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U.S. History Time Line

By Hsquad2
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Lands in America

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    U.S. History Time Line

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence was Adopted

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    January 1, 1863 - REAL DATE

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Adopted

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    First President to be Impeached

  • 14th Amendment Adopted

  • 15th Amendment Adopted

  • Invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

    Thomas Edison
    October: First Successful Test
    January 27, 1880 - Patent Granted

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike (railroad)

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of the Airplane

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