US History A Timeline

By Sydney_Johns
  • Period: 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    started in 1831 and ended 1877

  • The Panic of 1837

    Started in 1837 and ended in 1843

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    Started on April 25, 1846, and ended on February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Started on April 12, 1861, and lasted till April 13, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th Amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Happened in the Petersen House in Washington, D.C.

  • 14th Amendment

    Passed in 1866 but was ratified on July 9, 186

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    Started on April 21, 1898, and ended on December 10, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane

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