us history a timeline

By grassisgreat
  • 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 decleration of independence

  • siege of yorktown

  • the constitutional convention

  • the invention of the cotton gin

  • the alien and sedition acts

  • invention of light bulb

  • the lousiana purchase

  • the war of 1812

  • the missouri comprimise

  • andrew jacksons election

  • the trail of tears

  • the invention of the telegraph

  • the panic of 1837

  • the mexican-american war

  • the comprimise of 1850

  • the firing on fort sumter

  • the emancipation proclamaiton

  • the orginazation of standard oil trust

  • 13th 14th 15th amendments

  • surrender at Appomattox courthouse

  • Abraham Lincolns assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment

  • invention of telephone

  • the pullman an homestead strikes

  • the Spanish-American war

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • invention of airplane