History Timeline

By mckayhigley
  • 1492

    Columbus discovers America

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian war

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Signature of Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

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    Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Invention of Electric Light

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Election of President Andrew Jackson

  • Trail of Tears

  • Invention of Telegraph

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    Panic of 1937

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Invention of Telephone

  • Homestead Strike

  • Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • Invention of Airplane