US History Timeline

By croftsusan
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • Passing of the alien act

  • Passing of the sedition act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of the electric light

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Passing of the 13th amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Passing of the 14th amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • Passing of the 15th amendment

  • Invention of the telephone

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of the airplane