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U.S. History Timeline

By lizzieruth
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    U.S. History Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    First English colony settled in Virginia.
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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien Act

  • The Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Indian Removal Act

  • The Panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837 really started when Andrew Jackson launched his war against the Bank of the United States. This caused the Panic of 1837.

  • First Message Sent on a Telegraph by Morse Code

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment Passed by Senate

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 4th Amendment Passed

  • 5th Amendment Passed

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Exact date of organization unclear.

  • First Succesful Experiment with the Telephone

  • First Successful Trial of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane

    The Wright Brothers

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