US History Timeline

By ellakicks
  • 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

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    Panic of 1837

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican American War

  • The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • 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