US History Timeline

By Knirrora
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The 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 Lousiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

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    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

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • The 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson Impeachment

  • The 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane