U.S. History Timeline

  • Columbus lands in America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus lands in America

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    U.S. History A Timeline

  • Settlement of Jamestown

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  • Start of French and Indian War

  • End of French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Start of the Battle of Yorktown

  • End of the Battle of Yorktown

  • Start of Constitutional Convention

  • End of Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

    June 18, 1812, to February 17, 1815
  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • Panic of 1837

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • Trail of Tears

    1838-1839
  • Mexican-American War

    April 25, 1846, to February 2, 1848
  • Compromise of 1850

  • Firing on Fort Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    June 30 to November 20
  • The Spanish-American War

    April 21 to August 13
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Invention of the Airplane