US History Timeline

By milaroslee
  • Aug 3, 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

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of The Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and SEdition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Invention of The Telegraph

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    The American- Mexican War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Invention of Telephone

  • Invention of Electric Light

  • Invention of Airplane

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President