U.S. History Timeline

By williamsburger1
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    Columbus sails from Italy and discovers America.

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Tea from British Ships are thrown into the harbor as an act of rebellion.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

    The USA is officially an independant country.
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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana was bought for $15,000,000.
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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Development of the Telegraph

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumpter

    Confederate Army's fire at Fort Sumpter.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    President Abraham Lincoln bans slavery when he gives the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    This trust combines many different oil companies into one, making the trust have about 90% control of the nations refineries and pipelines.

  • The 13th Amendment is Made

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant.

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Lincoln is assassinated in the Peterson House in Washington, D.C.

  • Andrew Johnson is Impeached

    President Johnson is impeached after voting in many Congressional bills that weren't approved by the House of Representatives. His relationship with the House worsened, and he was later impeached.

  • The 14th Amendment is Made

    This made anyone born in the USA from other countries automatic citizens of the U.S.

  • The 15th Amendment is Made

    This allowed African-American Men to vote.

  • The invention of the Telephone

    The telephone is invented primarily by Alex Graham bell.

  • The invention of the electric light bulb

    Thomas Edison invents the light bulb

  • The Homestead Strike

    This was dispute among workers working for a mill in Pennsylvania. They were conducting a strike on the mill over labour disputations, and ended up getting fired by the company they were working for.

  • The Pullman Strike

    This strike along with widespread boycotts against the railroad caused lots of challenges in the railroad industry.
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    The Spanish-American War

    This conflict ended Spanish rule in north and south America. The U.S. also obtained land in the Latin America and western pacific region.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The Airplane is invented

    The wright brothers fly the first airplane.