U.S. History Timeline

By Rockgiant123456
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    U.S. History TImeline

  • 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

    Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    Jun 18, 1812 – Feb 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837 - Mid 1840’s

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 13, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    13th - 1865,
    14th - 1868,
    15th - 1870

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    1870 - 1911

  • invention of the telephone

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    Pullman - 1894
    Homestead - 1892

  • The Spanish-American War

    1898 – 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    1901 - 1909

  • The invention of the airplane