Timeline: U.S history timeline | Timetoast

Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Oct 12, 1492

The Discovery of America by Columus
Period: Dec 20, 1606 to 1609

The Settlement of Jamestown
Period: 1754 to 1763

The French and Indian War
Period: Dec 16, 1773 to Dec 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party

The tea party only lasted three hours
Period: Apr 19, 1775 to 1783

The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Period: Jul 4, 1776 to Aug 2, 1776

The Deceleration of Independence

On July 4th they decided that they were going to to sign it, but on August 2 they actually signed it.
Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781

The Battle of Yorktown
Period: May 25, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

The Constitutional Convention
Period: 1793 to 1793

The Invention of the Cotton Gin
Period: 1798 to 1798

The Alien and Sedition Acts
Period: Jul 4, 1803 to Oct 1, 1804

The Louisiana Purschase
Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

The War of 1812
Period: Mar 3, 1820 to 1854

The Missouri Compromise
Period: Oct 31, 1824 to Oct 31, 1824

Andrew Jackson's Election
Period: 1830 to 1830

The Invention of the Telegraph

It was made during the 1830s and 1840s so I just put 1830.
Period: 1831 to 1837

The Trail of Tears
Period: 1837 to 1843

The Panic of 1837
Period: 1846 to 1848

The Mexican-American War
Period: Jan 29, 1850 to Jun 28, 1864

The Compromise of 1850
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861

The Firing on Fort Sumter
Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Jan 1, 1863

The Emancipation Process
Period: 1863 to 1863

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
Period: Jan 31, 1865 to Jan 31, 1865

The 13th Amendment
Period: Apr 9, 1865 to Apr 9, 1865

The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Period: Apr 14, 1865 to Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincolns Assassination

He got shot on the 14th but he died on the 15th
Period: Jun 8, 1866 to Jun 8, 1866

The 14th Amendment
Period: Feb 24, 1868 to Feb 24, 1868

Andrew Jackson's Impeachment
Period: Feb 26, 1869 to Feb 26, 1869

The 15th Amendment
Period: 1876 to 1876

The Invention of the telephone
Period: 1879 to 1879

The Invention of the Electric Light
Period: Jun 30, 1892 to Jul 6, 1892

The Homestead Strike
Period: May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894

The Pullman Strike
Period: Apr 21, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898

The Spanish American War
Period: 1901 to 1901

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Period: Dec 17, 1903 to Dec 17, 1903

The Invention of the airplane