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1492 BCE
The Discovery of American by Christopher Columbus.
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War.
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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.
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The Constitutional Convention.
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The invention of the cotton gin.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts.
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The Louisiana Purchase.
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The War of 1812.
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The Missouri Compromise.
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Andrew Jackson's Election.
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The Panic of 1837.
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The Trail of Tears.
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The Mexican-American War.
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The Compromise of 1850.
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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 invention of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell).
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The invention of the electric light (Thomas Edison).
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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 airplane (Wright Brothers).