U.S. History Timeline

  • Nov 28, 1441

    First appearance of slaves

  • The Quartering of Troops Act was ratified

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The American Revolutionary War begins

  • Congress adopts the Declaration of Independance

  • The American Revolutionary War ends

  • The U.S. Constitution was signed

  • Thomas Jefferson is elected president of the United States, won over John Adams

  • Harriet Tubman was born

  • The Underground Railroad was built

  • the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted and prohibited slavery