History timeline 1

By Kana99
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discoverying America

    America was discovered by Columbus in October,12 1492
  • Oct 31, 1556

    The invention of Cotton

    1556 or 1607. (This are the only dates I could find)
  • Settlment of Jamestown

    The settlment of Jamestown, in
    april of 1607, I couldn't find the exact day that it was founded.
  • The French and Indian War,

    The French and Indian War lasted from 1754 to 1763
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773.
  • The Battle of Lexinton and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord happened on April 19, 1775.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independece was signed on July 4, 1776.
  • The battle of York town,

    September 28, 1781 - October 19, 1781.
  • The constitutional convection

    May 25, 1787 - September 17, 1787
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    1789.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    1803,
  • The War of 1812

    June 18, 1812 - February 17, 1815
  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

    1830s or the 1840s
  • The Panic of 1837

    1837 - mid-1840s
  • The Trail of Tears

    1838 and 1839
  • The Mexican-American War

    1846 – 1848
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    January 1, 1863
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    April 9, 1865
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    1865 and 1870,
  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    February 24, 1868
  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park Edison showed off his light bulb. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell called his assistant. The Wright Brothers made four brief flights on December 17, 1903. (I didn't really know what to do on this one)
  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    July 6, 1892
  • The Spanish-American War

    April 1898 – August 1898
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    September 1901