US History A Timeline

By Ella Bradford
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    event lasted from 1754 to 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    this is the signing date
    Independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776
    on July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    event lasted from September 28,1781- October 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

    event lasted from May 25, 1787 - September 17-1787

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    event lasted from June 18, 1812 - February 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    this is the election year
    Andrew Jackson served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

    event lasted from 1831-1877

  • The Panic of 1837

    event lasted from 1837-1843

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    event lasted from April 25, 1846 - February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

    passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

    passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868

  • 15th Amendment

    passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • Homestead Strikes

  • Pullman Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    event lasted from April 21, 1898 to December 10, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the Airplane