History Timeline

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  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    Christopher Colombus sails westbound from Spain in an effort to get to China but found America instead.

  • 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

  • The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • 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 Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican - American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assasination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane

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