Us History A Timeline, Elysia

  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Christopher Colombus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The adoption of the Declaration of Independence

  • The battle of Yorktown begins...

  • The Battle of Yorktown ends...

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

    It was patented 1794.
  • The Alien and Sedition acts

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The War of 1812 ends...

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Missouri Compromise Passed

  • Andrew Jackson is elected

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837 begins

  • The Mexican-American War begins

  • The Mexican-American War ends...

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The first firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • The 13th amendment

  • The 14th amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 15th amendment

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention of the Telephone

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    Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    The first date is the Pullman Strike and the second date is the Homestead Strike.
  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The first successful airplane test