US History A Timeline

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  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of 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

    Between 1830 and 1840

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    Between 1865 and 1870

  • The Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone and the Airplane

    The telephone was invented on March 10, 1876
    Electric light was invented in 1879.
    The first airplane was invented on December 12, 1903

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    The Homestead strike was in 1892 and the Pullman Railroad strike was in 1894

  • The Spanish-American War

    It started in April and ended in August

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President