US History A Timeline

By grantsmith345
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    1754 – 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    June–July 1776

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May 27, 1787 – Sep 17, 1787

  • The invention of the telegraph

    1791-1872

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    Jun 18, 1812 – Feb 18, 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    Oct 31, 1828 – Dec 2, 1828

  • The Trail of Tears

    1831–1850

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837 – 1843

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Mexican-American War

    Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 1865, 1868, 1870.

    13th, 1865. 14th 1868. 15th 1870.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Mar 29, 1865 – Apr 9, 1865

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane 1879, 1876, December 17, 1903

    electric light in 1879. Telephone in 1876. Airplane in December 17, 1903.

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    Apr 21, 1898 – Aug 13, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909