US History Timeline

By LAV4cool
  • 1492

    Columbus discovers America

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    French Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Election

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    Trail of Tears

  • Telegraph Invention

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    led to civil war

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

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    The Spanish-American War

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president