US History Timeline Gavin Kerrigan

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

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    Constitutional Convention

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    Battle of Yorktown

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of Electric Light

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    War of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

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    Election of Andrew Jackson

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    Panic of 1837

  • Trail of Tears

  • Invention of Telegraph

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    Mexican-American War

  • Compromise of 1850

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    Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclimation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13'th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment

  • 14'th Amendment

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 15'th Amendment

  • Invention of Telephone

  • Invention Of Incandescent Light Bulb

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    Homestead Strike

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    Pollaman Strike

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    Spanish-American War

  • Theodore roosevelt Becomes president

  • Invention of Airplane