American Timeline

By s_kennedy
  • 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    The war ended in 1763

  • The Boston Tea party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

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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

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    Regarding the Mexican-American War

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appamattox Courthouse

    Ending the Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment Rights

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Re-elected in 1904

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