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US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

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    French & Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    Approved on this day
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    The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    Invented in 1793, but patented in 1794
  • The Alien & Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of the Electric Light

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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    Though he was inaugurated March 4, 1829.
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    The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    In the Spring of 1837
  • 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

    Was issued on this day
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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    Ratified between these dates
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

    Patented on this day, though invented in 1876.
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    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane

    Invented by the Wright Brothers