US history timeline

By Pakeha
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus arrives at America

  • Jamestown is founded

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    The French and Indian war was fought

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence was written

  • The Siege of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts was passed

  • The invention of the electric light

    The first electric light was invented by a man named Humphry Davy. He also invented the electric battery.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise was passed

  • Andrew Jackson was elected as president

  • Telegraph was invented

  • The panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837, also known as America's first depression. Started in 1837, and ended in the mid-1840's.
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    The trail of tears

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments were passed

    The 13th Amendment was passed on December 6, 1865. The 14th Amendment was passed on June 8, 1866. And the 15th Amendment was passed on February 26, 1869.

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust was founded

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes began

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane

    The Wright brothers invented the first powered airplane. They spent four years of research and development to create the first airplane back in 1903.

  • The invention of the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell is credited with being the inventor of the telephone.