America Timeline

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  • 1492 BCE

    Christpher Colombus finds America

  • 1492 BCE

    Columbus sailed to the western hemisphere

  • 1453 BCE

    Ottoman Empire takes Constantinople.

  • Period: 1095 BCE to 1291 BCE

    The crusades.

    A series of wars over Jerusalem and to stop Turkish expansion
  • Period: 500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    The Dark Ages

  • Anne Hutcheson banished

  • King Willams war

  • French and Indian war

  • Stamp act

  • Bosten massacre

  • Bosten tea party

  • Lexington and concord

  • Declaration of independence

  • U.S. constitution

  • The Luisiana purchase.

    "President Thomas Jefferson authorizes the purchase of Louisan".

  • the war of 1812

    A war between Britain and America.

  • "Underground Railroad"

    A network of secret routes to help slaves escape to freedom.

  • Abraham Lincoln elected president.

    Shortly after his election the states go into civil war.

  • Abrham Lincoln is elected President

  • South Carolina leaves the USA

  • The southern states form a country

  • The Civil War begins

  • President Lincoln frees the slaves

  • The battle of Gettysburg happens

  • The Civil war ends

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