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Period: 1492 to
US History Timeline
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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
This war lasted from 1754 to 1763 when they signed the Treaty of Paris. -
The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
This lasted from Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
This lasted from May 25 - Sept. 17, 1787 -
The invention of the cotton gin
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812
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The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
This lasted from Oct. 31 -Dec. 2, 1828 -
The Trail of Tears
From 1831 - 1877 -
The Panic of 1837
From 1837 - 1843 -
The invention of the telegraph
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The Mexican-American War
Lasted from April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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13th Amendment
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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14th Amendment
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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15th Amendment
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The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
November 1879-1876- December 17,1903 -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
It lasted from April 21, 1898 – December 10, 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president