US History "A" Timeline

By Pol1shPierogi
  • 1492

    Columbuses Discovery of America

  • Settlement of Jamestown Begins

  • The French and Indian War Begins

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • US Declares Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown Begins

  • The Constitutional Convention Begins

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts are ratified

  • The Patent of the "Cotton Gin"

  • The Purchase of Louisiana

  • The War of 1812 Begins

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Begins his Election

  • The Trail of Tears Begins

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War Begins

  • The Trail of Tears Ends

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Shots are Fired Upon Fort Sumter

  • Abe Gives The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments are Passed

    This took place from 1865-1870

  • Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated

  • Andrew Johnson is Impeached

  • The Telephone is Invented

  • The Electric Light is "Invented"

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War Begins

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

  • The First Airplane Begins Testing