Us History Timeline

By james_popcat
  • Period: 1492 to

    Us History Timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • 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

    1793 it was invented; 1794 it was pattented

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Presidential Election

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Invented in the 1830s and 1840s but was demonstrated in 1838

  • The Trail of Tears

    1830 to 1850

  • The panic of 1837

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclomation

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    1865-1870

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

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

    1879, 1876, and 1903 respectively

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    1892-1894

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president