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US History Timeline

By kariaerickson
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • Period: to

    The French and Indian War

    I only found the years it was, not the day and month it started/ended.

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Period: to

    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Panic of 1837

    I couldn't find the exact date, so I used today's date
  • Period: to

    The Trail of Tears

    I couldn't find the exact day and month it ended, so I used the date today and the month.

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican American War

    I couldn't find the exact day and month when it started and ended, so I'm using today's date from both start and finish.

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Period: to

    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    adopted between 1865 and 1870. I couldn't find the exact day and month.

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    I couldn't find the exact day and month, but I found the year.

  • The Invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell

  • The Invention of the electric light by Thomas Edison

    There were other electric lights before Edison's, but they didn't hold constant light.

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish American War

    I couldn't find the actual day, so I used today's.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    I couldn't find the exact day, but I found the month and year.

  • The Invention of the airplane by The Wright brothers

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