US History A Timeline

By jjfrasier
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The invention of the cotten Gin

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The war of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The trail of tears

  • The invetion of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise

  • The firing on Fort Sumter

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    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 invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president