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US History A Timeline

By npforero
  • The Discovery of America by Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    History of the US (1492-1903)

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • Beginning of The French and Indian War

    The month and day are not the actual date just the year.

  • THe End of The French and Indian War

    The month and day are not the actual date, just the year

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Beginning of the Battle of Yorktown

  • The End of The Battle of Yorktown

  • Beginning of The Constitutional Convention

  • End of The Constituional Convention

  • Invention of The Cotton GIn

    Not the actual day and month, just the year is accurate.

  • The Alien Enemies Act

  • The Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Period: to

    The Trail of Tears

    The days and months are not accurate, but the year iss.

  • Invention of the Light Bulb

    Only the year is accurate.

  • Panic of 1837

    Daay and month are not the acutal date, but the year is.

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • Period: to

    Mexican-American War

    Only the years are accurate.

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Period: to

    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Period: to

    The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Only the year is accurate.

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Homestead Strike

  • Pullman Strike

  • Period: to

    Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    Only the year is accurate

  • Invention of the Airplane

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