US History A Timeline (1492-1912)

By ashleyjhoj
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Christopher 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 Signing of the Declaration of Independance

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney applied for a patent on 28 October, 1793. On 14 March, 1794 the patent was granted. However, the patent was not validated until 1807.

  • The Alien and Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Election of Andrew Jackson for US President

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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    No exact date available

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    No exact dates available
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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Assasination of Abraham Lincoln

  • The 13th Amendment

    Submitted for ratification on 31 January, 1865
    Ratified on 6 December, 1865

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • The 14th Amendment

    Submitted for ratification on 13 June, 1866
    Ratified on 9 July, 1868

  • The 15th Amendment

    Submitted for ratification on 26 February, 1869
    Ratified on 3 February, 1870

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

  • Oragnization of the Standard Oil Trust

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    The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

  • The Invention of the Airplane