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Period: Oct 8, 1492 to
US History A Timeline
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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
1607-1699 -
The French and Indian War
Start date: May 28, 1754
End date: Feb 10, 1763 -
The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
Start date: Sep 28, 1781
End date: Oct 19, 1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
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The Invention of The Cotton Gin
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812
Start date: Jun 18, 1812
End date: Feb 18, 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Panic of 1837
Start date: May 21, 1827
End date: Mid 1940's -
The invention of the telegraph
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The Mexican-American War
Start date: April 25, 1846
End date: February 2, 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
Start date: January 29, 1850
End date: September 1850 -
The Trail of Tears
Start date: 1831
End date: 1850 -
The Firing on Fort Sumter
Start date: April 12, 1861
End date: April 13, 1861 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
Signed by: Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Start date: Feb 24, 1868
End date: May 26, 1868 -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th Amendment: January 31, 1865
The 14th Amendment: June 13, 1866
The 15th Amendment: February 26, 1869 -
The invention of the telephone
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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The invention of the electric light
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
The Homestead Strike: July 12, 1892
The Pullman Strike: August 2, 1894 -
The Spanish-American War
Start date: April 21, 1898
End date: Dec 10, 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Start date: September 14, 1901
End date: March 4, 1909 -
The Invention of the Airplane
