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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Discovers America
Christopher Columbus left Europe trying to find a new route to India. When he arrived he thought he was in India but later discovered he was in a whole different section of Earth. -
13 Colonies
The colonies originated from the colony Jameston and grew from there. The last colony deveoloped was Gerogia in 1732. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian was a war fought between the French and England and their new colonies. The war was fought primary for more land -
Industrial Revoltuion
The Industrial Revolution was a time of scietific advancments. The British ahd already had an Industrial Revolution and were slightly ahead of everyone else, but some great things came the US. One of the most important devolpments would be the cotton gin. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened after the British started to tax the Americans an absurb amount. A few colonist dressed up as indians and threw the British tea into the harbor. -
Writing of The Constitution
A group of polititions and representatives from many states came together to write the Consitituion. The Constitutional Conventoin is where it was written and where they came up with all these laws to live by. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the land the US just bought from the French in the Lousisana purchase. They met many Native American tribes along the way and were able to make strong connections with them.That is how they met sacagawea, who led them through out a majority of the area. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed to help the power stay equal in congress between the states. THe compromise had Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas happened bucause of acts that allowed the population to decide wether they were proslavery or against it. Kansas being a new area both types of people went and wanted to claim it. They weren't able to agree on anything and this lead to violence. -
Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary Was was a war bewteen the British and the colonist. The colonist fought for their freedom from British power. During the war the French started to help the colonist and eventually the colonist won the war and the British left the colonist alone.
