US History Timeline

By beccahernandez
  • Jan 1, 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Aug 28, 1492 to

    US Timeline

  • The Settlement of James town

  • The French and Indian War

    1754-1763

  • 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 Constitution Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    15. The invention of the telegraph

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Mexican-American War

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    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Emancipation Proclamation

    The January 1st is real in this one.
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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

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