U.S. History timeline

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    The Settlement of Jamestown

    Established on May 14, 1607
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    The French and Indian War

    began 1754 ended 1763
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    The Boston Tea Party

    Dec 16, 1773
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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    April 19, 1775
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    The Declaration of Independence

    July 4, 1776
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    The Battle of Yorktown

    began Friday, September 28 ended Friday, October 19
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    the constitutional convention

    May 25, 1787
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    The invention of the cotton gin

    The cotton gin is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed.
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    The Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The Louisiana Purchase

    530,000,000 acres
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    The War of 1812

    1812 to February 1815.
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    the missouri compromise

    March 3, 1820
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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

    United States presidential election of 1828
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    Trail of tears

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    The panic of 1837

    1837
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    The invention of the telegraph

    Samuel F.B. Morse
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    The Mexican-American War

    Apr 25, 1846
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    The Compromise of 1850

    January 29, 1850
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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Apr 12, 1861
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    The Emancipation Proclamation

    Sep 22, 1862
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    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    surrender at appomattox courthouse

    April 9, 1865
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    Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    April 14, 1865
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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

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    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    February 24, 1868
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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    the spanish-american war

    began Monday, April 25
    ended Friday, August 12
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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 12, 1898
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    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    September 14, 1901
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    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    begun in 1958 and finished in 1959