U.S History Timline

By Grettyboy11
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

    December 16, 1773

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    April 19, 1775

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The War of 1812

    1812-1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegragh

  • The Trail of Tears

    1831–1850

  • The Panic of 1837

  • 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

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    1865-1868-1870

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    1901-1909