US History A Timeline

By Carly_Walters
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovers America

  • Jamestown is Settled

  • The French and Indian War Begins

  • The French and Indian War Ends

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown Begins

  • The Battle of Yorktown Ends

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Mexican - American War

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Final Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Surrender at Appomatix Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assasination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amednments are Passed

  • The Invention of the Ecectric Telephone

  • The Invention of the Lightbulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish American War Begins

  • The Spanish American War Ends

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane