US History Timeline

  • Jun 24, 1497

    John Cabot "Discovered America"

  • Jamestown Was Settled

  • The French and Indian War Started

  • The Boston Tea Party Protest Occured

  • The Battle of Lexington Occurred

  • The Battle of Concord Occurred

  • The Declaration of Independence Was Signed

  • The Battle of Yorktown Occured

  • The Constitutional Convention Started

  • The Cotton Gin Was Invented

  • The Alien and Sediiton Acts Passed

  • A Simple Telegraph Began To Be Used In France

  • The Louisiana Purchase Occurred

  • The War of 1812 Began

  • The Missouri Compromise Passed

  • Andrew Jackson Was Elected

  • Native Americans Followed "The Trail of Tears"

  • The Panic of 1837 Occurred

  • The Mexican-American War Began

  • Antonio Meucci Invented Basic Phone

  • The Compromise of 1850 Occurred

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter Occurred

  • The Emancipation Proclamation Was Issued

  • 13'th Amendment Passed

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Occurred

  • Abraham Licoln Was Assasinated

  • 14'th Amendment Passed

  • Andrew Johnsen Was Impeached

  • 15'th Amendment Passed

  • Standard Oil Trust Was Founded

  • Electric Light Was Invented

  • The Homestead Strike Began and Ended

  • The Pullman Strike Began

  • The Spanish-American War Began

  • Airplane Was Invented

  • Theodore Roosevelt Became President