US History timeline

By JRscholar21
  • Period: 1492 to 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of James Fown

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    The French and Indian War 1754-63

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican and American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 15th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln Assasination

  • 13th Amendment

  • The 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Jackson Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The invention of the airplane