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Oct 12, 1492

The Discovery of America by Columbus

https://www.voanews.com/usa/real-story-who-discovered-america
Period: Oct 12, 1492 to Sep 14, 1901

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May 14, 1607

The Settlement of Jamestown

Jamestown Colony | History & Facts | Britannica
1754

The French and Indian War

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/french-and-indian-war/#:~:text=The%20French%20and%20Indian%20War%2C%20which%20took%20place,France%20over%20control%20of%20the%20Ohio%20River%20Valley.
Dec 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party

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Apr 19, 1775

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Battles of Lexington and Concord
Jul 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence

United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia
Sep 28, 1781

The Battle of Yorktown

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May 25, 1787

The Constitutional Convention

https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-constitutional-convention-started.html#:~:text=The%20Constitutional%20Convention%20started%20on%20May%2025%2C%201787.,trusted%20men%20who%20have%20ever%20walked%20this%20soil.
Mar 14, 1794

The invention of the cotton gin

The Cotton Gin-- Great Inventions - Edinformatics
1798

The Alien and Sedition Acts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts#:~:text=The%20Alien%20and%20Sedition%20Acts%20were%20four%20laws,into%20law%20by%20President%20John%20Adams%20in%201798.
1800

The invention of the telegraph

http://nearfieldcommunication.org/history-of-the-telegraph.html#:~:text=The%20telegraph%20was%20a%20machine%20invented%20in%20the,inventor%20called%20Samuel%20Sommering%2C%20was%20an%20electrochemical%20telegraph.
1803

The Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia
1812

The War of 1812

War of 1812 - Wikipedia
1820

The Missouri Compromise

Missouri Compromise | Summary, Map, & Significance | Britannica
Mar 4, 1829

Andrew Jackson’s Election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Andrew_Jackson#:~:text=The%20presidency%20of%20Andrew%20Jackson%20began%20on%20March,Quincy%20Adams%20in%20the%20bitterly-contested%201828%20presidential%20election.
1832

The Trail of Tears

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph#:~:text=The%20telegraph%20invented%20by%20Baron%20Schilling%20von%20Canstatt,galvanometers%20with%20magnetic%20needles%2C%20suspended%20from%20silk%20threads.
1837

The Panic of 1837

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/panic-of-1837/
1846

The Mexican-American War

https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War#:~:text=The%20Mexican-American%20War%20was%20a%20conflict%20between%20the,Mexico%2C%20fought%20from%20April%201846%20to%20February%201848.
1850

The Compromise of 1850

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850#:~:text=Compromise%20of%201850.%20The%20Compromise%20of%201850%20was,status%20of%20territories%20acquired%20in%20the%20Mexican%E2%80%93American%20War.
Apr 12, 1861

The Firing on Fort Sumter

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/battle-of-fort-sumter-facts/
Jan 1, 1863

The Emancipation Proclamation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation#:~:text=The%20Emancipation%20Proclamation%2C%20or%20Proclamation%2095%2C%20was%20a,States%20President%20Abraham%20Lincoln%20effective%20January%201%2C%201863.
1863

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1804.html#:~:text=Standard%20Oil%20Trust.%20The%20Standard%20Oil%20Trust%20was,the%20largest%20oil%20refinery%20firm%20in%20the%20world.
Apr 9, 1865

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

https://www.nps.gov/apco/index.htm#:~:text=Beginning%20Peace%20and%20Reunion.%20On%20April%209%2C%201865%2C,signaled%20the%20end%20of%20the%20nation%27s%20largest%20war.
Apr 14, 1865

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination
Feb 24, 1868

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson
Feb 3, 1870

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

https://brainly.com/question/7490958#:~:text=They%20were%20all%20shortly%20passed%20after%20the%20Civil,more%20specifically%20the%20rights%20of%20African%20Americans.%200.0.
1878

The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/invention_of_the_telephone
Jun 30, 1892

The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Awr9K563VzxfSIgAKgBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?qid=20070425060852AA9XJQN
Apr 25, 1898

The Spanish-American War

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Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Theodore_Roosevelt#:~:text=Presidency%20of%20Theodore%20Roosevelt.%20Theodore%20Roosevelt.%20The%20Presidency,William%20McKinley%2C%20and%20ended%20on%20March%204%2C%201909.