Alexis Rigby's U.S History Timeline

  • 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

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

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    The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane

    Electric Light- 1800
    Telephone- 1876
    Airplane- 1903
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    The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachments

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President