US History timeline.

By LlamaBurger
  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    US Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America.

    The Discovery of America by Columbus.

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian war.

  • The Boston tea party

  • Battles 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 acts

  • The invention of the electric light.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri compromise.

  • Andrew Jackson's Election.

  • The Invention of the telegraph.

  • The Trail of tears.

  • The panic of 1837

  • The Mexican and American war.

  • The compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter.

  • The Emancipation proclamation.

  • The 13th amendment.

    Which abolished slavery.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

  • Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment.

  • The 14th amendment.

  • The Organization of standard Oil Trust.

  • The 15th amendment.

  • The invention of the Telephone.

  • The Homestead Strike.

  • The Pullman Strike.

  • The Spanish American war.

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.

  • The Invention of the Airplane.