American History Timeline

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Settleing a Wilderness

  • Middle Passage
    Jan 1, 1518

    Middle Passage

  • Sir Frances Drake
    Feb 17, 1577

    Sir Frances Drake

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

  • Thomas Hooker

    Thomas Hooker

  • Providence

    Providence

  • The Poquot War

    The Poquot War

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • Old Deluder Satan Act

    Old Deluder Satan Act

  • Greatv Awakening

    Greatv Awakening

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

  • Braddock's Road

    Braddock's Road

  • Period: to

    Establishing a Nation

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Three-Fifths Compromise

    Three-Fifths Compromise

  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

  • The Pinckney Treaty

    The Pinckney Treaty

  • alien and Sedition Acts

    alien and Sedition Acts

  • Tripolitan War

    Tripolitan War

  • Period: to

    Spanning a Continent

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

  • James Monroe wins presidential election of 1816.

    James Monroe wins presidential election of 1816.

  • Andrew Jackson won presidential election of 1828.

    Andrew Jackson won presidential election of 1828.

  • Nicholas Biddle owns the National Bank

    Nicholas Biddle owns the National Bank

  • Mexican War

    Mexican War

  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears

  • Telegraph was invented

    Telegraph was invented

  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

  • The pony express started

    The pony express started