US History A timeline

By jimmy2342
  • Oct 12, 1492

    #1 The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian war

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Americans protested the tea tax the British had

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    invented by Eli Whitney

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Panic of 1837

    an economic depression
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    The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    the start of the civil war

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    slaves rebelling against the union are to be freed.
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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president