US History A Timeline

By sophie.pow
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Colombus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • Start of the French & Indian War

  • End of the French & Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington & Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • Start of the Battle of Yorktown

  • End of the Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien & Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Start of the War of 1812

  • End of the War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

    Started in the 1830's, ended in the 1840's.

  • Start of the Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • End of the Panic of 1837

  • Start of the Mexican-American War

  • End of the Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Start of the Firing on Fort Sumter

  • End of the Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Start of the Emancipation Proclamation

  • End of the Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 14th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • Start of the Spanish-American War

  • End of the Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt Became President

  • The Invention of the Airplane