American History Timeline By LleBaron 100,000 BCE The start of migration from Africa Period: 100,000 BCE to 1400 BCE Prehistory--C.E. 1400 20,000 BCE The crossing of Beringia 1492 Colombus Sails the Ocean Blue Colombus sails across the Atlantic in search of Cathay and finds what he calls the East Indies. 1513 Ponce de León Discoveres Florida 1519 Cortés Takes Tenochtitlán 1607 The Founding of Jamestown The first successful colony in North America Period: 1607 to 1732 The Founding of the Original 13 Colonies 1620 Pilgrims Land on Plymouth Rock Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783 The Revolutionary War 1776 Writing of the Declaration of Independence 1787 Writing of the Constitution 1789 George Washington as First President 1802 Creation of the Steam Locomotive 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: 1804 to 1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition Jan 1, 1808 Slave Trade Abolished Period: 1812 to 1815 War of 1812 1831 Trail of Tears 1848 The Gold Rush 1851 "Ain't I a Woman" Speech by Sojornuer Truth 1851 Publishment of Uncle Tom's Cabin Period: 1861 to 1865 Civil War Mar 20, 1862 Homestead Act Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Period: 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln's Assasination Period: 1866 to 1886 Cattle Drives in Great Plains 1867 Purchase of Alaska 1869 Suez Canal opens 1869 Completion of The Continental Railroad 1873 Carnegie Builds Steel Mill Period: 1874 to 1881 Plains Wars 1876 First telephone conversation 1878 Edison perfects electric lightbulb Period: 1883 to 1914 Jim Crow Laws Created 1885 Publishment of Huckleberry Finn Period: 1885 to 1895 Electricity for cities 1893 The Panic of 1893 1898 Hawaii Becomes in U.S. Possesion 1898 Spanish-American War 1898 U.S. obtians Puerto Rica, Philippines, and other Pacific Islands 1900 U.S. has become a world power 1901 U.S. takes over Panama contruction
