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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America By Columbus
He started on Aug 2 1492. He had a few hardships on the way. -
The Settlement of Jamestown
People arived and wanted to make it there own -
The French and Indian War
It started in 1754 ended in 1763 -
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty started a protest called the Boston Tea party -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The start of the American Revolutionary War -
The Declaration of Independence
The United States of America gained her freedomes. -
The Battle of Yorktown
It started Sep 28, 1781 and ended on Oct 19, 1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
It was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It started May 27,1787 and ended on Sep 17 1787 -
The invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney (1765-1825)
This man was the inventor of the Cotton gin -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
President John Adams signed them in. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The USA Purchases Louisiana for the French. -
The War of 1812
Date: Jun 18, 1812 – Mar 23, 1815
Location: Eastern and Central North America, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans -
The Missouri Compromise
Congress trying to change sectional and political rivalries. -
Andrew Jackson’s Election
This is when Jackson was elected the 7th US president. -
The invention of the telegraph
Samuel Morse (1791-1872) Invented the Telegraph in the 1830s and 40s. -
The Trail of Tears
Forced removals of Native Americans -
The Panic of 1837
Finacial Crisis in the United States it started in 1837 ended in 1843. -
The Mexican-American War
Dates: Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848
First war on foreign Soil. -
The Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay attempted to copmromise -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
Dates: Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 14, 1861
An atack was held. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation 95 is and was a presidential prpclamation. -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The three amendments are also know as the Civil War Amendments. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Tobert E. Lee Surreners his Army of the Norther Virginia -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
This is when Andrew Johnson was Impeached from office. -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard oil is American owned. -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of these things. 1877-1880 -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
Industrial lockout. Started June 30, 1892, ended July 6, 1892. -
The Spanish-American War
Period: April 1898 – August 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Theodore R was the 26th President of the United States of America.