AMERICAN HISTORY DATES

By jjdorny
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jacksons Election

  • Invention of Telegraph

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    Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

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    Mexican American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • 13th, 14th, 15th amendments

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincolns Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president