US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery Of America By Christopher Colombus

  • The Settlement Of Jamestown

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    The French And Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington And Concord

  • The Declaration Of Independence

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    The Battle Of Yorkstown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention Of The Cotton Gin

  • The Alien And Sedition Acts

  • The Invention Of The Electric Light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War Of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail Of Tears

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    The Panic Of 1837

  • The Invention Of The Telegraph

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    The Mexican American War

  • The Compromise Of 1850

  • The Firing On Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

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    Surrender At Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Organization Of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention Of The Telephone

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    The Pullman And Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention Of The Airplane