US History Timeline

By Macoy
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement Of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Lousiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Election of Andrew Jackson

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    Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • Panic of 1837

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Light Bulb

  • The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Rosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane