U.S. History Timeline

By iMelissaWi
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    U.S. History a Timeline

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington of Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence Signing

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • Patent of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • Trail of Tears (Only the year is definitely accurate)

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Invention of the Telegraph (first successful message)

  • The Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments (Only found years 1865-1870)

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • The invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane