US History A Timeline

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  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • 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 invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    In 1802, Humphry Davis invented the first electric lightbulb. On March 7, 1876, Alexander Gramm Bell created the Telephone. On December 17, 1903, the airplane was invented by the Wright Brothers.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    On December 6th, 1865 the 13th amendment was passed. On July 28th, 1968 the 14th amendment was passed. On February 3rd, 1870 the 15th amendment was passed.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

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