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1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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Period: 1492 to
US History A T
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
lasted until 1763 -
The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
Declared on July 2, 1776. Approved by congress July 4, 1776. Signed on august 2, 1776. -
The Battle of Yorktown
Lasted until October 19, 1781 -
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
Lasted until March 23, 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson's Election
lasted until December 2, 1828 -
The Panic of 1837
ended in 1843 -
The Trail of Tears
ended in 1839 -
The invention of the telegraph
developed in the 1830s and 1840s -
The Mexican-American War
Ended February 2, 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumpter
Ended on April 14, 1861 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
On September 22,1862 a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued (after the battle at Antietam). -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
They were adopted between 1865 and 1870. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Ended in 1911 -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
electric light-1879,
telephone-1876,
airplane-1903 -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Ended July 6, 1892 -
The Spanish-American War
Ended August 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Won a second term in 1904
