US History Timeline

By willowdcc
  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to

    US History Timeline

  • 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • Jamestown is Settled

  • The French Indian War Begins

  • French Indian War Ends

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battles at Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence is Signed

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Cotton Gin is Invented by Eli Whitney

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • Andrew Jackson is Elected

  • The Trail of Tears Begins

  • The Lightbulb is Invented

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Samuel Morse Demonstrates the Telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War Begins

  • The Mexican-American War Ends

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Trail of Tears Displacements End

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment Passes

  • 14th Amendment Passes

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 15th Amendment Passes

  • Telephone is Invented

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The First Airplane is Invented