US History Timeline

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  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    French and Indian war

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

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    The Constitutional Convention

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    Siege of Yorktown

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The invention of the Electric light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

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    The Panic or 1837

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    The Trail of tears

  • The Invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American war

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Andrew Jackson's Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

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    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane