US Timeline

By Enoch Checketts
  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    On august 3, 1492 Columbus set sail from spain

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    In 1607, 104 men and boys arrived in north america

  • French and Indian War

    The french and indian war began in 1754 and ended in 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The boston tea party occurred on December 16, 1773

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord started on April 19, 1775

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Sept 28th - Oct 19

  • The Constitutional Convention

    May 25- Sept 17

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    June 18 1812- Feb 18 1815

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    1846-1848

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

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

    The light was made in 1879, the telephone in 1876, and the airplane in 1903

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    April 21 - Aug 13 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president