US History

By lpWA
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America by Columbus

    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