U.S.A History Timeline

By JoshuaWilhelmsen
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

    Christopher Colombus Discovers America on his Voyage.

  • Jamestown is Established

    The First Settlement is Established: Jamestown
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    The French and Indian War

    War breaks out with the Indians and the French

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston protests Britain's Tea Tax

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord sparks The Revolutionary War

  • The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is signed and adopted

  • The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention is held to amend the Articles of Confederation

  • Cotton Gin is Created

    1793 was when he applied for it was given the patent in 1794, but was not validated till 1807

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    Laws were signed, but eventually were allowed to expire

  • Louisiana Purchase

    The U.S buys Mideast part of the U.S from the French for $15 Million
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    The War of 1812

    The War of 1812 breaks out between the U.S and Britain

  • Missouri Compromise

    Was made to balance the slavery states with the non-slavery states

  • Andrew Jackson is inaugurated

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Trail of Tears

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    Panic of 1837

    Financial Crisis in America
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    The Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

    A series of resolutions to keep the peace between the North and the South

  • Firing on of Fort Sumter

    The Firing on of Fort Sumter started the Civil War

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    Abraham Lincoln frees all the slaves in the U.S

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    The South surrenders to the North

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • 13,14, and 15 Amendment

    13th-1865, 14th-1868, and the 15-1870

  • The Standard Oil Trust

    To become the largest Oil Refinery in the world

  • Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone,

    light-1879, telephone-1876,
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    Homestead and Pullman Strikes

    The company declared it would not deal with union workers, Cut wages one fifth and increased hours from 8 to 12
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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • Invention of Airplane