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Period: 1490 to
American History, Columbus - WWI
This timeline is color coded. Red = war/battles, Green = inventions, Light Blue = acts of government, Dark Blue = presidential occasions, Yellow = significant events -
Oct 12, 1492
The discovery of America by Columbus
The day the lookout on Columbus' fleet first saw American land. -
The settlement of Jamestown
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British Revolution -Parlimential supremacy established.
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Start of the French & Indian War
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The Albany Plan of Union
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End of the French & Indian War
Note 1760 was the end of the French & Indian war, but fighting continued in Europe for 3 more years. -
The Boston Tea Party
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The battle of Lexington and Concord
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Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was signed on the second of July, but was read to the people on the fourth. Thus the fourth of July is Independence day. -
Start of the siege/battle of Yorktown
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End of the siege/battle of Yorktown
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Start of the Constitutional Convention
Single most important event of America. -
End of the Constitutional Convention
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Invention of the cotton gin
The date is the day Eli Whitney applied for a patent -
The Alien & Sedition acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
Signed April 30 1803; Announced July 4 1803 -
Start of the War of 1812
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End of the War of 1812
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The Missouri Compromise
Congress passed it March 9, 1820; The president signed it, making it law, on May 6. -
Andrew Jackson gets elected
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Beginning of the Trail of Tears
It went from 1831 - 1850 -
Invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse
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Start of the Mexican-American war
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End of the Mexican-American war
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The Compromise of 1850
September -
The firing on Fort Sumter
The firing lasted through the next day. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
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Surrender at Appomottax Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln's assassination
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
Started March 5, 1868; ended May 26 1868. -
The 13th Ammendment
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The 14th Ammendment
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The 15th Ammendment
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Invention of the telephone
By Alexander Graham Bell -
The end of the Reconstruction Era
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Invention of the lightbulb
First successful test by Thomas Edison -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The Homestead strike
June 30 - July 6 1892 -
The Pullman Strikes
May 11 - July 20 -
Start of Spanish-American war
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End of the Spanish-American war
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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt becomes president
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The first flight in an airplane
December
