US. History A Timeline

By James Polasky
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovered America

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US. History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War began

  • The French and Indian War ended

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declination of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convection

  • The invention of cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana was purchased

  • The War of 1812 began

  • The War of 1812 ended

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson became President

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican American War began

  • The Mexican American War ended

  • The compromise of 1850

  • The Firing of Fort Sumter

  • The emancipation proclamation was issued

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were adopted

  • Andrew Jackson's Impeachment

  • The Telephone was invented

  • The light bulb was invented

  • The Pullman and Homestead strikes

  • The Spanish American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt became President

  • The Airplane was invented