US History Timeline

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  • 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 Concordy

  • 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 invention of the electric light

  • the louisiana purchase

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    the war of 1812

  • the missouri compromise

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 15th amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane