History timeline

By travischasestaten
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

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    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

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the 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

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • invention of light bulb

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

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    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • invention of the airplain

  • invention of telephone