US History Timeline

By SarahTheLoli
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • 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 Cotton Gin Patent

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Elected

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    Telegraph Invention

    The telegraph was invented in the 1830s and 1840s. Its first use was in 1844.
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    The Trails of Tears

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    The panic of 1837

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    Mexican American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th Amendment Passed

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Ratified

  • 14th Amendment Passed

  • Andrew Johnson Impeached

  • 14 Amendment Ratified

  • 15th Amendment Passed

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

  • Invention of the Telephone

    (when Alexander Graham patented his version of it.)

  • The Invention of the First Practical Incandescent Light Bulb

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    Homestead Strike

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    Pullman Strike

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    Spanish American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Presidency Start

  • Invention of the Airplane

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