US History A Timeline

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  • 1492 BCE

    The Discovery of American 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 Declaration of Independence.

  • The Battle of Yorktown.

  • The Constitutional Convention.

  • The invention of the cotton gin.

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts.

  • The Louisiana Purchase.

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    The War of 1812.

  • The Missouri Compromise.

  • Andrew Jackson's Election.

  • The Panic of 1837.

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    The Trail of Tears.

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    The Mexican-American War.

  • The Compromise of 1850.

  • Firing on Fort Sumter.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination.

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment.

  • The invention of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell).

  • The invention of the electric light (Thomas Edison).

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust.

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.

  • The invention of the airplane (Wright Brothers).