U.S. History A Timeline

By TimeBurger76
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • 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

    Happy 4th of July!

  • The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    A machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds.

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Marks the start of the Civil War

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    End of Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

    If you're born in the United States, you are a citizen and protected by law.
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    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

    No matter race or color, you can vote.

  • Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham

  • The invention of the electric lightbulb

    It had been in the making since 1809, but Thomas Edison finished the working thing in 1880

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Homestead Strike

    Pennsylvania Steel Company workers
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    Pullman Strike

    Involved railroad strikes in 27 states

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Airplane Invented by the Wright Brothers