U.S History Timeline

By GBMayer
  • Period: 1492 to

    U.S. History Timeline

  • Aug 3, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • 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

  • The election of Andrew Jackson

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837-1843

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

    1865, 1868, and 1870

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    1892-1894

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the airplane