U.S. History Timeline A

By Katrie8804
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    It continued until 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Continental Congress

    It ended September 17, 1787

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    It ended on February 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    It went until December 2, 1828

  • The Trail of Tears

    It continued until 1850

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    This date is when the first message "What hath God wrought?" was sent.

  • The Mexican American War

    It continued until February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

    It was in September but it won't let me put that in.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    It happened on the 13th as well.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • The 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 14th Amendment

  • The 15th Amendment

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

    It was in January.

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

    It lasted through December 10, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane