U.S. History Timeline

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  • 1492

    The discovery of America

  • The settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian war

  • The Boston tea party

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    The battle of Lexington and concord

  • The declaration of independence

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    Battle of yorktown

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    Constitutional convention

  • Invention of cotton gin

  • Alien and Sedition

  • Invention of the Electric light

  • The Louisiana purchase

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    The war of 1812

  • The Missouri compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's election

  • The trial of tears

  • The panic of 1837

  • Invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American war

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    The Spanish-American war

  • The compromise of 1850

  • The firing on fort sumpter

  • Emancipation proclamation

  • The organization of standard oil trust

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment

  • Surrender at Appomattox courthouse

  • Abraham Lincolns assassination

  • Invention of the telephone

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    Pullman and homestead strikes

  • Invention of the airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president