US History Timeline

By Arctic Proto
  • Aug 2, 1492

    Discovery of America By Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • Period: to

    Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Invention of Electric light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    War of 1812

    Took place on 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    Panic of 1837

    Took place on 1837

  • Trail of Tears

  • Invention of Telegraph

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

    Took place in 1850
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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    All instilled between the timespan shown.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • Period: to

    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Invention of Telephone

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish American War

  • Invention of Airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt Elected President