US History Timeline

By gabe laudie
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers America

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts Passed

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph

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    Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclimation

  • The Organizition of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th Amendment Passed

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincon's Assasination

  • 14th Amendment Passed

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment Passed

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Intvention of the Electric Light

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane