History timeline

By Landon B2010
  • 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

    Was one of the first documented journeys to America

  • The settlement of Jamestown

    Was the first permanent English settlement
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    The French and Indian War

    Was a battle for territorial gains

  • The Boston Tea Party

    A revolt on English taxes, 342 chests were dumped

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

    Marked the beginning of the revolutionary war

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Foundational Document of the United States
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    The Battle of Yorktown

    decisive victory for the American Continental Army
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    The Constitutional Convention

    drafting of the United States Constitution.
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    The Invention of the cotton gin

    Invented by Eli Whitney, is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    were a set of four United States statutes that sought, on national security grounds, to restrict immigration and limit 1st Amendment protections

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    was a landmark acquisition by the United States
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    The Battle of 1812

    was a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain

  • The Missouri Compromise

    was federal legislation of the United States that balanced the desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery
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    Andrew Jackson's Election

    Jackson decisively won the election, carrying 55.5% of the popular vote and 178 electoral votes, to Adams' 83. The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy
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    The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of about 60,000 people

  • The Panic of 1837

    Significant financial crisis in the United States

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes
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    The Mexican American War

    Was a territorial dispute

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle several issues connected to slavery

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    marked the official beginning of the American Civil War

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    announcing, "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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    The 13th 14th and 15th amendments

    The Reconstruction Amendments

  • the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    marked the end of the Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln's assassination

    ohn Wilkes Booth assassinating Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre
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    Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    Johnson was the first United States president to be impeached
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    The invention of the electric light

    The invention of electric light was a collaborative effort involving several inventors over many years

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    centralized control over the oil industry

  • The Pullman and Homestead strikes

    highlighting the intense struggles between labor unions and industrial capitalists during the late 19th century.
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    The Spanish American War

    It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    He served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley for six months