US History Timeline

  • Period: 1492 to

    Timeline

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovered America

    Columbus discovered America
  • The settlement of Jamestown

    Jamestown was made a settlement by the English men and boys
  • French and Indian War stats

    War Started
  • French and Indian War Ends

    War Ends
  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence created

  • The Battle of Yorktown starts

    the start of the war
  • The Battle of Yorktown ends

    The war ends
  • The Constitutional Convention

    it continues
  • The Constitutional Convention

    and finishes
  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    starts
  • The War of 1812

    ends
  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

    starts
  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    ends
  • The Mexican-American War

    starts
  • The Mexican-American War

    ends
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    starts
  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    ends
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    starts
  • The Spanish-American War

    ends
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

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