U.S. History Timeline Fall 2017

By EmilyA.
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    1492-1914
  • Period: 1492 to

    Overview dates

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    1754 – 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    1824 (1828)

  • The invention of the telegraph

    1830s and 1840s

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837 – 1843

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Mexican-American War

    April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    April 12, 1861 – April 14, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    September 22, 1862 – January 1, 1863

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    13th: 1865 14th: 1868 and 15th: 1870 amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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

    (There is some controversy on this topic) The electric light invention: 1879 The invention of the telephone: 1876 The invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers: December 17, 1903

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    April 1898 – August 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president