US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovered America

  • Jamestown Settlement Established

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Invention of Electric Light

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    Louisiana Purchase

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    War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson's Election

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    Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Panic of 1837

    Says 1845, but it ended in mid-forties.
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    Mexican/American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment Approved

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Assassination of Lincoln

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    Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • 14th Amendment Approved

  • 15th Amendment Approved

  • Invention of Telephone

  • Organization for Standard Oil Trust

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    Homestead Strike

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    Pullman Strike

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    Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Invention of Airplane