U.S. History A: Intro Timeline

1. The Discovery of the Americas by Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

Christopher Columbus reached/discovered the Americas after his journey across the ocean from Spain Christopher Columbus

2. The Settlement of Jamestown

May 13, 1607

National Park Service

3-1. The French and Indian War begins

1754

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War

3-2. The French and Indian War ends

1763

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War

4. The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

5. The Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

6. The Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

7-1. The Battle of Yorktown began

Sep 28, 1781

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1781)

7-2. The Battle of Yorktown ends

Oct 19, 1781

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1781)

8-1. The Constitutional Convention began

May 25, 1787

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)

8-2. The Constitutional Convention ended

Sep 17, 1787

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)

10. The invention of the cotton gin

1794

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin

9. The Alien and Sedition Acts

1798

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts

11. The Louisiana Purchase

1803

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase

12. The War of 1812

1812

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-early-republic/politics-society-early-19th-c/a/the-war-of-1812

13. The Missouri Compromise

1820

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise

14. Andrew Jackson elected president

1828

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1828_United_States_presidential_election

15. The invention of the telegraph

1830

The telegraph was used in the 30s and 40s, before more effective methods were found. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph

16. The Trail of Tears

1835

takes place from the 30s to the 40s. The Cherokee relocation happened in 1838.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears

17. The Panic of 1837

1837

a financial crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837

18-1. The Mexican-American War started

1846

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

18-2. The Mexican-American war ends

1848

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

19. The Compromise of 1850

1850

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850
http://www.thomaslegion.net/americancivilwar/compromiseof1850henryclay.html

20. The Firing on Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter

21. The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
https://history-first.com/2018/01/18/the-road-to-freedom-lincoln-south-carolina-and-the-emancipation-proclamation/

22. Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House

23. Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Apr 14, 1865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
April 14 or 15?

24. 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

Dec 6, 1865

1865-1870
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Amendments

25. Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

Feb 24, 1868

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson

26. The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

Jan 2, 1882

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil#Standard_Oil_Trust

27-1. The Homestead Strike

Jul 1, 1892

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike

27-2. The Pullman Strike

May 11, 1894

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike

28. The Spanish American War

1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

29. Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

Sep 14, 1901

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Theodore_Roosevelt

30. The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

1903

incandescent light bulb: Thomas Edison, 1877
telephone: Alexander Bell, 1875
first powered airplane: Wright brothers, 1903 https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/modern-inventions-airplane-light-bulb-telephone/