US History Timeline

By briggsk435
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    This War lasted 9 year the years were, 1754 to 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    This battle was almost one month. The date that the battle started on is September 28, 1781. The battle ended on,October 19, 1781.

  • The Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention was a multi-month convention. The convention started on May 27, 1787 and ended on Sep 17, 1787.

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    This war was about a three year war. It started on June 18, 1812 and ended on February 18, 1815

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears was an Indian removal that happened from 1838 and 1839.

  • The invention of the telegraph

    The telegraph took a while to develop from the years of 1830 to 1840 the telegraph was invented.

  • The Panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837 was a time period from 1837 – 1843 where not very many people had any jobs and if you had a job you then you were being payed very little

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Mexican-American War

    The Mexican-American War was a war that lasted about 2 years the war started on April 25, 1846 and ended on February 2, 1848.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter was a battle that lasted one day it started on April 12, 1861 and ended on April 13, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    The 13th Amendment was signed in 1865 the 14th was signed in 1868 and the 15th was signed in 1870

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War started on April 21, 1898 and ended on August 13, 1898.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The electric light was created on October 14, 1878. The telephone was created on March 10, 1876 and the airplane was invented on December 17, 1903.