US History A Timeline

By AvaMagalei
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    When I'm not sure of the exact date of one, I put the same date as the one I'm positive of

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Electric Lightbulb

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Trail of Tears

    When I am not sure of the dates, I just put the first of the year

  • 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, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The First Telephone

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The First Airplane Flight