History Timeline

By Squille
  • Period: 13,000 BCE to 17,000 BCE

    Crossing of Beringia

  • 1400

    Prehistory

  • 1492

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas

  • Jamestown Founded

  • Plymouth

  • Stamp Tax

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    King Phillip's War

  • Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre

  • 1st Continental Congress

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

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    Revolutionary War

  • Declaration of Independence

  • United States Constitution Signed

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Missouri Compromise

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    The Trail Of Tears

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    Mexican War

  • Gold Rush Begins

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

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    American Civil War

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    Homesteading The Plains

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    Reconstruction

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    Cattle Drives In Great Plains

  • Alaska Purchased

  • First Transcontinental Railroad

  • Suez Canal Opens

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    Plains Wars

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    Jim Crow Laws Created

  • U.S Gains Control Of Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands And Other Pacific Islands

  • Spanish-American War

  • Hawaii Becomes U.S. Possession

  • United States Becomes World Power

  • U.S. Takes Over Panama Canal Construction