U.S History A Timeline

  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: 1492 to

    U.S HISTORY A

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • The invention of the cotton gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears

    Date: 1831–1850
  • The Panic of 1837

  • The invention of the telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

    Apr 25, 1846 – Feb 2, 1848
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    The 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870)
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    Apr 21, 1898 – Aug 13, 1898
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of Airplane