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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of America by Columbus
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Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
US History Timeline
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Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
US History Timeline
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Settlement of Jamestown
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French and Indian War
From 1754-1763 -
Boston Tea Party
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Yorktown
Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781 -
Constitutional Convention
May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787 -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Louisiana Purchase
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War of 1812
Jun 18, 1812 – Feb 18, 1815 -
Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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Invention of the Telegraph
1830-1840s -
Trail of Tears
1831 – 1877 -
Panic of 1837
1837 – 1843 -
Mexican-American War
Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848 -
Compromise of 1850
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Firing on Fort Sumter
Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 13, 1861 -
Emancipation Proclamation
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Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Formed in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller. In 1870, the company was renamed Standard Oil Company. -
13th Amendment
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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14th Amendment
1868 -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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15th Amendent
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Invention of the Telephone
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Invention of the Electric Light
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Homestead Strikes
Jun 30, 1892 – Jul 6, 1892 -
Pullman Strikes
May 11 to July 20, 1894 -
Spanish-American War
Apr 21, 1898 – Aug 13, 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
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Invention of Airplanes
