US History A Timeline

By KEPW
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • 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

  • The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien Enemies Act

  • The Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The Invention of Electric Light

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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 Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments / The Reconstruction Amendments

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Homestead Strike / The Homestead Riot

  • The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The Invention of the Airplane