US History A Timeline

By alexagrace3
  • Period: 1490 to

    US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Colombus Finds America

    Colombus Finds America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763.

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Start date was September 28, 1781 and the end date was October 19 1781.

  • The Constitutional Convention

    The start date was May 5, 1787 and the end date was September 17, 1787.

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812
    The start date was June 18, 1812, and the end date was February 18, 1815.

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    The start date was October 31 to December 2, 1828.

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    The Mexican-American War
    The end of the war was February 2, 1848.

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The firing lasted two days and therefore ended on April 13, 1861.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • The 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    This happened over March 2-3, 1868.

  • The 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    Ended December 10, 1898.

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust