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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus lands in America
Columbus discovers the new land! -
Period: Oct 12, 1492 to
U.S. timeline
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Settlement of Jamestown
It was America's first permanent colony -
French Indian war
The French Indian war begin! -
Boston Tea Party
Boston was tired of taxes! -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First engagement of the Revolutionary war -
Declaration of independence
We are free!! -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown begins -
The Constitutional Convention
A discussion of improvements to the Articles of Confederation -
Invention of Cotton Gin
It revolutionized cotton forever -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
from July, 6 1798 to July, 14 1798 -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson bought this land from France -
War of 1812
Fought from 1812 to 1815 -
The Missouri Compromise
Granted Missouri statehood -
Andrew Jackson Election
Andrew Jackson President -
Trail of tears
from 1830 to 1838 -
Panic of 1837
Caused by Jackson's economical policies -
The invention of the telegraph
allowed people to send long distance messages -
Mexican American war
The U.S. invaded Mexico -
Compromise of 1850
A compromise on slaves between Mexico and America -
Firing on Fort Sumter
Opened fire on Fort Sumter -
the Emancipation Proclamation
A bill that allowed slaves to be free -
The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil went from 1863 to 1911 -
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Lincoln's death -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee surrender's -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
from 1865 to 1870 -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Andrew Johnson faces trial -
The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane
from 1877 to 1903 -
The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
It was a strike against security agents -
The Spanish-American War
fought between Spain and America -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president. At age 42, Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. He won a second term in 1904.Mar 19, 2015