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Aug 3, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to
US History Timeline
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War
War continued until 1763 -
The Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown
Battle continued until October 19,1781 -
The Constitutional Convention
Continued until Sep 17, 1787 -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812
Continued until Feb 18, 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson’s Election
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The Trail of Tears
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The Panic of 1837
Continued until 1843 -
The Invention of the Telegraph
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The Mexican-American War
Continued until Feb 2, 1848 -
The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
Continued until April 13, 1861 -
The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
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Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
13th (1865), 14th (1868), 14th (1870) -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War
Continued until Aug 13, 1898 -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane
Telephone (1876), Electric light (1878), Airplane (1903)
