US History A Timeline

By lyvia3
  • 1492

    The Discovery of America by Columbus

    He discovered the Caribbean Islands, which he thought was America, which is now the Bahamas
  • Period: 1492 to

    US History A Timeline

  • The Settlement of James Town

    James Town was the first permeant British settlement in North America.

  • The French and Indian War

    This war ended in 1763

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty had a “political and mercantile protest” (wiki)

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    This was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The last major land battle of the Revolutionary War happened on September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781. The American and French armies combined forces and beat the British

  • The Constitutional Convention

    It ended on September 17, 1781

  • The invention of the Cotten Gin

    “Eli Whitney applied for a patent of his cotton gin on October 28, 1793, but it was not granted until March 14, 1794. And it was not validated until 1807.” (Wiki)

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts

    Adams signed the Alien Enemies Act on July 6 and the Sedition Act passed on July 14.

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • The War of 1812

    June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jacksons election

    October 31, 1828 – December 2, 1828

  • The invention of the telegraph

    Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors

  • The Panic of 1837

    1837 – 1843

  • The Trail of Tears

    1. 1838 – around march of 1839 was Andrew Jacksons Indian removal policy

  • The Mexican - American War

    It ended on February 2, 1848

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The firing on Fort Sumter

    It ended on April 13, 1861. This battle started the American Civil War

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The 13th Amendment

    Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865 and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant

  • Andrew Johnsons Impeachment

  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868 and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”

  • The 15th Amendment

    Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment allowed African American men to vote

  • The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

    Established in 1870. It was the largest oil refinery in the world at its time. It ended in 1911when the “United States Supreme Court ruled that the Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly

  • The invention of the telephone

    The telephone was invented in 1876 and the first call was made on March 10, 1876.

  • The Invention of the Electric Light

    In 1879, Thomas Edison created the first commercially practical incandescent light, but it technically was not invented in 1879.

  • The Homestead Strikes

    The homestead strike began on June 30, 1892, and a battle between strikers and private security agents happened on July 6, 1892.

  • The Pullmen Strike

    On May 11, 1894, Pullman workers refused to work.

  • The Spanish - American War

    It ended on August 12, 1898

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt began his presidency on September 14, 1901 and ended on march 4, 1909. He was the youngest man to assume the presidency at age 42

  • The invention of the airplane

    In 1903 the airplane was invented. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made 4 brief flights with their first powered aircraft.