U.S. History Timeline

  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independance

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The United States Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The Louisiana Purchase

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    War of 1812

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    The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Development and Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The American-Mexican War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Forming of The Standard Oil Trust

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    Surrender and Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincolns Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of The Telephone

  • The Invention of Light

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    The Homestead Strikes

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    The Pullman Strikes

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    The American-Spanish War

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    Theodore Roosevelt Election

  • The Invention of Planes