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US History A Timeline

  • 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 is signed

  • The Declaration of Independence is approved and adopted by Congress

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

  • The Alien Act is passed

  • The Sedition Act is passed

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • Samuel Morse invents 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

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th amendment ratified

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th amendment ratified

  • 15th amendment ratified

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

  • Thomas Edison invents his incandescent light bulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Homestead Strike

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    The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Orville and Wilbur Wright invent and successfully fly the first airplane