U.S History Timeline

By curiousgeorge143431
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus's Discovery of America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • 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

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    The Constitutional Convention

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    The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Invention of Electric Light

  • 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

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    The Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation of Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appotamox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Invention of Electric Telephone

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Homestead Strike

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    The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency

  • Invention of Electric Airplane