US History A Timeline

By AquaShell07
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus "Discovers" America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Signing of 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

  • 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

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation Issuing

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments Adopted

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane