SS timeline
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Updated: 19 May 2021
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Created byGriffin Scremin
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Columbus discovers AmericaBritain established the first colony, JamestownCivil War begins with the attack on Fort SumterEmancipation Proclamation passed to free the Confederate slavesThe US declares independence from Britain, starting the Revolutionary WarBritain passes the Sugar Act, which is a cause of the Revolutionaryt WarThe French and Indian War begins and lasts until 1763The second Industrial Revolution begins, with news industries like steel, oil, and electricityThomas Edison invents the lightbulbTexas joins the UnionThe California Gold Rush starts after a mill worker finds gold in a streamThe U.S. makes the Louisiana Purchase, which doubles the countries landJohn Brown raids and takes Harper's Ferry, but is arrested and executed for treasonLewis and Clark set off to explore the Louisiana PurchasePeople begin to use the Oregon Trail
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