American History Timeline

By sammi
  • Volta invented the electric battery

    Count Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist who invented the first electric battery. It had a steady electric currnet. The electrical unit Volt, was named after him. His invention is important for everything that has or does run on batteries.
  • War of 1812

    The war of 1812 was between the United Sates and Great Britan. The war lasted about 2 years, and was over in 1815.
  • Industrial Revolution

    The industrial Revolution began in the 1820's and ended in the 1870's. It was an important time becauseit was when mass production, improved transportation, technological progress, and the industrial factory system began. It was when interchangeabl parts, the cotton gin, and a lot of other things we created.
  • Brail

    Louis Braille invents braille for the blind. It is like the letters for the blind.
  • Typewriter

    W.A Burt invents a typewriter. The typewriter was like the computes of today, very important to buisnesses.
  • John Tyler Election

  • Mexican War

  • Dred Scott Vs. Sanford

  • Civil War

    The Civil War was a war between the North and South of America. It started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The main causes were slavery, but there was other reasons. Like: Economical and social differences, states or federal rights, growth of abolition, and John F. Kennedy election.
  • Abraham Lincoln Election

  • Telephone invented

  • Elecric Bulb

    Thomas Edison experimented with a lot of different filaments to find the right materials to glow well and last long. In 1879, Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.