US History A Timeline

By Sage Miller
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America By Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitution of Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassinated 4

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electrical Light

  • The Louisian Purchase

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish American War

  • Theodore Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane