US History A Timeline

By Abby123456
  • 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of James Town

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    French and Indian War

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    Battle of Yorktown

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington

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    Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Grin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s election

  • The Panic of 1837

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    the invention of the telegraph

    concept
    practical use
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    the trail of tears

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    the mexican-american War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s assassination

  • 13th amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s impeachment

  • 14th amendment

  • 15th amendment

  • telephone (alexander graham bell)

  • the organization of standard oil trust

  • homestead strike

  • pullman strike

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    the spanish-american war

  • theodore roosevelt becomes president

  • airplane (wright brothers’ first flight)