A Timeline in History

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    October 12, 1492. Departure: August 3, 1492

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    May 13, 1607.

  • The French and Indian War

    Also known as the Seven year war. It began in 1754, and ended in 1763.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    It Happened on December 16th, 1773.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    It occurred on April 19th ,1775

  • The Declaration of Independence

    July 4th, 1776.

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    It began on September 28th, 1781, and continued until October 19th, 1781.

  • The Constitutional Convention

    It went on May 27th, 1787, to September 17th, 1787.

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    1. But the patent was not granted until March 14th, 1794.

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    The Alien and Sedition Acts was signed in 1798.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    It was purchased in December of 1803.

  • The War of 1812

    The war began on June 18th, 1812, and ended on March 23’d 1815.

  • The Missouri Compromise

    The compromise was passed in 1820.

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    The election was held on October 31st through December second, 1828.

  • The invention of the telegraph

    It was developed in 1832 to 1835.

  • The Trail of Tears

    The Cherokee removal happened 1836.

  • The Panic of 1837

    It went from 1837 to 1843.

  • The Mexican-American War

    It started April 25 of 1846 and ended February second of 1848.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise happened on January 29th of 1850.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The firing started early, morning of April 12th, 1861.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    September 22, 1862, through January 1, 1863.

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    It was formed in 1863 and in 1870, was the largest oil company in America.

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    They were adopted between 1865 and 1870.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    April 9, 1865.

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    John Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    February 24, 1868.

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    It began on June 30, 1892, and July 6, 1892.

  • The Spanish-American War

    April through August of 1898.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    He was elected in September of 1901.

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The light was first invented (or tinkered with) in 1800 by Alessandro Volta, and again in 1802 by Humphry Davy. Many others as well. But the light (bulb) was commercially practiced in 1879 by Thomas Edison. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first call to his assistant on March 10. In December of 1903 (the 17 to be exact), the Wright brothers made history with the first record of flight.