U.S History Timeline

  • Period: 1492 to 1502

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

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    The Settlement of Jamestown

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    The French and Indian War

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    The Boston Tea Party

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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts

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    The invention of the telegraph

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    The invention of the cotton gin

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    The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

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    The Declaration of Independence

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    The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Trail of Tears

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The invention of the telephone

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    The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    The Emancipation Proclamation

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    Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the electrical light

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

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    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane