Outline History of America
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1492-It is generally admitted that previously to the time of Columbus, Europeans had visited America. The Scandinavians, it is claimed, had…
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His son, Sebastian, the same year that Columbus discovered the mainland, discovered Newfoundland, and sailed as far south as Chesapeake…
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Leaving Havanna May 12, 1539, he reached Espiritu Santo Florida on the 25th, and formally took possession of the country in behalf of the…
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The Plymouth Company sent out a colony the same year, 1607. It settled at the mouth of the Kennebec, Maine, but owing to the severity of…
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Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the Dutch service, in 1609, in the hope of reaching the Pacific ocean, entered New York harbor and…
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In 1692, Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony united under the name of Massachusetts. 1622.-A bloody Indian massacre occurred on March 22…
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In 1634 the first settlement was made at St. Mary's, near the mouth of the Potomac. The charter gave the freemen a voice in making the…
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The militia retreated, but the Continentals only fell back to secure a better position. The British having mistaken this backward movement…
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When Lord North, (the Prime Minister,) November 25, 1781, heard the intelligence, he arose, and exclaimed with a look of the deepest…
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He defeated his rival Thomas Jefferson by only two electoral votes. 1799-George Washington died at his home, Mount Vernon, Va., after a…
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The announcement in Washington of Polk's nomination in Baltimore was the first news ever sent by telegraph. 1845-In September the Mormons…
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The Mexicans, under General Aristá, numbering eight thousand men, or about three times the American force, attacked Taylor on the plains of…
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Anna. 1847-April 18, General Scott won the battle of Cerro Gordo, defeating Santa 1847-August 20, General Scott captured Contreras, within…
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The undergrowth bushwood took fire, and most of the wounded were burned to death. Grant lost twenty thousand men, and Lee ten thousand. It…
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Eleven men were indicted for the murder. A verdict of acquittal was found for six; and a mistrial was entered for three…
January, 1861
9-When South Carolina determined to secede from the Union Major Anderson was in command of the Federal garrison in Charleston harbor…