US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    The day Columbus discovered America.
  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    The Year that Jamestown was settled.
  • The French and Indian War

    Beginning of French and Indian War
  • The French and Indian War

    The End of The French and Indian War
  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord.

    The day of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The day that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Beginning of The Battle of Yorktown.
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The end of The Battle of Yorktown.
  • The Constitutional Convention

    The beginning of The Constitutional Convention.
  • The Constitutional Convention

    The end of The Constitutional Convention
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    The beginning of The War of 1812
  • The War of 1812

    The end of The War of 1812
  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    The year that Andrew Jackson was elected.
  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

    The beginning of The Mexican-American War
  • The Mexican-American War

    The end of The Mexican-American War
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The beginning of The Firing on Fort Sumter
  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The end of The Firing on Fort Sumter
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendments

  • The invention of the electric telephone

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

    The beginning of The Spanish-American War
  • The Spanish-American War

    The end of The Spanish-American War
  • The invention of the electric plane

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president