US History timeline

By Erynneruiz
  • Oct 12, 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

  • The Alien and Sedition acts

  • The Louisiana purchase

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    The invention of electric light, telephone and airplane

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    The war of 1812

  • The Missouri compromise

  • Andrew Jacksons election

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    The trail of tears

  • The panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican American war

  • The compromise of 1850

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    The firing on fort Sumter

  • The emancipation proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's assassination

  • The 13th, 14th, 15th amendments

  • Andrew Johnsons impeachment

  • The organization of standard oil trust

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    The Pullman and homestead strikes

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    The Spanish and American war

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president