Timeline for Early US

By Storyweaver
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Native American War Started

    Ended in 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence!

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

    Ended September 17, 1787

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Mexican/American War

    ended in 1848

  • The compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumpter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th Ammendment

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • The 14th Ammendment

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • The 15th Ammendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish/American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane