US History A Timeline

By K.Marozau
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Colombus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • 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

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    Inaugurated March 4, 1829.

  • The invention of the telegraph

    By Samuel Morse.

  • The Panic of 1837

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    September (It won't let me put just the month and year.)
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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

    Patented by Alexander Graham Bell.

  • The invention of the electric light

    Thomas Edison’s practical incandescent bulb.

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Homestead Strike

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    Pullman Strike

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane.

    The Wright brothers’ first flight.

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