US History Timeline

By jaliebs
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Colombus reaches the Bahamas

  • The Founding of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Concord and Lexington

  • The Declaration of Independece

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    Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Invention of electric light

  • The Louisana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Misourri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the Telegraph

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    Panic of 1837

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclemation

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    13-15th Ammendments

  • The Surrender at Appomatttox

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • Stand Oil Founding

  • Invention of the telephone

  • Homestead Pullman Strikes

  • The Spanish American War

  • Election of Teddy Rooseveltf

  • Invention of the Airplane