US History A Timeline

By 907beast
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement Of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

    Unknown days/monthes.

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Declaration Of Independence

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    Date applied for a patent

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • First ever electric Light

    The original electric light, not the first practical/sellable.

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Unknown Day

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

    Unknown Date
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    The Panic of 1837

    Unknown Date
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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Unknown day.
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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Unknown date

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Ratified

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment Adopted

  • 15th amendment Adopted

  • The invention of the telephone

    Unsure on date, hard to find information on exact date/who really inevented it.

  • Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Railroad Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the Airplane

    First flight of airplane/first working airplane.