US History A Timeline

By AEspinosa18
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by 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 Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

    However, sporadic fighting continued for several months in some areas due to delayed news of the peace treaty, according to the USS Constitution Museum.

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837 began in the spring of 1837 and was a major economic recession that lasted into the mid-1840s. While the initial bank failures and suspension of specific payments occurred in the spring of 1837, the effects of the panic, including high unemployment and business failures, continued for several years.

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The electric light was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison, the telephone in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, and the airplane in 1903 by the Wright brothers.

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

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    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president