2018 U.S History Timeline

By AllieAJohnson
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    Christopher Columbus set sail to find a direct route from Europe to Asia and happened upon new land; the Americas.

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    Men from England went to the North Americas in hopes of starting a settlement. This settlement soon became the first English settlement in North America.
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    The French and Indian War

    It was a war between the British American colonies and the colonies of New France.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    This event was a political protest where the colonists protested paying taxes on the British tea.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    This battle is what lead to the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). This Battle starting because tension had building between American colonies and the British authorities. This is where Paul Revere made his famous ride to warn the people that the British were coming.

  • The Declaration of Independence (When it was first drafted)

  • The Declaration of Independence (when it was signed)

    The declaration of independence was the document that expressed the colonists wanting to have their own government and therefore part ways with the British.
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    The Battle of Yorktown

    The Americans joined forces with the French troops to go to battle against the British army at Yorktown, Virginia.
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    The Constitutional Convention

    This convention was held to address the weaknesses within the government that were in the Articles of Confederation.

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    This invention was thought up by Eli Whitney and was made to transform the production of cotton.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase was when 828,000,000 square miles of territory was bought from France and became part of the United States.

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    These acts were put into place because the Federalists were worried that "Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that aliens living in the US would sympathize with the French during a war." - https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/text/page5_text.html
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    The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

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    The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

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    The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

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    The Firing on Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    It was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln
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    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870) were the first amendments made to the U.S. constitution in 60 years.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    This was one on the last battles of the American Civil War.

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

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    The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane