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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Discovers America
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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French & Indian War
France and England claimed some of the same land along the east coast. They fought each other for the land. Some colonists and Native Americans sided with France, others sided with England. This war determined which of the two powers would have more control in the Americas. England won the war, and as a result, claimed everything from the east coast to the Mississippi River. -
The Boston Tea Party
This was the first step in the Revolutionary War. The Americans were tired of being taxed without a say in their government. Because the latest tax was on tea, they refused to drink tea. One night, disguised as Native Americans, some colonists boarded a ship and threw all of the crates of tea off in protest of the tax. The war had started. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
This is the very first actual battle fought in the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere's famous ride was made to warn those in Lexington and Concord that the British were coming. -
The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Constitutional Convention
This Convention was held from the 25th of May to the 17 of September 1787. In this convention, the leaders of the newly formed nation met to decide how America was going to be governed. As you might guess, they wrote the Constitution of the United States of America. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
This was especially important to plantation owners in the south because it meant that the seeds no longer had to be hand pulled out of the cotton, it was done by the machine. This shortened the amount of labor necessary to keep the plantation running. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
These acts were passed by John Adams in 1798. They were passed because France and England were (once again) fighting. The American people wanted to keep the French out of America for several reasons, so they passed these acts. The Alien and Sedition acts made it hard for foreigners to be citizens and vote; illegal to criticize the government; and made it possible for the president could kick anyone out of the U. S. -
The Louisiana Purchase
President Jefferson bought the land west of the Mississippi from the French. -
The War of 1812
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The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson's Election
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The Trail of Trail of Tears
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The Invention of the Telegraph
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The Panic of 1837
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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
This was the first step in the Civil War. Although tension between the slave states and the union was already great, war didn't break out in full until Fort Sumter was fired on. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This is the proclamation made by President Lincoln declaring slaves to be free. -
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments (Sometimes Called the Civil War Amendments)
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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
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The Invention of the Telephone
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The Invention of the Electric Light
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Workers went on strike because the owners of big monopolies (such as Andrew Carnegie) weren't giving the workers enough wages. -
The Spanish American War
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Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
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The Invention of the Airplane
The Wright Brothers took their first flight of 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17 1903.
