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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
When Columbus discovered America -
The Settlement of Jamestown
Virginia began on three ships -
The French and Indian War
In 1754 Washington’s surprise attack upon a small French -
The Boston Tea Party
They had to dump all the tea -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British Army set out from Boston -
The Declaration of Independence
Men are born and remain free and equal in rights -
The Battle of Yorktown
the Allied army was still en route -
The Constitutional Convention
the union between the states was unraveling -
The invention of the cotton gin
born inventor Eli Whitney -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
the Alien and Sedition Acts -
The Louisiana Purchase
of France possessing herself of Louisiana -
The War of 1812
was the first large scale test of the American republic -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was United States federal legislation -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
a re-match of the 1824 election -
The Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Phoenix, as a platform for their views. -
The Panic of 1837
Profits, prices, and wages went down -
The Mexican-American War
also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the Intervención Estadounidense en México -
The Compromise of 1850
the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
It had been the norm for so many decades. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
to use a coarse, but an expressive figure -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
was one of the last battles of the American Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States. -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
The invention of the light bulb, the telephone, and the airplane changed the world. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Homestead Strike happened in Homestead, Pennsylvania. -
The Spanish-American War
The main issue was Cuban independence -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt began on September 14, 1901 -
The invention of the telegraph
Morse came to understand how it worked