timeline

By supersmith
  • 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

    Columbus Discovers America

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

    Jamestown, the first successful American settlement is founded.

  • The French and Indian War

    A war between the French and British with American Indians helping both sides.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Revolutionaries dump out British tea because of the recent stamp tax.

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The first battle of the revolutionary war.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The United States of America became a country

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The British attacking Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

    The U.S.A. discussing government weakness

  • The invention of the cotton gin

    A much easier way to process cotton

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    Deporting foreigners

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The biggest purchase of land ever.

  • The War of 1812

    The British attacked the U.S.A.

  • The Missouri Compromise

    In order to keep peace Missouri was made a slave state

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

    Andrew Jackson became the 7th president of the U.S.A.

  • The invention of the telegraph

    The first machine for long distance communication

  • The Panic of 1837

    A large recession

  • The Trail of Tears

    The Cherokee Indians were forcibly removed from their land.

  • The Mexican-American War

    The war between The U.S.A. and Mexico for land.

  • The Compromise of 1850

    slavery made illegal in D.C.

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    The first shot of the civil war is fired

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    slavery is abolished

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    General Lee surrenders

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    the 13th, 14th, 15th were ratified, getting rid of slavery and racism (on paper)

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson was impeached.

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    The union turned against the rail road corporation.

  • The Spanish-American War

    A war between the Americans and Spanish

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    Many modern day machines predecessors are invented

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    Standard oil is made illegal