History Timeline

By Jensen T.
  • 1492

    Columbus discovers the Americas

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The Albany Plan of Union

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    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

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The first electric light is invented

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The 13th Amendment is passed

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The 14th Amendment is passed

  • The 15th Amendment is passed

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The end of Reconstruction

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The airplane is invented