US History

By jtilton
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers the Americas

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The Start of the French and Indian War

  • The End of The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence was written

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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 were passed

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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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

  • The Firing on Fort Sumpter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Andrew Johnson's Election

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    The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Invention of the telephone

  • The Invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The Invention of the airplane