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American History Timeline

By Homedepotninja1
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Discovery of America

    When Christopher Columbus first spotted America

  • Jamestown Settlement

  • The first battle of the French and Indian war

  • The Boston tea party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The signing of the Declaration of Independence

  • The battle of Yorktown

  • The Consitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    Also couldn't find the exact date

  • the alien and sedition acts

    I didn't find the exact date so I just did the first date of the year

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Panic of 1837

    Can't find the date

  • The Trail of Tears

    Again, can't find the exact date

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    the dates go through 1865-1870

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Started in 1870

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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

    Can't find exact date. The date of the Electric light is shown below.
    The date of the telephone: March 10th 1876. The date of the airplane:December 17, 1903

  • The Spanish-American War

    Can't find exact date. I did find the month though.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    can't find the exact date