American history timeline

By thekillerorca1
  • Oct 12, 1492

    columbus finds amarica

    america was found by columbus in 1492

  • the settlement of jamestown

  • the french and indian war

  • the boston tea party

  • the battle of lexington and concord

  • the declaration of independence

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    the battle of yorktown

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    the constitution convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • the alien and sedition acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president