US History Timeline A

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  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Discovering America

    Columbus lead an expedition and they encountered America.
  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    US History Timeline

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    US History Timeline

  • Settlement of Jamestown

    English men arrived in in America to start a settlement, they picked Jamestown, Virginia to be their spot.

  • Beginning French and Indian War

    Known as the 7 years war

  • The end of the French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Was a political protest

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Kicked off the American Revolutionary War

  • The Declaration of Independence

    Congress approved the final text of the Declaration

  • Beginning of the Battle of Yorktown

  • End of the Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The end of the Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Lousisana Purchase

    A land deal between America and France

  • The beginning of the War of 1812

  • The End of the War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

    an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states

  • Andrew Jacksons Election

    Andrew Jackson was elected the 7th president.

  • The Start of the Trail of Tears

    Was a series of forced relocation of Native Americans

  • The Panic of 1837

    A financial crisis in America

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

    telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication

  • The Beginning of the Mexican-American War

  • The end of the Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South

  • Theodor Roosevelt became President

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    Presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln

  • The 13th Amendment

    to get rid of slavery

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincolns Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln was Killed

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 14th Amendment

    Citizenship to everyone born in the United States

  • The 15th Amendment

    African American men the right to vote

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Homestead strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The beginning of the Spanish-American War

  • The end of the Spanish-American War

  • Invention of the Airplane