US History A Timeline

By BellaBob
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Rights

  • The Lousiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson is Elected

  • The trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th 14th 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • The Invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President