US History Timeline

The Discovery of America by Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/columbus-reaches-the-new-world

The Settlement of Jamestown

May 13, 1607

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm

The French and Indian War

May 28, 1754

1754-1763
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/frenchindian/summary.html
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-blood-of-the-french-and-indian-war

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-tea-party

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

1775-1783
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp

The Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

The Battle of Yorktown

Sep 28, 1781

September 28th to October 19th
http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm

The Constitutional Convention

May 14, 1787

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/convention1787.html

The invention of the cotton gin

Jan 1, 1793

https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/eli-whitney/cotton-gin

The Alien and Sedition Acts

Jun 18, 1798

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adams-passes-first-of-alien-and-sedition-acts

The Louisiana Purchase

Apr 1, 1802

https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisiana-purchase

The War of 1812

Jun 18, 1812

June 18, 1812, to February 18, 1815
http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-war-of-1812.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/home/

The Trail of Tears

Jan 1, 1816

https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/stories.htm

The Missouri Compromise

Jan 1, 1822

http://www.ushistory.org/us/23c.asp

Andrew Jackson’s Election

Dec 2, 1828

http://millercenter.org/president/biography/jackson-campaigns-and-elections

The invention of the telegraph

Jan 1, 1830

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-F-B-Morse

The Panic of 1837

Jan 1, 1837

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/buren/aa_buren_panic_1.html

The Mexican-American War

Apr 25, 1846

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

The Compromise of 1850

Sep 1, 1850

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

Oct 27, 1858

http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424

The Firing on Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

Jan 31, 1865

https://www.google.com/search?q=13th%2C+14th%2C+15th+Amendments&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#safe=active&q=when+were+the+13th+14th+15th+amendments+passed

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

https://www.google.com/search?q=Abraham+Lincoln%E2%80%99s+Assassination&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

Feb 24, 1868

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-impeachment/

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

Jan 1, 1870

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1804.html

The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

Jan 1, 1874

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/modern-inventions-airplane-science-newsletter

The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

Jun 30, 1892

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Strike

The Spanish-American War

Apr 1, 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1965

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html