HistoryATimeline

By Luther_Barney_
  • 1492

    Columbus Sets Sail

    Columbus Sets Sail for America

  • Jamestown is settled

    The first settlement on the new land, Jamestown, is settled

  • The Albany Plan of Union

    The plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin to create a governmental system for the 13 colonies

  • The start of The French and Indian war

  • The end of The French and Indian war

  • The Boston Tea Party

    A protest made by the Sons of Liberty

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The first battles of The Revolutionary War

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The writing and publishing of The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The beginning of The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

    The start of The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Start of The War of 1812

  • The end of The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    The end of Reconstruction

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War