America's Journey: A Historical Timeline (1492–1903)

By simon.jaiya
  • 1492

    Event Year Discovery of America by Columbus 1492 Settlement of Jamestown

  • Period: 1492 to 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

    columbus

  • Settlement of Jamestown

    jamestown

  • French and Indian War begins

    war

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    independence

  • Battle of Yorktown

    yorktown

  • Constitutional Convention

    i

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney)

    I

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

    I

  • War of 1812 begins

    I

  • Missouri Compromise

    I

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865 13th Amendment 1865 14th Amendment 1868 15th Amendment 1870 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment 1868 Organization of Standard Oil Trust 1882

  • Compromise of 1850 1850 Firing on Fort Sumter (Civil War begins) 1861 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 1865

  • Pullman Strike 1894 Homestead Strike 1892 Spanish-American War 1898 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1901 Invention of electric light (Edison) 1879 Invention of telephone (Bell) 1876 Invention of airplane (Wright Brothers) 1903

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election 1828 Invention of the Telegraph (Samuel Morse) 1837 Trail of Tears 1838–1839 Panic of 1837 1837 Mexican-American War begins 1846

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