Us History Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    Us History

  • 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 Yorktown

  • The Constitutional convention

  • The Invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Election

  • The Mexican and American war

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Invention of the telegraph

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

  • The compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president