Screen shot 2015 08 26 at 1.13.49 pm

US history timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French Indian War

    1754-1763
  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of Cotton Gin

  • The Allien and Sediction Acts

  • The Lousiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

    1838-1839
  • The Mexican-American War

    1848
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattow Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention of Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strike

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane