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1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
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The Louisiana Purchase
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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
The Indian worm-gear roller gin, invented some time around the sixteenth century, has, according to Lakwete, remained virtually unchanged up to the present time. A modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794. wikipedia.com -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The invention of the telegraph
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The War of 1812
War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. -
The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Trail of Tears
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The Panic of 1837
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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The Mexican-American War
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The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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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