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US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Founding of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War Begins

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Trail of Tears

  • Invention of the Telegraph (?)

  • The Mexican-American War Starts

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th Amendment

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • The 14th Amendment

  • The 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Panic of 1873

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Lightbulb (In the US)

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Invention of the Airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President