US History Timeline

  • Steam Engine

    In the early days the only way to get around was by steam engine.
  • Spinning Jenny invented

    an early spinning machine
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    Washingtons Presidency

    George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797
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    French revolution

    The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799
  • Judiciary Act

  • Samuel Slater smuggles plans to America

    He lived in England
  • Bank of the United States

  • Cotton Gin

    A machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds
  • presidency of John Adams

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    XYZ affair

  • District of Columbia

  • presidency of James Madison

  • war of 1812

  • Burning of York

  • Burning of the White House

  • Battle of New Orleans

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    Monroe's Presidency

    Elected president in 1816
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    Missouri Compromise

    A settlement of a dispute
  • Presidency of John Quincy Adams

  • Erie Canal Completed

    Artificial Waterway
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    Presidency of Andrew Jackson

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    Trail of Tears

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    Nullification Crisis

  • Panic of 1837