US History Timeline

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  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Arrived at Americas

    He arrived on October 12, 1492. He also set sail from Spain on August 3, 1492.
  • Settlement of Jamestown

    Established May 14, 1607. After the arrival of 104 English Men and Boys on three ships. The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.
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    French and Indian War

    Global conflict called the Seven Years' War
  • The Boston Tea Part

    Happen in the American Revolution.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Outbreak of armed conflict in the American Revolutionary War. between British Army and Patriot militias from the Thirteen Colonies.
  • Declaration of Independence

    The Second Continental Congress. Political ties with Great Britain and declaring the colonies' independence.
  • American Revolutionary War

    Decisive American victory at the Battle of Yorktown.
  • The Constitutional Convention

    Philadelphia May 1787 tasked with creating a new framework for the fed. Government.
  • The Invention of the cotton gin

    Revolutionized the processing of cotton. Patented by Eli Whitney in 1793
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    A series of four laws passed by the United States Congress in 1798.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Land deal in 1803 in which the U.S. acquired approximately 828,000 square miles of territory from France for $15 Million.
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    The War of 1812

    Conflict fought between U.S. and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    In 1820 there was a legislative agreement designed to maintain balance between free and slave states in the Union.
  • Andrew Jackson was elected

    Elected as seventh President of the United States in 1828.
  • Invention of the Telegraph

    Invention of the Telegraph by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail.
  • The Trail of Tears

    This was the forced relocation of Native American tribes primarily the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations.
  • The Panic of 1837

    This was a time of severe financial crisis that triggered a prolonged economic depression in the United States.
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    The Mexican-American War

    A conflict between U.S. and Mexico. Which resulted in Mexico giving U.S. a large amount of land which was California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
  • The Compromise of 1850

    A series of five bills passed by the U.S. Congress to address the issue of slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.
  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    This event happened April 12 - 13 of 1861, it was the event which began the American Civil War.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    A presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    The most powerful monopolies during the Gilded Age.
  • The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments of the United States Constitution

    These were pivotal peices of legislation passed during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War.
  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Mclean House.
  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., just days after the surrender at Appomattox. Abraham Lincoln's Assassination occurred.
  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    Happened in 1868 making him the first U.S. president impeached by the House of Representatives.
  • The invention of the Electric Light

    Multiple inventions led up to this amazing invention of the Electric Light, as well as the Telephone, and Ariplane, all on these dates in order: October 14, 1878. March 31, 1876. December 17, 1903
  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    Representing Significant labor conflicts during the Gilded Age.
  • The Spanish-American War

    U.S. Victory and the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and the Pacific.
  • Theodore Roosevelt became President

    Theodore Roosevelt became present on September 14, 1901.
  • CITED: Brave Search. Search.brave.com/search