Time line

  • Aug 3, 1492

    1. The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • 2. The Settlement of Jamestown

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    3. The French and Indian War

  • 4. The Boston Tea Party

  • 5. The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • 6. The Declaration of Independence

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    7. The Battle of Yorktown

  • 8. The Constitutional Convention

  • 10. The invention of the cotton gin

  • 9. The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • 11. The Louisiana Purchase

  • 12. The War of 1812

  • 13. The Missouri Compromise

  • 14. Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • 15. The invention of the telegraph

  • 17. The Panic of 1837

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    16. The Trail of Tears

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    18. The Mexican-American War

  • 19. The Compromise of 1850

  • 20. The Firing on Fort Sumter

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    21. The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 22. Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • 23. Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    24. 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • 25. Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 26. The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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    30. The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • 27. The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    28. The Spanish-American War

  • 29. Theodore Roosevelt becomes president