U.S History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    Us History

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea party

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The constitutional convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The war of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Election

  • The trail of tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

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

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead strikes

  • The Spanish- American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President