US History

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus' discovery of the Americas

    When Columbus made landfall in America.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers the Americas

  • Settlement of Jamestown

    When early settlers of America settled in Jamestown.

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • Beginning of French Indian war

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    The French and Indian war

  • End of French Indian war

  • Boston tea party

  • The Boston tea party

  • The battles of Lexington and Concord

    The battles that kicked off the revolutionary war

  • The battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of independence

    When the Americans declared their independence

  • The Declaration of independence

  • Battle of Yorktown begins

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    The battle of Yorktown

  • Battle of Yorktown ends

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Creation of the cotton gin

  • The alien and sedition acts

  • The Louisiana purchase

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    The war of 1812

  • The Missouri comprimise

  • Election of Andrew Jackson

  • Period: to

    Trail of tears

  • Period: to

    The panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • Period: to

    The Mexican American war

  • The compromise of 1850

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    The firing on Fort Sumter

  • The emancipation proclamation

  • Organization of standard oil trust

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    13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

  • The surrender at Appomattox Courthause

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Impeachment of Andrew Jackson

  • Invention of the telephone

  • Invention of electric light

  • Homestead strike

  • Pullman strike

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    Spanish American war

  • Invention of the Airplane

  • Election of Theodore Roosevelt

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