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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
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Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
US History A Timeline
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Colonists settle Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
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The battle of Lexington and Concord takes place about 5:00a.m.
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The Boston Tea Party takes place.
American Colonists dump about 340 chests of tea into the Massachusetts bay. -
The Declaration of Independence gets adopted by the Continental Congress
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The Battle of Yorktown takes place.
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The constitutional convention takes place in Philadelphia
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The cotton gin is invented
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The Alien and Sedation Acts is passed by the American Congress
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Louisiana territory is purchased by the United States
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The War of 1812 takes place
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The Missouri compromise done by the legislation
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Andrew Jackson is elected the 7th President of the United States.
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About 100,000 native Americans travel the Trail of Tears
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The telegraph is invented by Samuel F. B. Morse
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The panic of 1837 breaks out
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The Mexican-American War takes place
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The compromise of 1850 (California admitted as a free state).
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At 4:30a.m. Confederate guns open fire on Fort Sumpter
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The Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Abraham Lincoln
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The 13th 14th and 15th Amendments to the constitution were passed by Congress.
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President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth that evening.
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The 17th president of the USA gets impeached
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the Telephone.
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Thomas Edison invents the electric lightbulb
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The Organization of Standard Oil trust is founded
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse.
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The Spanish American War takes place.
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Theodor Roosevelt is elected as the 26th President of the USA
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Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the airplane
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes occur.