US History

By lpWA
  • Discovery of America by Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • Settlement of Jamestown

    Settlement of Jamestown

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    From 1754-1763
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence

  • The Battle Yorktown

    The Battle Yorktown

    Sep 28, 1781-Oct 19, 1781
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    May 27, 1787-Sep 17, 1787
  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

    Invention of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Act

    The Alien and Sedition Act

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    Jun 18, 1812-Mar 23, 1815
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's election

    Andrew Jackson's election

  • The Invention of the telegraph

    The Invention of the telegraph

    From the 1830's to the 1840's
  • The Panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837

  • The trail of tears

    The trail of tears

  • The Mexican-American War

    The Mexican-American War

    April 25, 1846- Feb 2, 1848
  • The compromise of 1850

    The compromise of 1850

  • The firing on Fort Sumter

    The firing on Fort Sumter

    April 12, 1861- April 14 1861
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    Sep 22, 1862- Jan 1, 1863
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

    Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

    1865-1870
  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

    The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

    The Pullman and Homestead Strikes

  • The Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War

    April- August 1898
  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    1901-1909
  • The Invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    The Invention of the electric light, telephone, and airplane

    Light-1875, Telephone-March 10, 1876, Airplane-Dec 17, 1903
  • The Invention of the model T

    The Invention of the model T

    October 1, 1908
  • The Ziggerman telegram

    The Ziggerman telegram

    January 1917
  • The WWI Armistice

    The WWI Armistice

    November 11, 1918
  • The 19th Ammendment

    The 19th Ammendment

    August 18th, 1920
  • Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    Charles Lindbergh's Flight

    May 21, 1927
  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday

    October 24, 1929
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal

    1933–1938
  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    1933
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland

    Fall 1938
  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact

    September 1938
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    December 1941
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    June 6, 1944
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Aug 6, 1945 – Aug 9, 1945
  • The formation of the United Nations

    The formation of the United Nations

    October 24, 1945
  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram

    February 22, 1946
  • The Formation of NATO

    The Formation of NATO

    April 4, 1949
  • Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    Russians acquire the Atomic Bomb

    August 1949
  • The Korean War

    The Korean War

    25 June 1950
  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education

    Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

    December 1, 1955
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War

    Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962
  • JFK's Assassination

    JFK's Assassination

    November 22, 1963
  • The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    August 10, 1964
  • The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    July 20, 1969
  • The Watergate Breakin's

    The Watergate Breakin's

    June 17, 1972
  • Nixon's Resignation

    Nixon's Resignation

    August 9, 1974,
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    November 9, 1989
  • The invention of the Internet

    The invention of the Internet

    January 1, 1983
  • The 9/11 Attacks

    The 9/11 Attacks

    September 11, 2001