History Timeline

By ParkerB5543
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discover America

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

    This goes on until 1763.

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    This lasts until October19, 1781.

  • The Constitutional Convention

    This lasts until September17, 1787

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    Starts at 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jacksons Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    ended in 1850

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • Mexican-American War.

    Ended February 1848

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appotomax courthouse.

  • Firing on Fort Sumnter

  • Abraham Lincolns Assassination.

  • Andrew Johnsons Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th 14th & 15th Amendment

    13th - January 21st, 1869
    14th - June 16th 1866

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President.

  • Invention of Electricity, Light, Telephone and Airplane

    electricity- 1831
    light- 1704
    telephone- March 10, 1856

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