US History A Timeline

By Karatemouse
  • 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

    it wasn't really one day cause there was the day it was published the day it was signed and the day it reached King George III

  • The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The invention of the telegraph

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • The 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt became president

  • The invention of the airplane

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