U.S. History

By NullCube
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Lands in the Americas

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    U.S. History

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War Starts

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Congress approves the Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown Ends

  • The Constitutional Convention Begins

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts are signed into law

  • Humphry Davy develops the first incandescent light

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb
    Edison made a better lightbulb, he did not invent it.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 Begins

  • The Missouri Compromise signed into law

  • Andrew Jackson sworn into office

  • The Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War Begins

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Standard Oil Trust is formed

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Ratified

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment initiated

  • 14th Amendment Ratified

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

  • Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

  • Edison files patent for "Improved Electric Light"

  • The Homestead strike

  • The Pullman Railroad strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt sworn into office

  • Wright brothers first flight

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