24W History timeline

By MrJumper19
  • 1492

    Christopher Coloumbus Discovers the Americas

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    Not the most clear research topic. The most firm dates I had were the 1830's, but the end of the trail dates seemed to be around the 1840's-1850's

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • 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

  • Invention of the telephone

  • Invention of the electric light bulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of the airplane