US History Timeline

By MaraniaJ
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Act

    The Alien and Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • Period: to

    The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The first basic phone was invented in 1849
    While the first incandescent light bulb was created in 1879. And than finally the airplane was invented in 1903

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Period: to

    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    1892 & 1894

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president