US History Timeline

By CowboyRay
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of York Town

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The war of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invension of the telegraph

  • The Mexican / American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The firing on Fort Sumpter

  • The Emansipation Proclomation

  • The 13th amendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoin's Assasination

  • The 14th Ammendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 15th Ammendment

  • The Panic of 1873

  • The invention of the Telephone

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pulman and Holmstead Strikes

  • The Spanish / American War

  • Theodor Roosevelt becomes presedent

  • The invention of the airplane

  • The invension of the electric light