U.S. History Timleine

  • Oct 11, 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

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

  • The Invention of the Telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • Trail of Tears

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumpter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

  • The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Ammendments

  • The Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Electric Light

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish American War

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

  • The Invention of the Airplane

  • The Mexican American War

  • Present day