Events in U.S. History

By Ashlyn Asay
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Christopher 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

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The war of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican American war

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Andrew Jackson's election

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of electric lights

  • The Homestead strike

  • The Pullman strike

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    The Spanish American war

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The invention of the airplane