US History A timeline

  • Oct 12, 1494

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

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    Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Cotton Gin Invention

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of Electricity Light

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    War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Election

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    Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • Panic of 1837

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

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    Surrender at Appomattox

  • Lincoln's Assassination

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • Invention of the Telephone

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    Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    Homestead and Pullman Strike

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    Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane