U.S. History A Timeline

By annaberch
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

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    The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • Andrew Jackson Elected

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

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    The Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Passed

  • Andrew Johnson was Impeached

  • 14th Amendment Passed

  • 15th Amendment Passed

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

  • Homestead Strikes

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Pullman Strikes

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane

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    Spanish-Ameriacan War