US History A Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of Jamestown was Founded

  • The French and Indian War Started

  • The French and Indian War Ended

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence Started getting Written

  • The Declaration of Independence Finished getting Written

  • The Declaration of Independence was Published

  • The Declaration of Independence was Signed

  • The Battle of Yorktown Started

  • The Battle of Yorktown Ended

  • The Constitutional Convention Started

  • The Constitutional Convention Ended

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    to 7/14/1798
  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 Started

  • The War of 1812 Ended

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears Started

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War Started

  • The Mexican-American War Ended

  • The Trail of Tears Ended

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter Started

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter Ended

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Added

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Started

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Ended

  • 14th Amendment Added

  • 15th Amendment Added

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of Electric Light Bulb

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Homestead Strike Started

  • The Homestead Strike Ended

  • The Pullman Strike Started

  • The Pullman Strike Ended

  • The Spanish-American War Starts

  • The Spanish-American War Ends

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency comes to an End