United States History 1492-1865 (SparkCharts) »

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This four-page timeline covers people, places, and events from:

• The age of exploration
  
• European colonies in North America
  
• The French and Indian War
  
• The American revolution
  
• The early republic
  
• Westward expansion
  
• War of 1812
  
• Increasing strife and the road to the Civil War
  
• The Civil War
  

• Native American tribal land
  
• The U.S. before the Civil War
  
• U.S. states, territories, and purchases