US History A Timeline

By Tigress4
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian war

    Ends 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Deceleration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

    Ends 9/17/1787

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    Ends 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jacksons Election

    Ends 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    Ends mid 1840's

  • The Mexican American War

    Ends 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Ends 4/13/1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • 13th ammendment

  • Abraham Lincolns Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The invention of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish American War

    Ends Dec 10

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The invention of the Airplane