U.S. History A Timeline

The Discovery of America by Columbus

Aug 3, 1492

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The settlement of Jamestown

May 14, 1607

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The French and Indian war

Period: 1754 to 1763

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

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

(http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party)

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

(http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord)

The Declaration of Independence

Period: 1776 to 1776

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

The Battle of Yorktown

Period: Sep 29, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown)

The Constitutional Convention

Period: May 27, 1787 to Sep 17, 1787

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

The Invention of the Cotton Gin

1794

(http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney)

The Alien and Sedition Acts

Jun 18, 1798

(https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html)

The Louisiana Purchase

Period: Jul 4, 1803 to Oct 1, 1804

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

The War of 1812

Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Mar 23, 1815

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812)

The Missouri Compromise

May 8, 1820

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

Andrew Jackson's Election

Period: Oct 31, 1828 to Dec 2, 1828

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828)

The Panic of 1837

Period: 1837 to 1843

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837)

The Trail of Tears

Period: 1839 to 1850

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears)

The Invention of the Telegraph

May 24, 1844

(https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/)

The Mexican-American War

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

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

The Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

(https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html)

The Firing on Fort Sumter

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 14, 1861

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter)

The Emancipation Proclamation

Period: Sep 22, 1862 to Jan 1, 1863

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation)

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

Period: 1865 to 1870

(https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/civil-rights-5/slavery-and-civil-rights-39/the-civil-war-amendments-222-11225/) the 13th was (1865) 14th (1868) and 15th (1870)

Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Apr 14, 1865

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln)

Surrender st Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 19, 1865

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

Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

Feb 24, 1868

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

The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

1870

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

The Invention of the Telephone

Mar 10, 1876

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone)

The Invention of The Light Bulb

1879

(https://energy.gov/articles/history-light-bulb)

The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

Jun 30, 1892

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Strike)

The Spanish and American War

Period: 1898 to 1898

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

Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

Sep 14, 1901

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt)

The Invention of the Airplane

Dec 17, 1903

(https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/)