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Period: 1492 to
The Founding Era
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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Christopher takes 3 ships and lands in the Americas -
Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
US History A Timeline
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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French and Indian War Started
This was the beginning of the 7 years, but there had been fighting for 2 years previous to this. -
French and Indian War Ended
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The Boston Tea Party
England was putting huge taxes on the people in America and this was their retaliation. -
The Battle at Lexington and Concord
The first big battle between the Americans and the Brittish. -
The Declaration of Independence Was Signed
America became its own country -
The Battle of Yorktown
the siege went from 9/28/1781-10/19/1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
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The Invention of Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin is the machine that separated the seed from the cotton -
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The Antebellum Era
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
4 security laws passed by Congress -
The Louisiana Purchase
America bought 2,144,520 square km from France -
The Beginning of the War of 1812
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The End of the War of 1812
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The Missouri Compromise
The U.S Congress allowed Missouri to become a sate -
Andrew Jackson was elected
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The Telegraph was Invented
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The Panic of 1837
A financial crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson -
The Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson forced the Indians out of their land -
Beginning of American Mexican War
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End of American Mexican War
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The Compromise of 1850
Congress passed 5 Bills about slavery -
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The Civil War Era
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Firing of Fort Summer
Rebels fired on Fort Summer in the early morning in South Carolina -
Emancipation Proclamation
A proclamation that freed slaves in the Confederate states -
13th Amendment
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
This event ended the Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
The assassination of the 16th president of the United Sates -
14th Amendment
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The Progressive Era
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
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15th Amendment
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The Invention of the Telephone
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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Homestead Strike
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Pullman Strike
a strike by railroad workers -
The Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of William McKinley -
The Electric light
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The Invention of the Airplane
The Wright Brothers make their first airplanes