Us. history timeline

By hearts4xeoo
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    General U.S history

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The French & Indian War start

  • The French & Indian war end

  • The Battle of Lexington & Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    from Sep. 28 to Oct. 19

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May to September

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    By Eli Whitney, made in 1793 but patented in 1794

  • The Alien & Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    June18 1812 - February 17 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Panic of 1837

    Began in the spring of 1837 and lasted until mid 1840s

  • Invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican American War

    Apr 24 1846 through feb 2 1848

  • The Trail of Tears

    Start date: 1831, end date is 1850

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham lincolns Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The Amendments

    13th, - Jan 31 1865
    14th- June 13 1866
    15th, Feb 26 1869

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman 1892 and Homestead 1894 Strikes

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The Spanish-American War

    started apr 21 1898

  • Invention of electric light, telephone, and airplane

    1802, 1849, and 1903