US History 1st timeline

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus discovers the New World

  • The Settlement of Jamestown

  • The French and Indian War Begins

  • The end of the French and Indian War

  • The Boston tea Party

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The signing of the Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitutional Convention

  • the cotton gin patent is filed

  • the cotton gin patent is granted

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812 starts

  • The War of 1812 ends

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson’s Election

  • The Trail of Tears start

  • The Invention of the telegraph

  • The Panic of 1837

  • The Trail of Tears end

  • The Mexican-American War begins

  • The Mexican-American War ends

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

  • 13th amendment

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • 14th amendment

  • 15th amendment

  • The invention of the telephone

  • The invention of the electric light

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Homestead Strike

  • The Pullman Strike

  • The Spanish-American War starts

  • The Spanish-American War ends

  • The invention of the airplane

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president