US History Timeline

By Pinkeon
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The settlement in Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The invention of the Cotton gin

  • The Boston tea party

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independents

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Invention of the Electric Lights

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment

  • 13th 14th 15th Amendments

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Invention of the telephone

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • Invention of the Airplane