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Oct 12, 1492
The discovery of america by Columbus
On august 3rd Columbus and his crew set off to search for new land. On October 12, they found land, but not where they thought. -
The settlement of Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
The French and Indian war
France tried moving onto the Ohio river. Britain said no. The war didn't end until 1763 -
The Boston tea party
The new American people were getting unfairly taxed, so they threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord began the revolutionary war. This is when Paul Revere came in. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence stated that the 13 colonies were an independent nation. -
The battle of Yorktown
George Washington lead an army of French and American soldiers to fight against the British. The British surrendered. The American's won their independence. The revolutionary war was over. -
The Constitutional convention
realizing they had no king to look after them, they needed a sturdy government, as the one they had was not working. And was born the US constitution. -
The invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which made the harvesting of cotton go much faster. -
The Alien and Sedition acts
The alien and Sedition acts were laws that made it harder to become a US citizen. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land treaty that America and France made because America wanted the land, and France needed the money, so it worked out. -
The War of 1812
the British tried to stop the trade going into America, and the trade going into France, and basically Britain was being a jerk. -
The Missouri Compromise
People wanted Missouri to be a slave state, but having the states equally balanced between slave/free, making Missouri a slave state would upset more than just the balance. so they had to switch everything up so Missouri could be a slave state. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
It was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, Jackson won by an incredible amount. -
The Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson wanted to expand his territory, so he made the Native Americans sign a treaty giving their land to him. Because of this all of the tribes in that territory were forced to relocate. -
The Panic of 1837
Kinda like the great depression of 1837, unemployment went up, wages went down. -
The invention of the telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, a machine used to convey messages to far off places using an arrangement of dots and slashes. We call this Morse code. -
The Mexican-American War
Texas was free from Mexico's rule, but America wanted it, Mexico didn't want them to have it. -
The Compromise of 1850
in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. (https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html) -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane