US History A Timeline

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  • Aug 3, 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

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    The Constitutional Convention

    May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War Of 1812

    June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • 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 Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th (1870)

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Petersen House, Washington, D.C.

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    Homestead (1892) Pullman (1894)
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    The Spanish-American War

  • The invention of the airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

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