US History A Timeline

By Madison Price
  • Period: Oct 12, 1490 to

    US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

  • The settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian war

  • The Boston tea party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purachase

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

    The electric light was invented in 1809
    The telephone was invented in 1876
    The airplane was invented on December 17 1903

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The invention of the Telegraph

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    These happened from 1865 through 1870

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Jackson's Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    Homestead strike was in 1892 and Pullman strike was in 1894

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president