IRJ US History Timeline

By Iridis
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    Trail of Tears

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    Panic of 1837

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    The invention of the telegraph

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president