US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War (Start Date)

  • The French and Indian War (End Date)

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown (Start Date)

  • The Battle of Yorktown (End Date)

  • The Constitutional Convention (Start Date)

  • The Constitutional Convention (End Date)

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 (Start Date)

  • The War of 1812 (End Date)

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election (Start Date)

  • Andrew Jackson's Election (End Date)

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Mexican-American War (Start Date)

  • The Mexican American War (End Date)

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter (Start Date)

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter (End Date)

  • The Emancipation Proclamation (Start Date)

  • The Emancipation Proclamation (End Date)

  • Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane (Start Date)

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes (Start Date)

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes (End Date)

  • The Spanish and American War (Start Date)

  • The Spanish and American War (End Date)

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Electric Light, Telephone, and Airplane (End Date)