US History A Timeline

By Sharkkid7567
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • Colonists settle Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord takes place about 5:00a.m.

  • The Boston Tea Party takes place.

    American Colonists dump about 340 chests of tea into the Massachusetts bay.

  • The Declaration of Independence gets adopted by the Continental Congress

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    The Battle of Yorktown takes place.

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    The constitutional convention takes place in Philadelphia

  • The cotton gin is invented

    The cotton gin was invented October 28th, 1793; but wasn't patented until March 14th, 1794.

  • The Alien and Sedation Acts is passed by the American Congress

  • Louisiana territory is purchased by the United States

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    The War of 1812 takes place

  • The Missouri compromise done by the legislation

  • Andrew Jackson is elected the 7th President of the United States.

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    About 100,000 native Americans travel the Trail of Tears

  • The telegraph is invented by Samuel F. B. Morse

  • The panic of 1837 breaks out

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    The Mexican-American War takes place

  • The compromise of 1850 (California admitted as a free state).

  • At 4:30a.m. Confederate guns open fire on Fort Sumpter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Abraham Lincoln

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    The 13th 14th and 15th Amendments to the constitution were passed by Congress.

  • President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth that evening.

  • The 17th president of the USA gets impeached

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the Telephone.

  • Thomas Edison invents the electric lightbulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil trust is founded

  • Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse.

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    The Spanish American War takes place.

  • Theodor Roosevelt is elected as the 26th President of the USA

  • Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the airplane

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes occur.

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