The 16th president of the united states in the middle of a theater -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached in U.S history -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
created by John d. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler, the standard oil company was the largest refinery and producer known in 1870 -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
The beginning of the electric age sparked a new era of learning -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
The workers from Carnegie mills went on strike becuase Andrew carnegie wouldnt increase their pay -
The Spanish-American war
The Spanish–American War was an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt began on September 14, 1901, 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.