History timeline

By londynb
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers America

    America is first discovered by Europe

  • Jamestown settlement is established

  • The French and Indian war

    This war lasted until 1763

  • The Boston tea party

    An important event that led up to the American revolution

  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The date the Declaration of independence was written

  • Battle of Yorktown

    This battle lasted for almost a month and was critical for the Americans to win the war.

  • Constitutional convention

    Lasted until September 17th

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    An invention that helped separate the cotton from the seeds faster.

  • Alien and sedition acts

  • The Louisiana purchase

    When Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from Napolean

  • The war of 1812

    America invades Canada

  • The Missouri compromise

    When Missouri was kept as a slave state but they made Maine into a free state to keep the balance.

  • Andrew Jackson's election

    When Andrew Jackson was elected as president

  • Trail of tears

    Andrew Jackson forces the native Americans to relocate. 1830-1850

  • Panic of 1837

    An economic crash

  • Invention of the telegraph

    The telegraph was invented by Andrew Morse and Alfred Vail

  • Mexican-American war

  • Compromise of 1850

    California and Texas become states

  • Firing on Fort Sumpter

    Start of the American civil war

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Abraham Lincoln passes a law to free the slaves

  • 13 14 15 amendments

    1865-1870
    13th amendment abolished slavery
    14th amendment protected immigrants born in America
    15th amendment helped protect against racism
    1865-1870

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    General Robert E Lee surrenders, ending the civil war

  • Abraham Lincoln's assasination

    John Wilkes booth assassinates Abraham Lincoln

  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment

    Caused by trying to fire the secretary of war

  • invention of the telephone

    Invented by Alexander graham Bell

  • The invention of the electric light

    Thomas Edison invented the electric light

  • Standard oil trust

    it had John D Rockefeller control all of the oil companies and was rejected in 1911

  • Pullman and houseman strikes

    The first one was 1894 and other occurred in 1892

  • Spanish-American war

    Caused the treaty of Paris Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States, marking a significant expansion of American territorial influence.

  • When Teddy Roosevelt became president

  • Invention of the airplane

    Invented by the Wright Brothers