History of the Americas

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus "discovers" the Americas

  • Virginia Dare born

    on Roanoke island
  • The Settlement of Jamestown is founded

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    The French and Indian war

    The American theater of the wider conflict: The Seven Years' War. It wasn't seven years because apparently, people can't count. This has happened too many times, I will not stand for it.
  • Parliament passes the Quartering Act

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Hey, King George! What's the opposite of tea? YEET!
    -Blue, Historian of Overly Sarcastic Productions
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

    Let's blame the Main on Spain!
    -Oversimplified
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president