US History A Timeline

By Nathan_Tobler
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

    1754-1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle o Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independance

  • Battle of Yorktown

    September 28, 1781- October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May 25 - September 17

  • The invention of cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    June 18, 1812- February 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    Trail of Tears

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    Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

    1830's-1840's
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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th,14th, and 15th amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Invention of Telephone

  • Invention of Lightbulb

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of Airplane

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