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US History A Timeline

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  • The Discovery of America by Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

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    The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, but the signing began on August 2, 1776
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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    The invention of the cotton gin

    (The Patent for the Cotton Gin)
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    The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase

    (The Louisiana Purchase signing)
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    The War of 1812

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    The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise was passed by Congress on March 3, 1820, and signed into law by President James Monroe on March 6, 1820

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of about 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes"

  • The Panic of 1837

    ...Money gone...
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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    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

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light bulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane

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