US History and Literature: A Timeline

By Ty Fournier
  • Oct 31, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Albany Plan of Union

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • 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 Invention Of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    The Trail of Tears

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • Zarle Williams's The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Published

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncles Tom's Cabin Published

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The end of Reconstruction

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

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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

  • The invention of the airplane

  • John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath Published

  • Harper Lee's To Kill A Mocking Bird Published

  • Toni Morrison's Beloved Published