US History A timeline

By hannahbarnes
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War 1754-1763

  • The Boston Tea Party Dec 16 1773

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord April 19 1775

  • The Declaration of Independence July 4 1776

  • The Battle of Yorktown September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears 1831 – 1877

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837; 1837 – 1843

  • The Mexican-American War April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850 January 29, 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The 13th amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 14th amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The homestead Strike June 30, 1892

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War April 21, 1898 – December 10, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane