Lighthouse

U.S History Timeline

By Koda Bewr
  • 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Discovery of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • Constitutional Convention

  • Invention of Cotton Gin

  • Alien and Sedition Act

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson Election

  • Panic of 1837

    It lasted until 1843

  • Trail of Tears

  • Telegraph Invention

  • The Mexican-American War

    1846-1848 is how long it lasted.

  • Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

    It lasted April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13 Amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th Amendment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 15th Amendment

  • Telephone Invention

  • Electric Light Invention

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Airplane Invention

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