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America 1492-1903

By Analisa Burt
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • Jamestown Settlement

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Electric Light

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    Battle of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Elected

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    Trail of Tears

  • Telegraph

  • Period: to

    Panic of 1837

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson Impeached

  • Telephone

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    Standard Oil Trust

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    Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    Spanish-American War

  • Teddy Roosevelt Began Presidency

  • Airplane