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The Discovery of America by Columbus
Columbus Day. Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion. (loc.gov) -
The Settlement of Jamestown
Jamestown is a historic site in east Virginia -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.(history.gov) -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. (history.gov) -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, headed The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the founding document of the United States -
The Battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle because of the presence of Germans in all three armies, began September 28, 1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia May 25 -
The invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney in 1794. Whitney's gin used a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously removed the loose cotton lint to prevent jams. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States of America and its against the United Kingdom -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a federal legislation of the United States -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people. -
The Panic of 1837
he Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major depression, which lasted until the mid-1840s. -
The invention of the telegraph
Samuel Morse invented it. -
The Mexican-American War
The Mexican–American War, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 -Britannia -
The Compromise of 1850
The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act. -national archives -
The Compromise of 1850
The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.- the national archives -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. -battlefields.org -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."-national archives -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Together, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments. They address slavery, citizenship and voting rights. - study.com -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution to impeach Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors".-study.com -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Court House started during the early morning hours of April 9, 1865. By the afternoon of the same day, General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. -nps.gov -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Linclon was assassinated on this day. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated in 1870 -wikipedia -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
These modern inventions began in 1878 helping the modern world advance. -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
The Pullman strike of 1894 was a nationwide railroad strike that placed the American Railroad Union against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government.- -
The Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence-wikipedia